corncrake
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The call of the corncrake is a “lovely noise to hear out in the washes,” says Emilie Fox-Teece of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve at Welney, Norfolk.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024
Now there are hopes the corncrake can stage a comeback in England, after being reintroduced to the fenlands of Norfolk.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024
“You hear about them making special trips to places in the west where they are going to hear the corncrake again. It’s sad that many young people have never heard it.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
In Ireland, efforts are underway to preserve the call of the corncrake — a small, shy bird related to the coot.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
And once they heard a corncrake calling as it crept among the long grass of a path verge.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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