Scientists tracking the shy heron species’ foghorn-like song have recorded more than 150 males across England and Wales, up from 11 in 1997 The once beleaguered bittern is booming, literally and ...

Forest preserve staff installed a camera and later found that a pair of adult least bitterns were tending to six eggs.

The endangered Australasian bittern likes to keep a low profile, and if it feels threatened it's known to stand still, extend its wings and pretend to be a reed. It has the nickname 'bunyip bird' ...

An Australasian Bittern chick hatched in a rice bay.(Matt Herring) The Australasian bittern is a strange bird. It has a low, loud call, and has been known to use grass stalks as tools. Strangest of ...

The boom of the bittern is being heard across Britain once again, after more than a century in which the bird has hovered on the edge of extinction. Noted for its foghorn-like call or "boom", the ...

The bittern's dependence on reed beds and its very small population have raised concerns One of the UK's most threatened birds - the bittern - is returning to England and Wales, according to ...

One of the UK's rarest birds, the bittern, is making a new comeback from extinction, after its best year on record led to the numbers of breeding males topping 100 for the first time. Here is a ...

Bird watchers in the state have a reason to rejoice as the rare migratory bird — Great Bittern or Eurasian Bittern — has been sighted in the Ramnagar wetland in Bundi district. A Great Bittern flies ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Later this month I will be leaving this column behind and starting a new role as the FT’s food writer. There ...

The Yellow Bittern on the Caledonian Road is not your typical London restaurant. Seating just 18 diners, the somewhat old-fashioned establishment is open only at lunchtime on weekdays, takes cash only ...

One of the UK's most threatened birds - the bittern - is returning to England and Wales, according to conservationists. More bitterns have been recorded than at any time since the early 19th Century, ...