Mr Shannon, an expert on the bird, says there are fewer than 1000 left in Australia, and no more than 100 in Tasmania. The bittern is nicknamed ‘bunyip bird’, after the Aboriginal mythological ...

The Australasian bittern was once so common throughout Australia that it is thought to have inspired the great mighty mythical legend, the Bunyip. The bird’s knack for camouflaging itself in reeds on ...