The perfectly camouflaged bittern is a heron of large reedbeds. Now that many of the world's wetlands are being drained, the bittern is endangered and may soon become extinct in Britain. Photo by D. Boucny, RSPB.
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| The perfectly camouflaged bittern is a heron of large reedbeds. Now that many of the world's wetlands are being drained, the bittern is endangered and may soon become extinct in Britain. Photo by D. Boucny, RSPB. |