Eurasian bittern or great bittern, Botaurus stellaris. Bittern, Ardea stellaris. Handcoloured woodblock engraving after an illustration by Thomas Berwick from The Natural History of Birds, published by Brightly and Childs, Bungay, Suffolk, 1815. Charles Brightly established a printing and stereotype foundry in Bungay in 1795 and went into partnership with nonconformist radical printer John Firby Childs in 1808.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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