People on the coasts of Sligo, Mayo and Donegal are being asked to listen out for the call of the corncrake bird as they returned to Ireland this week. John Carey of the Corncrake Life Project told ...

You can listen to the corncrake's loud, distinctive call by pressing play The "crex crex" call of the corncrake was once a familiar sound in the British countryside. But habitat loss caused by modern ...

The battle is underway to reverse falling corncrake numbers; the first in a series of stories promoting positive environmental actions in Ireland Corncrakes used to herald the arrival of spring in ...

The presence of six calling male corncrakes on Rathlin Island this breeding season has been hailed as a "record-breaking" milestone. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Northern Ireland ...

The presence of six calling male corncrakes on Rathlin Island this breeding season has been hailed as a "record-breaking" milestone. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Northern Ireland ...

A County Antrim farmer has spoken of his delight at being able to record the sound of one of Northern Ireland's rarest birds, the elusive corncrake. Robert Brown (65) of Ballinlea Road near ...

Conservationists are celebrating following a resurgence in the number of corncrakes on an island off the North Antrim coastline. Six calling male corncrakes have been recorded on Rathlin Island this ...