Bittern takes off from the northern reed beds at Otmoor

Otmoor RSPB Nature Reserve, near Beckley, Oxfordshire (January 2010)
This Bittern image appeared briefly in the Monday 31 May episode of BBC Springwatch 2010. The episode can be viewed on BBC iPlayer until Thursday 24 June 2010. Click here to view the episode. The section discussing how Bitterns fared during the cold winter of 2009/2010 ran for about 3 minutes from approximately 33 minutes into the program. Several other still pictures of Bitterns were also featured.
For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Eurasian Bittern / Internet Bird Collection
Eurasian Bittern / Bird Forum
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species / Botaurus stellaris
This Bittern image appeared briefly in the Monday 31 May episode of BBC Springwatch 2010. The episode can be viewed on BBC iPlayer until Thursday 24 June 2010. Click here to view the episode. The section discussing how Bitterns fared during the cold winter of 2009/2010 ran for about 3 minutes from approximately 33 minutes into the program. Several other still pictures of Bitterns were also featured.
For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Eurasian Bittern / Internet Bird Collection
Eurasian Bittern / Bird Forum
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species / Botaurus stellaris
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