The thorny truth of it is that there’s nothing natural about the countryside. Rural Britain is a drained and deforested ...

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It bore fruit in 2014 when the first corncrake returned to Rathlin Island year-on-year. Liam McFaul, RSPB NI warden on Rathlin Island, said he has noticed the drop in numbers himself across his life.

Claire Barnett, RSPB NI’s east area manager, added: “I remember being out on Rathlin in 2014, walking the fields and hearing the corncrake call as they were becoming re-established.

It bore fruit in 2014 when the first corncrake returned to Rathlin Island year-on-year. Liam McFaul, RSPB NI warden on Rathlin Island, said he has noticed the drop in numbers himself across his life.

Claire Barnett, RSPB The Giving Corncrake A Home project was started by the charity in 2010, bringing volunteers together to dig, wash and transport nettle rhizomes to the island to provide the dense, ...

Claire Barnett, RSPB The Giving Corncrake A Home project was started by the charity in 2010, bringing volunteers together to dig, wash and transport nettle rhizomes to the island to provide the dense, ...