BBC

Bittern's 'booming' call heard at RSPB Saltholme

Staff at a wildlife reserve on Stockton have been celebrating hearing the mating sounds of the loudest bird in Britain for the first time. The distinctive "booming" call of the male bittern was last ...
The Guardian

For the first time in decades, the elusive call of the ‘bunyip bird’ returns to Tasmania’s Lagoon of Islands

Experts celebrate discovery of secretive and endangered Australasian bittern in recently restored wetlands The “bunyip bird” – named after a mythological river-lurking, human-eating monster – is as ...
BBC

Bittern heard making mating call at Amwell Nature Reserve

A near-extinct breed of bird has been heard making a mating call following a nationwide conservation effort. A "booming" mating call from a male Bittern was heard at Amwell Nature Reserve, in Great ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Recordings of endangered bittern bird calls give scientists insight into impacts of floods

Recordings of the deep growls or booming calls of male Australasian bitterns in wetlands in southern New South Wales have sparked hope for the recovery of the endangered bird. Monitoring of the ...
The Conversation

Why Britain’s loudest bird is booming after decades of decline

The Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is a reclusive bird belonging to the heron family. Close to the size of a chicken, bitterns are a mix of golden-brown mottled with delicate black and tan.