Corncrake (Crex crex)
The Corncrake breeds across temperate Europe and southern Siberia. From August to November most birds migrate to sub-Saharan Africa from where they return in March / April.
Corncrake
Browsing through Henry Stevenson's massive three-volume Birds of Norfolk, I chanced upon an account of a nocturnal visit to Surlingham 'one of our prettiest Broads, and, from its close vicinity to Brundall Station, ...
Corn Crake or Corncrake
Rails
The Corn Crake (Crex crex), or landrail is a small bird in the family Rallidae.
Distribution / Range ...
Corncrake
(Crex crex)
SAP »
Purple Gallinule (Purple Swamphen)
(Porphyrio porphyrio) ...
Corncrake
Help the Grey partridge
At Hope Farm, the RSPB is developing farming techniques that will benefit wildlife ...
The species' name used commonly to be spelled as a single word, 'Corncrake', but the official[citation needed] English name is Corn Crake, and the trend now is to follow this.
Corncrake is a misnomer - birds rarely nest in cornfields. Favourite sites are in long grass and amongst tall weeds and damp places.
Our endangered animals section features threatened and endangered insects, marine, mammals and birds from Britain, including birds such as: Aquatic Warblers, Corncrakes, Ospreys and Skylarks, mammals such as Hares, Otters, Squirrels and Voles.
 See also: Crake, Flamingo, Partridge, Cuckoo, Pheasant
|
