Bitterns are a classification of wading birds in the heron family Ardeidae. Species named as bitterns tend to be the shorter necked, often more secretive members of this family. Called hæferblæte in Old English, the word bittern came to English from Old French butor, itself from Gallo-roman butitaurus, a portmanteau of latin Latin būtiō and taurus.

Bitterns usually frequent reedbeds and similar marshy areas, and feed on amphibians, reptiles, insects and fish.

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BITTERN: Region: 08Location: BITTERNDate/Time: 23/11/2009 11:08:00Type: OTHERStatus: CONTROLLEDSize: SMALLVehic.. http://bit.ly/4U0pk0
mcmillanjordan (Jordan McMillan) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:30:39 -0000
BITTERN: Region: 08Location: BITTERNDate/Time: 23/11/2009 11:08:00Type: OTHERStatus: CONTROLLEDSize: SMALLVehic.. http://bit.ly/4U0pk0
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RT @wwtlondon http://twitpic.com/qhi3n - Bittern at WWT London Wetland Centre, 17 November 2009. Image by John Day. [I'm impressed!]
tayler (Tayler Cresswell) Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:49:20 -0000
RT @wwtlondon http://twitpic.com/qhi3n - Bittern at WWT London Wetland Centre, 17 November 2009. Image by John Day. [I'm impressed!]
http://twitpic.com/qhi3n - Bittern at WWT London Wetland Centre, 17 November 2009. Image by John Day.
wwtlondon (LondonWetlandCentre) Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:55:04 -0000
http://twitpic.com/qhi3n - Bittern at WWT London Wetland Centre, 17 November 2009. Image by John Day.

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