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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.
Exactly the same has happened in regard to the corncrake, which is cut up every year by the early reaping.
The corncrake does not always remain in fields set aside for hay because it finds an easier life in the fields designated for silage.
However, the corncrake is a candidate species under consideration by the biodiversity steering group for an individual action plan to improve its conservation status.
The most important point is surely the inhabiting of the highlands and uplands by the human denizens thereof and not some obscure corncrake.
Our proposals include specific measures to encourage the protection of ground nesting birds, including corncrakes.
We would go a long way to preserve the corncrake, which is one of the most delightful of birds.
Unfortunately cutting silage also cuts up the corncrake.
That enabled corncrakes and other ground-nesting birds such as curlews to nest in the hay.
The landrail or corncrake used to be regarded as a game bird but is in very short supply.
In 1993, there were just 478 active male corncrakes.
Cuckoos and corncrakes used to be common in my part of the world.
Silage cutting will threaten nesting corncrakes.
