A rare bird endangered across the UK has been rescued after taking shelter from heavy rain on a cruise ship. The corncrake, an RSPB red-listed bird, was spotted on the 16th deck of Sky Princess by ...

Multiple tonne bags of nettles from across Northern Ireland have been shipped to Rathlin Island in an effort to support the endangered corncrake bird. The nettle rhizomes have proven to be a success ...

A family on the Princess Cruises' Sky Princess found a surprising stowaway on their vacation. According to the BBC, Charlene Halsey and her daughters found a "shivering" corn crake hiding under the ...

The number of rare corncrake birds in Scotland has risen for the first time in five years, according to a wildlife charity. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Scotland’s annual ...

New data shows that efforts to increase corncrake populations in the west and northwest of Ireland are beginning to pay off. A 2024 survey from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) shows an ...

With 250 farmers and landowners now managing close to 1,500 hectares for corncrakes, numbers of the red-listed species have risen by over a third in three counties. Corncrakes were once common ...

Attempts to save an endangered bird have been praised after a ‘promising’ corncrake population was found on the isle of Canna. It comes after years of low numbers on the island but the National Trust ...

The country’s most critically endangered wild bird has begun inching away from oblivion after conservation efforts in key habitats. However, the corncrake is still extremely vulnerable with just 233 ...