Eurasian Bittern distribution and abundance in the UK during the 2009/10 winter

Published on 02 November 2011 in Main articles (abstract only)

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Eurasian Bittern, Robin Chittenden

Simon Wotton, Mark Grantham, Nick Moran and Gillian Gilbert

Abstract By collating records from a number of sources, primarily via BirdGuides, BirdTrack and county bird recorders, it was found that there were a minimum of 600 wintering Eurasian Bitterns Botaurus stellaris in the UK during the 2009/10 winter. There were records from nearly 400 sites, the majority in England. It was estimated that the winter population included 208 resident UK Bitterns.

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