The Somerset Wildlife Trust is asking people to listen to hear the boom of a bittern as it tries to track them for a study. The distinctive boom of the male can be heard up to two miles (3.2km) away.

It's rice harvest and growers in the states south-west are expected to strip more than a million tonne crop. But this season farmers are being asked to look beyond the cab of the header, for a rare ...

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One of Britain's loudest but most secretive birds has had one of its best ever years - despite a fall in numbers in its East Anglian heartland. Bittern numbers have decreased this year in the region ...