Amateur bird-watchers are being called on to help with the great bittern bird count. The bittern Matuku-hūrepo lives in wetlands around the motu and is one of New Zealand's most endangered birds.

There are fewer than 1000 matuku-hūrepo, Australasian bittern's left in the wild and a conservation group is asking New Zealanders to listen out for the bird, and record what they hear.

The call to track the endangered Australasian bittern asks people to spend part of Labour Weekend listening for the deep booming call of the secretive bird as mating season gets underway. Love Bittern ...

The bird is one of the UK's rarest species, with the urban sighting described as "exceptional".

Have you ever been out recreating in Montana, maybe near a wetland, and a strange sound stopped you in your tracks? Perhaps a repetitive, guttural “oonk-ga-loonk”? You might have heard one of ...

Birdwatchers have been treated to sightings of an elusive bittern at RSPB Saltholme, with photographer Gareth Bowes capturing the bird on camera.

Holidaymakers are being asked to do a little homework this long weekend to help one of New Zealand's endangered birds. Labour ...