A corncrake jarred in a hay-field near by, and the small trouts of the brook began to jump.
And out of the silver-grey fog of darkness came sounds vague and hoarse: a corncrake not far off, sound of a train like a sigh, and distant shouts of men.
Corncrake sings from eve till morn, Deep in corn, a strenuous bard!
From this roadside I have seldom heard the corncrake, and never once the grasshopper lark.
I missed but two birds, the corncrake and the grasshopper lark, and found these another season.
Where is the legislation giving people the same consideration as the corncrake, the pine marten or the rare orchid?
I am now told that they are thinking about corncrakes, but the mere mention of a raptor and all those organisations go into orbit.
I understand that the corncrake population is declining.
