The bittern, one of the UK's rarest birds, has had its best year on record. The numbers of breeding males has topped 100 for the first time since it came back from extinction in 1997 ...

Thu., April 24, 2025 An American bittern shows off its long wingspan in this photo by Buck Domitrovich. (Courtesy of Buck Domitrovich) An American bittern shows off its long wingspan in this photo ...

But a soft song -- a dovelike "coo-coo-coo" -- came from the cattails. It was a male least bittern. These bitterns can be common but are very shy. The least bittern is the smallest member of the ...

But she wondered if it was a least bittern. A few minutes later, a boy with binoculars ran up to her and said, "Did you get a picture of the least bittern? It's a lifer for me." For birders ...

He is a fine singer and one of his party pieces is The Yellow Bittern, Thomas McDonagh’s wonderful English translation of Cathal Buí Mac Ghiolla Ghunna’s ‘An Bonnan Bui’. It’s the ...

Bittern numbers have increased by a fifth in the last year, the RSPB said Conservationists are celebrating a record year for bitterns after a monitoring project revealed numbers had increased by a ...

The cook at the London restaurant the Yellow Bittern serves up controversy alongside hearty stews. And it all boils down to class. Lady Frances Armstrong-Jones and Hugh Corcoran, two of the Yellow ...

Its construction is based on Daying's rich deposits of bittern, a by-product of the salt-making process. Bittern was discovered in Daying 1,500 years ago. Proven bittern deposits are around 1 ...