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Last-ditch effort under way to stop corncrake extinction in Britain

Last-ditch effort under way to stop corncrake extinction in Britain

January 13, 2022January 8, 2022 Supertrooper 2 Comments

The piercing “crex crex” call of the male corncrake once kept country people awake at night. But its last breeding strongholds are falling silent as this elusive migratory bird teeters on the brink of extinction in Britain. Despite a successful rescue effort that led to its numbers rallying on the islands of north-west Scotland, rising […]

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Irish birds more endangered than ever, report finds

Irish birds more endangered than ever, report finds

April 23, 2021April 19, 2021 Supertrooper 1 Comment

Irish birds are more endangered than ever before, with more than a quarter, or 54 species, now on the red list, according to a new report from BirdWatch Ireland. Two well-known seabirds added to the red list are the puffin and kittiwake and there are fears they may become extinct in the next 100 years, […]

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Corncrake – crex crex

Corncrake – crex crex

June 11, 2017December 23, 2019 Simon Rix 1 Comment

When I awoke to rain and low cloud this morning the only thing I thought about was how silly I had been to hang washing out to dry overnight. I have clearly moved on from migration modus and into breeding bird modus. If I had still my migration antenna up I may have chosen to […]

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