The American Bittern’s “pumper-lunk” call has got to be one of the strangest sounds I have ever heard. When I first heard it, I thought the sound was coming from some kind of oddball frog, but when I ...

The 'once heard, never forgotten' call of a rare bird has been heard at a RSPB Rainham Marshes, located along the Thames for the first time.

The male bittern's booming mating call is evidence of the species' recovery in the UK Record numbers of bittern booming calls have been heard in Yorkshire during the bird's breeding season, the RSPB ...

The 'once heard, never forgotten' call of a rare bird has been heard at a RSPB Rainham Marshes, along the Thames 15 minutes from Essex ...

One of the UK's rarest birds has made its home in Greater Manchester. The male bittern, one of about only about 50 recorded in the UK, can be heard booming its mating call across the waters of Wigan ...