The 2024 survey recorded booming from 12 new sites, and Mr Wotton said: "It is fantastic to see bittern numbers increasing ...

Britain's loudest bird, the 'booming' bittern, is making a solid recovery after almost disappearing from the UK twice, RSPB reveals. The Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris) has had a record ...

sometimes also referred to as “booming”, have given rise to the bird’s nicknames like “Thunder Pumper” and “Water Belcher.” The call starts with the clapping of the Bittern’s bill.

Britain's loudest bird, the bittern, is booming with its population at a high since records began, according to conservationists. The wetland bird was extinct in the UK, but this year numbers are up.

Bittern numbers increasing Credit ... However, scientists count bitterns by listening for the male's foghorn-like booming call, which can reach more than 100 Decibels in volume.

The results from last year's joint bittern survey by the RSPB and Natural England saw 283 booming males, a 20 per cent increase on the previous year and the biggest jump in numbers since ...

The little boy waxed—eventually to 6 ft. 3 in. The voice waxed too, and earned for Hugh Dalton the nickname “Booming Bittern.” Many a Tory never forgave this product of aristocratic Eton and ...