| It was the month of May and in those times there was a corncrake in every field and garden. |
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| The secretive corncrake prefers to nest in hay meadows and other grasslands, especially those with dense vegetation. |
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| Like other crakes the corncrake was more prone than most to colliding with overhead wires. |
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| The latest evidence is that corncrake numbers have severely declined in the Valley. |
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| I hear my first corncrake in a patch of irises by a roadside croft and spend a tantalising and unsuccessful half-hour trying to get a glimpse of it. |
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| A common practice is not to draw birds with slender, tapering beaks, such as the thrush or corncrake. |
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| The habitat of the corncrake had increased substantially thanks to agro-environmental measures. |
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| Both areas are very important for birds, hosting several endangered species such as ferruginous duck, corncrake and bittern. |
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| Notable animal species are wolf, otter, sea eagle, imperial eagle, peregrine falcon, corncrake and lesser kestrel. |
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| The project foresees the production of a national corncrake Action Plan and management plans for each of the three sites. |
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| The eight endangered species of birds are common scoter, hen harrier, grey partridge, corncrake, red-necked phalarope, nightjar, roseate tern and corn bunting. |
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| The report highlights the plight of 20 species, including the song thrush, the corncrake, the crossbill, the capercaillie, the dotterel and black grouse. |
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| Birds such as the turtle dove, cirl bunting, stone-curlew, black grouse, black-tailed godwit, twite and corncrake could be at risk. |
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| The islands also provide a habitat for other important species such as corncrake, hen harrier, golden eagle and otter. |
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| The corncrake, nesting in Scotland, may winter in South Africa, and the sora rail of North America regularly crosses 800 miles of ocean to reach Bermuda. |
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| Some were of rare species including peregrine falcon, chough stone-curlew, corncrake and little tern. |
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| Dine 7.30 — Sit on doorstep and hear corncrake in the moonlight. |
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| Most conservation successes are with rarer species including corncrake and stone-curlew. |
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| These included osprey, little tern, avocet, black-tailed godwit, stone curlew, corncrake, chough and peregrine falcon. |
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| The first will take place in a northern river valley of high natural value with a mix of taiga forests, alluvial woodlands, hay meadows and bogs, harbouring many EU-listed species, including over 300 pairs of corncrake. |
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| The corncrake, also once very common, is now almost never seen. |
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