Daily Mail

Britain's loudest bird the 'booming bittern' is making a recovery after almost disappearing from the UK twice, RSPB claims

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-breaking ...
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 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 ...