corncrake

/ ˈkɔːnˌkreɪk /

noun

a common Eurasian rail, Crex crex, of fields and meadows, with a buff speckled plumage and reddish wings

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It is a favourite spot with the corncrake—almost the only place where you are nearly sure to hear him.

Somewhere a corncrake called its monotonous crek-craik; the dull, harsh sound emphasizing the utter stillness.

A farmer at Aikerness in Orkney, about midwinter, in demolishing a mud-wall, found a Corncrake in the midst of it.

From a field of young wheat hard by I heard the harsh, grating note of the corncrake.

A restless corncrake cries among the long grass of the next meadow that stands waiting for the scythe.

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