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Bittern (other)
Bittern is a classification of wading birds in the heron family. Bittern may also refer to: Places * Bittern, Victoria, a town in Australia ** Bittern railway station, on the Stony Point line * Bittern Lake, a village in Alberta, Canada * Bittern Line a railway in Norfolk, England Vehicles * LNER Class A4 4464 ''Bittern'', a preserved British steam locomotive * Boulton Paul Bittern, a British fighter aircraft design of the 1920s * HMS ''Bittern'', the name of seven ships of the Royal Navy * USS ''Bittern'', several ships in the United States Navy Other * Bittern (salt), a waste product of solar salt operations rich in magnesium sulfate * Operation Bittern, a British military operation in World War II See also * Bitterne Bitterne is an eastern suburb and ward of Southampton, 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 ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bittern
Bitterns are birds belonging to the subfamily Botaurinae of the heron family Ardeidae. Bitterns tend to be shorter-necked and more secretive than other members of the family. They were called ''hæferblæte'' in Old English; the word "bittern" came to English from Old French ''butor'', itself from Gallo-Roman ''butitaurus'', a compound of Latin ''būtiō'' (buzzard) and ''taurus'' (bull). Bitterns usually frequent reed beds and similar marshy areas and feed on amphibians, reptiles, insects, and fish. Bitterns, like herons, egrets, and pelicans, fly with their necks retracted, unlike the similar storks, ibises, and spoonbill Spoonbills are a genus, ''Platalea'', of large, long-legged wading birds. The spoonbills have a global distribution, being found on every continent except Antarctica. The genus name ''Platalea'' derives from Ancient Greek and means "broad", refe ...s, which fly with necks outstretched. Species There are currently 14 species divided into three genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bittern, Victoria
Bittern is a town on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Bittern recorded a population of 4,276 at the 2021 census. Bittern is part of an urban enclave on Western Port comprising Bittern, Hastings, Crib Point, Somerville, and Tyabb. It is served by Bittern railway station on the Stony Point greater-metropolitan line and by the 782 bus route operated by Peninsula Bus Lines between Frankston and Flinders. Bittern is named after the shy wetland bird, the Australasian bittern, which reflects the town's location amongst significant areas of native bushland and dense coastal vegetation. History and Present Day The town was part of the Coolart pastoral run of the 1860s. Bittern Post Office opened on 5 January 1891. The railway opened for Bittern in 1889 and small scale commercial development began during the early 1900s. The tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bittern Railway Station
Bittern railway station is located on the Stony Point line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Bittern, and it opened on 17 December 1889. History Bittern station opened on 17 December 1889, when the line from Hastings was extended to Stony Point. Like the town itself, the station was named after the bird family of the same name. Between 1921 and 1953, Bittern was the junction station for a branch line to Red Hill. On 22 June 1981, the passenger service between Frankston and Stony Point was withdrawn and replaced with a bus service, with the line between Long Island Junction and Stony Point also closing on the same day. On 16 September 1984, promotional trips for the reopening of the line began and, on 27 September of that year, the passenger service was reinstated. Also in that year, flashing light signals were provided at the nearby Woolleys Road level crossing, located in the Down direction of the station. In February 1986, the current passenger shelters w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bittern Lake
Bittern Lake, originally named Rosenroll, is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located between Camrose and Wetaskiwin, on Highway 13. The first post office opened in the home of Ernest Roper in 1899. It was known as the Village of Rosenroll between 1904 and 1911. The present name comes from Cree Indians in the area, on account of bittern near the lake. The lake itself is not accessible by road, and is not recommended for boating or fishing due to its high counts of alkali and its shallow waters. Locals enjoy the scenic walking trails around the lake as well as observing the native birds that nest in the area. The nearest shopping is in Camrose, Alberta. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Bittern Lake had a population of 216 living in 83 of its 84 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 220. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bittern Line
The Bittern Line is a railway branch line in Norfolk, England, that links to . It passes through the Broads on its route to an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the north Norfolk coast. It is named after the bittern, a rare bird found in the reedy wetlands of Norfolk. The line is in length and there are 10 stations. It is part of Network Rail Strategic Route 7, SRS 07.11, and is classified as a rural line. Passenger services are operated by Greater Anglia, which also manages all of the stations. History The line was granted permission in 1864 and the first stretch was opened between Norwich and in 1874 by the East Norfolk Railway. It was extended to Cromer by 1877 before being extended to in 1877, using a section of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line. From the early twentieth century until the end of steam services, in 1962, the Great Eastern Railway operated coastal holiday services from London Liverpool Street under names such as the '' Norfolk Coast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LNER Class A4 4464 Bittern
4464 ''Bittern'' is a London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class A4 steam locomotive. Built for the LNER on 18 December 1937 at Doncaster Works as works number 1866, it received number 4464. After that it was renumbered 19 on 16 August 1946 under the LNER 1946 renumbering scheme, and finally 60019 by British Railways on 10 October 1948, after nationalisation. Of the 35 strong class, it is one of six to survive into preservation but it is one of only two currently scheduled to be certified for mainline use. In preservation, the locomotive has also worn the identities of a number of its scrapped classmates, including the first of the A4 class 2509 ''Silver Link'' and most recently as 4492 ''Dominion of New Zealand''. Liveries Like the other members of its class, ''Bittern'' has worn many liveries throughout its career. When released to traffic on 18 December 1937, ''Bittern'' was wearing the garter blue livery that was standard for LNER A4 Pacific locomotives at that time. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulton Paul Bittern
The Boulton Paul Bittern was a 1920s British night-fighter aircraft built by Boulton Paul Limited of Norwich, named after the marsh bird of the same name. Design and development Designed to Air Ministry Specification 27/24, which called for a single-seat night fighter for use against enemy bomber aircraft, the Bittern design was unusual for its time in that it was a twin- engined shoulder wing monoplane rather than a single-engine biplane. Two prototypes were built. The first was a cantilever wing design with the engines - 214 hp Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx - on the leading edge of the wing. However initial trials showed that the wing was too flexible and so wing struts were added fixed between the bottom of the fuselage and the engine installations. However this added weight and drag with a commensurate effect on performance. The second prototype had the engines suspended from the wings on the struts. The first prototype had two fixed .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Bittern
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Bittern'', after the bird, the bittern: * was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1796 and sold in 1833. * was a 12-gun brig launched in 1840 and sold in 1860. *HMS ''Bittern'' (1861) was to have been a wood screw sloop A screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. In the 19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine, ships driven by propellers were differentiated from those driven by paddle-wheels by referring to the ship's ''screws'' (propelle .... She was ordered in 1861, but construction was cancelled in 1864. * was a wood screw gunvessel launched in 1869 and sold in 1887. * was an launched in 1897 and sunk in a collision in 1918. *HMS ''Bittern'' was to have been a sloop, but she was renamed before her launch. * was a ''Bittern''-class sloop, launched in 1937 and sunk in 1940. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bittern, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Bittern
USS ''Bittern'' may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...: * was launched 15 February 1919 by Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama. * USS ''Bittern'' (AM-352) was laid down on 10 September 1943 at Portland, Oregon, by the Willamette Iron and Steel Corp.; named ''Bittern'' on 11 April 1944; and launched on 21 June 1944. The cessation of hostilities, however, prompted the Navy to cancel the contract for her construction on 1 November 1945. * was launched 4 March 1957 by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., City Island, New York References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bittern, USS United States Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bittern (salt)
Bittern (pl. bitterns), or nigari, is the salt solution formed when halite (table salt) precipitates from seawater or brines. Bitterns contain magnesium, calcium, and potassium ions as well as chloride, sulfate, iodide, and other ions. Bittern is commonly formed in salt ponds where the evaporation of water prompts the precipitation of halite. These salt ponds can be part of a salt-producing industrial facility, or they can be used as a waste storage location for brines produced in desalination processes. Bittern is a source of many useful salts. It is used as a natural source of Mg2+, and it can be used as a coagulant both in the production of tofu and in the treatment of industrial wastewater. History Bittern has been extracted for a long time, at least several centuries. The Dutch chemist Petrus Jacobus Kipp (1808–1864) experimented with saturated solutions of bittern. The term for the solution is a modification of "bitter". Uses Salt derivation Bittern is a source ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Bittern
Operation Bittern ( no, Bittern-ekspedisjonen, known as Bitern in the oldest sources) was a military operation in occupied Norway planned and carried out in 1942 by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the Norwegian government-in-exile in London. Four SOE agents and instructors—Thor Helliessen, Jan Allan, Ruben Langmo and Johannes S. Andersen—were sent to Norway and parachuted into Nordmarka north of Oslo in October 1942. Their primary mission was to help the resistance movement Milorg with the assassinations of Norwegian Nazis and informers by training selected Milorg personnel for the task. If asked by Milorg they would also help as executioners. According to Chief of Defence, General Wilhelm von Tangen Hansteen, the group should only act upon decisions by the Home Forces, and they brought no liquidation lists from the UK.Moland (1999): pp. 60–64 The problem was that the operation had not been approved by Milorg in advance. In a meeting between Milorg leaders J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitterne
Bitterne is an eastern suburb and ward of Southampton, 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", either most likely a reference to Bitterne Manor House. A reference from the late 11th century spells the name ''Byterne''. Bitterne Ward comprises the suburbs of Bitterne and Thornhill, and had a population of 13,800 at the 2011 census. The ward borders Sholing Ward and Harefield Ward to the west and north. History The focal point of Bitterne today is the former location of Bitterne Village (and is still occasionally referred to by that name), but the village is predated by the settlement at Bitterne Manor, the site of the original Roman settlement of ''Clausentum'', the forerunner of today's City of Southampton. Bitterne is not mentioned in the Domesday Book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
