As its name suggests, the little bittern is the smallest species of the heron family: it is about 30 cm tall, which is more or less the size of a raven. Male little bitterns have a black-greenish ...

Gurgaon: A Little Bittern in Haryana is among the rarest of avian sightings — just twice in 40 years, according to birders. To photograph one, they say, is a landmark because it hasn’t been done ...

Birdwatchers descended on a nature reserve in Stockton-on-Tees after a rare bird was spotted for the first time in more than 150 years. A little bittern was in a reed bed at RSPB Saltholme on 26 ...

For those who missed it last year there is another chance to see a rare visitor. A male little bittern is back at the RSPB’s Old Moor reserve near Barnsley. It was first seen early on Saturday morning ...

A birder reported spotting a little bittern at the Okhla Bird Sanctuary (OBS), a “rare and unusual sighting” for the National Capital Region (NCR), according to experts. HT Image Wing commander (retd) ...

Hunters saved and eventually released back into the wild two little bitterns that were victims of man-made 'hazards' in two separate incidents. The FKNK in a statement said that last week, a hunter ...