Record numbers of Britain's loudest bird - the bittern - are recorded in the latest RSPB survey.
The birds were driven to extinction across the UK in the 1870s.
They returned to Britain in the early 20th Century but numbers were very low when the first annual surveys began in 1990. But systematic restoration and re-creation of wetlands over recent decades has allowed their numbers to more than double in the past 10 years, the RSPB says.Simon Wotton, a senior conservation scientist from the wildlife charity, said: "[Their] recovery shows how quickly nature can bounce back when given the chance.""We've invested millions in restoring and creating wetlands and that's meant species like cranes, spoonbills, little egrets and great egrets have returned too.
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