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		<title>The Eurasian Bittern</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-eurasian-bittern/" title="The Eurasian Bittern" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/eb1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Eurasian bittern" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/eb1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/eb1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/eb1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The Eurasian bittern, aka great bittern, is a wading bird from the heron family Ardeidae. They can be found in Europe, Africa, and Asia. These birds face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of wetland drainage, residential and commercial developments, reduction and loss of loss of [&#x2026;]</p>
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