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A booming success: another record-breaking year for UK’s loudest bird
Bitterns, a secretive species previously threatened with extinction in the UK, have had yet another brilliant breeding season ...
Conservationists hail record year for UK’s loudest bird after previous concern
Conservationists are celebrating a record year for bitterns as the population of the UK’s loudest bird was found to have increased by 20% last year. Large-scale efforts to protect the well-camouflaged ...
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Rare Great Bittern sighted at Bhitarkanika National Park
KENDRAPARA: The Bhitarkanika National Park has recorded sighting of the Great Bittern for the first time. The bird was spotted during the annual avian census at Sasanapeta area, with official ...
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UK's loudest bird thriving in Oxfordshire, say conservationists
The UK's loudest bird, the 'booming' bittern, has had a comeback with record numbers of the birds counted last year, ...
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Conservationists hail record year for UK’s loudest bird after previous concern
Great bittern Botaurus stellaris moving through reeds in Essex (Ben Andrew/RSPB) Simon Wotton, RSPB senior conservation scientist, said: “Wetlands are incredible places for nature and these ...