PUBLISHED: 17:31
19 September 2018 | UPDATED: 17:31 19 September 2018
There
were once fears its distinctive booming sounds would be lost forever.
But new
figures have shown that the bittern, once at threat of extinction, is very much
back – with numbers in East Anglia at a record high.
Since
2006, there has been a year-on-year increase in the number of bitterns making
their home in the region.
A survey
has revealed that this year there were 83 males, compared to 76 in 2017 – which
the RSPB says is a positive sign that bitterns are back from the brink and
thriving.
Twenty
years ago, there were only 20 in the whole of Britain.
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