Bitterns, once extinct in the UK, have had a record year in England with the highest number of individuals recorded since the 1800s, thanks to support from an EU conservation programme. Government figures recently showed many threatened species are still declining, but this story demonstrates that it IS possible to bring back species from the brink.

Bittern - pic by Andy Hay/RSPB
Bittern - pic by Andy Hay/RSPB
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