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Funny noises in the night, like the booming of the bittern, to them sounded eerie and mystical.

From November to March, Eurasian bitterns are frequent visitors to this lake.

Without golf balls whizzing overhead, the land has become habitat for migratory shorebirds, among them black-necked stilts, greater yellowlegs and sandpipers, and has even drawn the secretive American bittern.

Likewise, the inclusion of local communities was key to the Australasian bittern, a type of bird, moving from endangered to vulnerable.

At Westhay Nature Reserve, sphagnum moss and sundews form a carpet on the boggy ground and the wetlands attract rare birds such as bitterns and curlews.