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Bitterne is an eastern suburb and ward of Southampton, in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England.. Bitterne derives its name not from the similarly named bird, the bittern, but probably from the bend in the River Itchen; the Old English words byht and ærn together mean "house near a bend" or possibly bita ærn; "house of horse bits", [2] [3] either most likely a reference to Bitterne ...
Image Genus Living species Botaurus Stephens, 1819: American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosa); Eurasian bittern or great bittern (Botaurus stellaris); South American bittern (Botaurus pinnatus)
Bitterne Park is a suburb and Electoral Ward of Southampton, England, on the Eastern bank of the River Itchen, built on sloping parkland which once formed part of Bitterne Manor. Bitterne Park Ward includes the suburbs of Bitterne Park, Bitterne Manor , Midanbury and Townhill Park , and had a population of 14,026 at the 2011 Census . [ 1 ]
The station itself is located a mile west of Bitterne village, although original plans for the railway line would have seen the railway pass right through the centre of the village. The line was originally single-track between St Denys and Fareham , with Bitterne acting as a "passing loop", where trains travelling in opposite directions could ...
Burning Mountain, the common name for Mount Wingen, is a hill near Wingen, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 224 km (139 mi) north of Sydney just off the New England Highway. [2]
The Eurasian bittern or great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is a wading bird in the bittern subfamily (Botaurinae) of the heron family Ardeidae.There are two subspecies, the northern race (B. s. stellaris) breeding in parts of Europe and across the Palearctic, as well as on the northern coast of Africa, while the southern race (B. s. capensis) is endemic to parts of southern Africa.
Harefield is a suburb and Electoral Ward near Bitterne in Southampton, England.Harefield Ward consists of a small council housing estate built around 1952/3 on the 238-acre (0.96 km 2) estate of Harefield House and additional private housing.
Northumberland County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales.It included the area to the north of Broken Bay, which compasses the Central Coast region and Lake Macquarie as well as Newcastle(Greater Newcastle) in the Hunter region.