RSPB Scotland said this year 884 males were recorded, a "marginal increase" of 18 birds from 2017's figures. The charity said 2018's number was still down 31% from the 2014 high of 1,289 males.

Numbers of corncrake had been reported to have declined last year One of Scotland's rarest breeding birds has had its most successful season in at least 45 years, RSPB Scotland has said. Surveys ...

RSPB NI formed the ‘Giving Corncrake a Home’ project in 2010 bringing volunteers together to dig, wash and transport nettle rhizomes to the island to provide the dense, early cover Corncrakes ...

Liam McFaul, an RSPB warden on Rathlin Island, said it has been incredibly sad to watch the corncrake population decline over the decades, and spoke of the significance of this year's record count.

A project to protect one of Scotland’s rarest and most secretive birds is being launched.

The number of rare corncrake birds in Scotland has risen for the first time in five years, according to a wildlife charity.. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Scotland’s ...

CONSERVATIONISTS are warning of fears for the future of Scotland's corncrake population because of Government spending plans. RSPB Scotland fears that although the numbers of corncrakes, one of ...

RSPB Scotland has said one of Scotland's rarest birds remains "vulnerable" following the latest annual survey of its numbers. Corncrakes migrate from Africa to breed on islands including Lewis ...

A project to protect one of Scotland’s rarest and most secretive birds is being launched.Corncrakes were once widespread across the country until populations fell dramatically with the ...

RSPB Scotland has said one of Scotland's rarest birds remains "vulnerable" following the latest annual survey of its numbers. Corncrakes migrate from Africa to breed on islands including Lewis ...

The £738,000 project will work with farmers and crofters to focus on land management.

The £738,000 project will work with farmers and crofters to focus on land management.