One of our most secretive birds here in the UK...the bittern! Have you managed to spot one this spring? 🐦💚 🎥 Steve Moore #Springwatch 💚 | BBC Springwatch

Have you heard Britain’s loudest bird? Bitterns are beginning to boom at many of our nature reserves. 😃 At Lancashire’s RSPB Leighton Moss, which boasts the largest reedbed in North West England, these elusive heron-like birds can be already be heard booming across the reserve and Morecambe Bay. Did you know the female Bittern can hear the male’s mating call from up to 3 km away? Let us know if you’ve heard any booming Bitterns at RSPB Leighton Moss or your local reserve! Visit https://bit.ly/L

Raupo provides an important refuge habitat for bittern fledglings and it is important to keep a good water level and food source around the raupo so that the bittern fledglings do not need to wander into more open areas where they are more vulnerable. From now to late January is a key time when bittern fledglings are vulnerable. Bittern Conservation - NZ Bittern Conservation Network - NZ Research sponsored by Environment Canterbury | Peter Langlands