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 ...

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 ...

Richard Collins is a polymath from Limerick with a special interest in birds, particularly swans. Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna’s ‘yellow bittern’ fell foul of climate change. The Little Ice Age began ...

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 ...

The numbers of one of Britain's rarest birds, the bittern, have increased in the East Anglian Fens, the RSPB has revealed. Newly created habitats are helping the bittern, known for its "booming" call, ...