The news is welcome after the bird faced extinction from Northern Ireland in the 1990s. The population of the corncrake had been driven to the brink due to changing farming practices and the loss of ...

RSPB NI said it was “delighted to announce that the unmistakable ‘crex-crex’ call” had been heard, marking the seasonal return of this rare and elusive bird. Corncrakes, once widespread across ...