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

A corncrake has been heard calling on Rathlin Island for the first time in more than 10 years. The distinctive rasping crex-crex call was first heard close to Church Bay last Thursday and the male ...

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 ...

Conservationists are celebrating following a resurgence in the number of corncrakes on an island off the North Antrim coastline. Six calling male corncrakes have been recorded on Rathlin Island this ...

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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