corncrake
Britishnoun
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Chrissie Kelly, the head of species management at the Pensthorpe Conservation Trust, a partner in the project, says this is the only known corncrake population in England.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024
“We don’t reward farmers for having a corncrake on their land, we reward them for having the habitat,” Mr. Carey said.
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
Rarities like the corncrake, with its distinctive rasping call, also arrive here to breed in the summer.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2017
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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