bull-of-the-bog BrE
Botaurus stellaris latin

The canal provides habitats for wetland birds such as the bittern (Botaurus stellaris).

Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)

It is a large, chunky, brown bird, very similar to the Eurasian Great Bittern, 'Botaurus stellaris'.

The Eurasian Bittern or Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae.

Wildlife In the 'Birds of Ayrshire and Wigton' of 1869, the Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is recorded to have once bred at Bruntwood Loch.

Among them are: Acrocephalus paludicola, Crex crex, Limosa limosa, Grus grus, Botaurus stellaris, Ixobychus minutus or quite common here Chlidonias Niger.