Hope endangered corncrake can be saved as numbers increase in Scotland

Conservationists optimistic turning point reached in effort to prevent red-listed bird from extinction in Britain The number of corncrakes serenading Scotland with their strange summer calls has increased for the first time in five years, giving hope that this secretive bird can be saved from extinction in Britain.Calling males rose to 870 this summer, up from a low of 828 in 2022 and the highest total since the summer of 2019. Continue reading...