A nature reserve is celebrating its 30th anniversary and the success of bringing back a rare bird species.
Ham Wall near Glastonbury in Somerset was bought by the RSPB in 1994 who turned the former peat extraction site into a nature reserve.
The site is credited with helping the recovery of the bittern, which had been on the verge of extinction in the 1990s.
Tony Whitehead from the RSPB said: “It’s probably one of the best places in the UK to see a bittern now. I don’t think they would have turned up if we hadn’t done the work.”
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