Rare Bitterns Breeds For First Time In Over 200 Years

One of the UK’s most rare and threatened bird species has successfully bred on the Gwent Levels for the first time in over 200 years. Bittern chicks have fledged from two separate nests at the Newport Wetlands nature reserve.

Mr Dupé said: "To see bitterns nesting at Newport Wetlands is a truly wonderful sight, and a real achievement for those of us who have been involved in habitat conservation at the site for a long time. "In the last few years bitterns have been nesting and breeding in areas of North Wales where there has been extensive reedbed restoration, and we had only hoped to see the same success here.