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Podcast: A quest for booming bitterns on the Avalon Marshes in Somerset
Join an adventure to hear the magical and mournful boom of the bittern – plus extraordinary spring birdsong – in the marshes of the Somerset Levels in episode 5, season 9 of the BBC Countryfile Magazine podcast
Britain’s bittern population at a record high
Once at the brink of extinction, the bittern has enjoyed its best year since records began
Stars of Springwatch 2014
This year the BBC’s Springwatch celebrates it’s 10th birthday. We meet some of the star species of this year's show, filmed at RSPB Minsmere.
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Booming bitterns, Amwell, Hertfordshire
See a rare and strange fish-eating bird in wild corner close to London