Oscar Dewhurst / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) with recently caught fish prey in beak. Suffolk, UK. November.
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Oscar Dewhurst / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) head and neck, looking up through reeds. Suffolk, UK. November.
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Oscar Dewhurst / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) in flight over water. London, UK. December.
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Oscar Dewhurst / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) portrait. Suffolk, UK. November.
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Robin Chittenden / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) feeding on fish, Suffolk, England, UK, November.
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Robin Chittenden / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) in reeds, Suffolk, England, UK, November.
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Sven Zacek / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) with fish in beak, caught in stream. Laanemaa, Western Estonia. March.
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Dave Bevan / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) hunting and catching a fish, Suffolk, England, UK, October.
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Bence Mate / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) with fish prey, with head feathers raised, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) with Great egret (Ardea alba) in the background, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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David Tipling / 2020VISION / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) camouflaged amongst reeds in winter, Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire, UK, February. Did you know? The call of a bittern can carry for more than a kilometre.
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David Tipling / 2020VISION / Bittern Botaurus stellaris Slimbridge winter