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The first Eurasian bitterns to breed in Lincolnshire in over 30 years were seen at Far Ings in 2000. [11] A Blyth's reed warbler was spotted at the reserve in June 2020. [12] A murmuration of several thousand starlings was filmed at the site by the BBC in January 2023. [13]
Bitterns tend to be shorter-necked and more secretive than other members of the family. They were called hæferblæte and various iterations of raredumla in Old English ; the word "bittern" came to English from Old French butor , itself from Gallo-Roman butitaurus , a compound of Latin būtiō (buzzard) and taurus (bull).
The Eurasian bittern or great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is a wading bird in the bittern subfamily (Botaurinae) of the heron family Ardeidae.There are two subspecies, the northern race (B. s. stellaris) breeding in parts of Europe and across the Palearctic, as well as on the northern coast of Africa, while the southern race (B. s. capensis) is endemic to parts of southern Africa.
Bittern. The impetus for creating the Ham Wall reserve was the plight of the bittern, with only 11 males present in the UK in the 1997 breeding season. Much of its reed bed habitat was deteriorating, and key coastal sites in eastern England were at risk of saltwater flooding, so an opportunity to create a new inland site was attractive to the RSPB.
American bittern: the U.S. Gulf Coast states, all of Florida into the Everglades, the Caribbean islands and parts of Central America Botaurus pinnatus: Pinnated bittern or South American bittern: Mexico to northern Argentina, though there are few records for Guatemala and Honduras Botaurus involucris (formerly placed in Ixobrychus) Stripe ...
The yellow bittern is a small species at 36 to 38 cm (14 to 15 in) in length, with a short neck and longish bill. [8] [9] It has yellow green legs, an ivory bill (darker on top), a short black tail and yellow irises. [10] [11] The male of the species has a dark cap, chestnut head and neck, with a uniformly dull yellow body above and buff below.
Quincy Jones' daughter, actress and filmmaker Rashida Jones, accepts an honorary Oscar for the legendary music producer at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 15th annual Governors Awards.
Titchwell Marsh is an English nature reserve owned and managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Located on the north coast of the county of Norfolk, between the villages of Titchwell and Thornham, about 8 km (5.0 mi) east of the seaside resort of Hunstanton, its 171 hectares (420 acres) include reed beds, saltmarshes, a freshwater lagoon and sandy beach, with a small ...