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Description: | The Corncrake is a medium sized rail that breeds in meadows and cereal fields. It was previously very widespread across most of Europe, but numbers have declined dramatically over the past century. Modern agriculture, in particular mechanised harvesting and mowing, destroys nests and often kills the chicks and young birds before they can escape. In Britain Corncrakes are now only found in the far north of Scotland, where conservation efforts are underway to try and reverse the decline.
No of females: 1, Age: adult, Form: mount | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.vertebratezoology.26772 | Go to resource |
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