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New project bids to rid Rathlin of non-native predators threatening the seabirds' future.

Image source: Tom McDonnell, Northcoast Nature. Used with kind permission of RSPB NI Four calling male corncrakes have been recorded on Rathlin Island for first time since the late ‘70s / early ‘80s, thanks to regenerative farming techniques. A Northern Ireland (NI) Environment Agency corncrake grant scheme is in place on the island, and is administered by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) NI. The scheme works with farmers to ensure their lands remain safe for these protected birds. One example of farming techniques supported by the scheme is to mow in a spiral where i...

Four calling male corncrakes have been recorded on Rathlin Island to date this year. It is the first time since the late 1970s/early 1980s that four birds have been recorded. One of the rarest birds on the island of Ireland - a red-listed species - it is a bird of high conservation concern. Numbers have been in sharp decline since the 1980s and Rathlin is the only place in Northern Ireland home to this species. Attraction For the last six years, at least one calling male has been heard. This year, two males arrived in late April and are established on the island, with their behaviour indic...

BBC News Published Four rare male birds have been recorded on Rathlin Island, off the County Antrim coast. It is the highest number of calling male corncrakes to be confirmed on the island in about 40 years. The corncrake is one of NI's rarest birds, known for its distinctive call. Rathlin is the only place in NI where the species can be found, and is the focus of conservation efforts by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds NI (RSPB NI). 'Over the years, I could see the decline happening before my eyes; the corncrakes just weren't there any more. So to have four birds is quite somet...

Southland has fallen 15 runs short of what would have been a remarkable outright victory in an all-important Hawke Cup showdown at Queens Park in Invercargill.