The bittern is back

Just in case you missed yesterday's flurry of news stories about the remarkable comeback of the bittern, a bird declared extinct in 1880, here's a round-up of links:

• Shy bittern makes home on estate [BBC News]

• Bitterns boom after conservation success [The Guardian]

• Rare bird spotted breeding in Suffolk fens [Lowestoft Journal]

• Increase for the UK's most threatened bird [Country Life]

• Leading article: boom at the top [The Independent]

• Booming bird that's back from the dead [Daily Express]