Lynne Warner, a volunteer photographer for the Broads Authority, spotted the bittern at Hickling Broad. Bitterns are often hard to spot as they blend into the reeds with their camouflaged plumage ...

AS conservationists celebrate a record-breaking year for the bittern, which was previously threatened with extinction in the UK, we take a look ...

AS conservationists celebrate a record-breaking year for the bittern, which was previously threatened with extinction in the ...

Barry Buttle was at RSPB Minsmere, on the coast near Saxmundham, on Friday, March 22 when he saw and photographed a bittern.

The champion of loudness! Males can hit 125 decibels—louder than a rock concert. This Amazonian bird reaches 116 decibels, ...

If you’ve ever been out in the New Zealand wilderness, you might have heard a distinctive, low-frequency tone. It sounds less like an animal than the kick on an electronic drum machine. A look through ...

Kākāpōs aren’t the only birds to make a booming sound to attract mates (the Bittern heron also does), but they remain the most unique type of parrot on earth.

Last year was yet another record-breaking year for Eurasian Bittern in Britain, with some 283 booming males counted. The 2024 survey results show an impressive 20% increase when compared with 2023 – ...

The males produce a loud “booming” call when trying to attract a mate, which can be heard up to three miles away. Results from the RSPB and Natural England’s annual bittern monitoring ...