Booming brilliant ✨ Ahead of #WorldWetlandsDay we're celebrating the elusive Bittern. This secretive and iconic species relies on wetlands to feed and nest. Famous for the male's booming call, they were once on the brink of disappearing in the UK ⏳ Thanks to ongoing conservation work to restore and create vital wetland habitat at RSPB Middleton Lakes and other places, Bitterns are bouncing back in the midlands. In 2024, at least three young Bitterns fledged at RSPB Middleton Lakes! They also had
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Wonderful Bittern footage captured on trail camera by NHSN Volunteer, Brian Rutter Did you know the loudest bird in the UK is the bittern. The male’s booming call can be heard up to 3 miles (around 5 km) away, heard during the mating season (around late January to May) | Natural History Society of Northumbria
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Britain’s loudest bird is booming – quite literally. The population of #bittern is at a record high of at least 164 booming males. Tom Clare of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust tells us about their distinctive call. 🐦 🐦 🐦 | BBC Breakfast
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Has anyone else heard any booming sounds coming from their local marsh? Our bird project learder Doug Morin tells us more: "This is a male American Bittern, performing it’s vocalization – sometimes called “booming.” Bitterns are a highly camouflaged and secretive species that inhabit dense shallow marshes. The strong, low-pitched “booming” call is important because it carries a long distance, allowing competing males and interested females to know where the displaying bird is, despite their habi
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