A pair of bitterns were spotted near a presumed nest site in Derbyshire, the RSPB says.
In 1997, there were estimated to be just 11 males across the whole of the UK, which put them on the brink of a second national extinction.Derbyshire Wildlife Trust said at its Willington Wetlands site, RSPB volunteers recorded one male bittern booming in 2022.
The best way for conservation scientists to count bitterns is during the breeding season - by listening for the male's booming "foghorn" call, which can be heard three miles away.A male and female were also "repeatedly spotted flying to and from a presumed nest site, a positive sign that they were feeding nearby chicks", the trust reported.
Henry Richards, from the trust, said: "We are absolutely thrilled to have bittern recorded booming and breeding here at Willington and hope that they will return to enjoy the reedbeds and resilient habitat that has been created for them."
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