A smallish heron which is very secretive spending long periods skulking through reedbeds. May be seen more frequently in flight when feeding young.

• Contributor: Simon rowlands / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: 2H99GN8
• File size: 28.8 MB (590.1 KB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 3888 x 2592 px | 32.9 x 21.9 cm | 13 x 8.6 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 7 December 2008
• Location: Warrington Cheshire England UK

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• also feeds on small birds and mammals
• bittern
• black crowned
• booming
• booms
• booms may be heard over 3-5 km
• botaurus stellaris
• british birds
• bulky thick necked heron
• canon
• climbs and lands on reeds
• clutch 5-6 3-7
• dispersive
• eats mainly fish and amphibians
• fairly shallow water
• flies low over reeds
• flights often observed when feeding young
• frequently observed walking on ice
• increasing in the uk due to positive land management
• length 70 80 cm
• lowland swamps
• medium sized bird 70 80 cm
• nests within reedbeds on a built up platform
• occasional swimmer
• order ciconiiformes
• over 100 booming males now in the uk
• polygamous
• reedbeds
• reeds
• secretive
• secretive bird
• shallows
• simon rowlands
• simon rowlands wildlife photography
• skulking
• skulking bird
• small pools and channels
• solitary
• solitary species
• subfamily botaurinae
• thick necked heron
• very territorial
• wetlands