Corncrakes were once a common sound heard throughout the UK, their recognisable rasp rippling through the countryside. Like many farmland birds, their population plummeted but we are working with farmers to support this species through nature-friendly farming. | RSPB

Bird Species #43 - Corncrake The sound of the Corncrake was once familiar across most of rural Britain, but agricultural intensification has driven the remaining population north and west, with the majority of breeding birds restricted to the islands of the Outer and Inner Hebrides. The scientific name of this species is Crex crex. This name is onomatopoeic and these wonderful birds can be heard saying their name relentlessly through the spring and summer. Indeed, it is often the sound alone, co

An Traonach (Corncrake / Crex crex) The kerrx-kerrx sound of the corncrake has been compared with two cheese-graters rubbed together, producing a sound so monotonous as to qualify the bird as the world's worst singer (and hence eurovision song contest candidate!!). This lack in vocal accomplishment is more than compensated for by their dignified operatic deportment as they stand erect with head held high and beak wide open. Corncrake is a misnomer - birds rarely nest in cornfields. Favourite sit

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