Dear Jaco,
I could find no medieval records of bittern on a search of several
hundreds sites in central England. However, I know that there is a
dubious identification from a site in the south of England: ask Dale
Serjeantson for a reference. I have two records for the Roman period,
if you are interested I could send you the references.
Cheers,
Umberto
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> Hi everyone,
> does anyone out there has knowledge of any specimens of bittern
> (Botaurus stellaris) from British medieval deposits?
> cheers
Umberto Albarella
Dept of Archaeology
University of Durham
Durham DH1 3LE, UK
tel. +44-191-3741139
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