BIRDWATCHERS ARE listening for one of the most extraordinary sounds - the booming call of a male bittern. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all of our ...

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.

Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna’s ‘yellow bittern’ fell foul of climate change. The Little Ice Age began in Europe in the 16th Century and lasted until 1850; the winters of Cathal’s time (1680 to 1756) ...

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 ...