Corncrake

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>While there is a great deal of enthusiasm about birds across every cohort of the population, we, as a nation, have been utterly negligent of the needs of the rarest and most threatened of our birds.</p>

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Anja Murray: Will the law save Irish birds, which are so threatened?

Species such as the puffin, snipe, hen harrier, kestrel and curlew are plummeting toward extinction here, and even legally protected conservation sites are lacking urgent habitat restoration actions

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Ireland's endangered corncrake population grows by 35%

<p>The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife. Wolves hunted here 250-500 years ago and capercaillie were still found in Irish woodland</p>

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What was the state of nature here 500 years ago?

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Richard Collins: Working to make these raptors welcome

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From Fanad to Fota — and back again — for the luckiest corncrakes in Ireland

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Donal Hickey: Plenty to see — and learn from — in new Cork bird book

Donal Hickey: look but don't get too close to those bird nests

As far as that bird knows you’re a predator! In the natural world, there’s nothing good about a large animal trying to seek out your nest

Thu, 23 Jun, 2022

Govt launches EU-funded LIFE project to encourage farmers to revive ‘the bird of the meadow’

Back in the 1960s, the country had an estimated 4,000 individual corncrakes, but last year only 188 calling males were recorded

Fri, 08 Apr, 2022

Love Tory: the ultimate Gaeltacht escape

"As one of the country’s most vibrant outposts of both culture and nature, the island had always been on my staycation wish-list"

Mon, 09 Aug, 2021

Corncrake collapse is emblematics: The last few?

Birdwatch Ireland hopes to recruit birdwatchers — €400 a week — for the coming summer season, but how many of those 14 short-term workers might be lucky enough to see a corncrake is uncertain.

Mon, 05 Feb, 2018

Corncrake

Anja Murray: Will the law save Irish birds, which are so threatened?

Ireland's endangered corncrake population grows by 35%

What was the state of nature here 500 years ago?

Richard Collins: Working to make these raptors welcome

From Fanad to Fota — and back again — for the luckiest corncrakes in Ireland

Donal Hickey: Plenty to see — and learn from — in new Cork bird book

Donal Hickey: look but don't get too close to those bird nests

Govt launches EU-funded LIFE project to encourage farmers to revive ‘the bird of the meadow’

Love Tory: the ultimate Gaeltacht escape

Corncrake collapse is emblematics: The last few?

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Mick Clifford

Corncrake

Anja Murray: Will the law save Irish birds, which are so threatened?

Ireland's endangered corncrake population grows by 35%

What was the state of nature here 500 years ago?

Richard Collins: Working to make these raptors welcome

From Fanad to Fota — and back again — for the luckiest corncrakes in Ireland

Donal Hickey: Plenty to see — and learn from — in new Cork bird book

Donal Hickey: look but don't get too close to those bird nests

Govt launches EU-funded LIFE project to encourage farmers to revive ‘the bird of the meadow’

Love Tory: the ultimate Gaeltacht escape

Corncrake collapse is emblematics: The last few?

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Mick Clifford

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