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Corncrake heard for first time ever on Oileán Cruit, Donegal

  • 09-06-2010 10:55am
    #1
    LikePlace
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    I have been visiting there for over 30 years and never heard one before - nor has anyone in my extended family.

    There are 6 or 7 nesting on nearby Oileán Uaigh - so the bird we heard may be part of a new vanguard. He squawked his heart out for days.

    I took a short video to record his call at: http://blog.likeplace.ie/2010/06/sound-of-first-ever-corncrake-on-cruit.html

    Cruit seems well suited to him - lots of long grass. I just hope he manages to find a mate and survive.
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  • #2
    Feargal as Luimneach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭Feargal as Luimneach


    Super work! That's a corncrake allright. Great news. Hopefully there'll be a few corncrakes fledged there.
    I heard my first corncrake on the callows in 2004. I also got a short view of one flying ( a rare event). It was unreal. I have 913 birds on my list but nothing compares to the first time I first saw my first corncrake (i've only ever seen one, heard around ten).
    Wow that news lifts the spirit:D


  • #3
    Connacht
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 447 ✭✭Connacht


    Well done on Corncrake. Hope he finds a mate.
    I had one not more than 10 m away in broad daylight in W Mayo two weeks back, but despite efforts, couldn't see him !!


  • #4
    LikePlace
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    Couldn't see this guy either. At one point he could only have been 3 or 4 metres away - but no way could I see him in the tall grass.


  • #5
    Sundew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭Sundew


    Must have been a real thrill to hear it and take this video.
    never heard one myself but my paremts keep recounting the corncrake stories.
    My husband was sure it was a corncrake he spotted run into long grass last year in Mayo. I was 2 slow with the camera so can't prove or disproove what the bird was though others told me it was unlikely to be one.


  • #6
    LikePlace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭LikePlace


    Was exciting at first.

    But he ended up squawking for days on end. Wouldn't shut up.

    Video shows only a tiny fraction of his calls. Usually of much longer duration.


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