Drive past a marsh, lakeshore, or river, you’re likely to see a stately great blue heron hunting in the shallows. They are common, impressive, and widespread. Though great blues often stand motionless ...

Readers have been sending me photographs of a bird they can’t quite identify but sort of looks like the illustration of a least bittern in their field guides. I’ve clarified that the bird is a green ...

Bitterns were driven to extinction by the 1870s due to hunting and the draining of their wetland habitats More frequent sightings of a rare marsh bird at nature reserves have prompted hopes they may ...

Bitterns, which are part of the heron family, were once extinct in the UK but returned in the 20th Century A Staffordshire nature reserve has celebrated a record-breaking breeding season for one of ...

The American Bittern’s “pumper-lunk” call has got to be one of the strangest sounds I have ever heard. When I first heard it, I thought the sound was coming from some kind of oddball frog, but when I ...

Once-extinct, bitterns make booming ‘foghorn’ noise to attract mates with 228 calling males counted in last breeding period The UK’s loudest bird has had a bumper breeding year after previously being ...

Known for their fondness for life in wet habitats, wading birds can be found near lakes, swamps, beaches and even small ponds. They represent a whole section of most bird books. We are lucky here in ...

Conservationists hope work to improve the reedbeds where they live will double the numbers of bitterns within a decade. In 1997 the population was so small there were fears the bittern could become ...

Rare bitterns are bouncing back with the highest number of 'booming' males recorded since the nineteenth century, wildlife experts said. The elusive heron-like birds, which were driven to extinction ...

The RSPB has confirmed the presence of its most northerly breeding bitterns at a nature reserve on Teesside. RSPB Saltholme said the birds bred at the reserve in Stockton for the first time in the ...

The bittern, one of Britain's rarest birds, is booming again after research revealed record numbers across the country. Studies revealed 82 male bitterns calling or "booming" this spring from deep ...