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Big find??

Birdnuts · 2017-10-04 23:44:48

http://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/101926/Corncrake.html I'm no expert on these birds but is this record not rather late and in a part of the country where Corncrakes have not been known to breed for many decades!!(I have family in the area and vaguely remember the last breeding occurring in the early…

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http://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/101926/Corncrake.html

I'm no expert on these birds but is this record not rather late and in a part of the country where Corncrakes have not been known to breed for many decades!!(I have family in the area and vaguely remember the last breeding occurring in the early 80's).

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Discussing this with an experienced person today and he reckoned it was a brood of young pheasants - sounds more plausible I guess

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Yeah that was my first thought too tbh. Had a few farmers/tells tell me there were corncrakes in the area over the summer, when the area really wasn't typical/suitable but I had seen/heard Pheasants nearby. You can imagine how someone unfamiliar with them might mistake a female pheasant and chicks for corncrakes...

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