An intense conservation plan introduced to save the endangered corncrake is paying off, with the RSPB NI reporting that four ...

CONSERVATIONISTS are warning of fears for the future of Scotland's corncrake population because of Government spending plans. RSPB Scotland fears that although the numbers of corncrakes, one of ...

Corncrakes are surveyed by counting calling males because of their loud, distinctive call Multiple tonne bags of nettles from across Northern Ireland have been shipped to Rathlin Island in an effort ...

The presence of six calling male corncrakes on Rathlin Island this breeding season has been hailed as a "record-breaking" milestone. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Northern Ireland ...

The population of corncrakes on Rathlin Island is being "positively" maintained with the help of an annual nettle dig, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has said. Since the 1970s, ...

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