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Four calling male corncrakes recorded on Rathlin Island

The RSPB NI has reported that four calling male corncrakes have been recorded on Rathlin Island for first time since the early eighties. Picture by Northcoast Nature/Tom McDonnell
Marie Louise McConville
FOUR calling male corncrakes have been recorded on Rathlin Island for the first time since the early 1980s. The corncrake, known for its distinctive `crex-crex' call, is one of the north's [...]

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