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    The Corncrake - An Ecology of an Enigma

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    AuthorFrank Rennie
    LanguageEnglish
    ISBN9781849955027
    PublisherWhittles Publishing
    Pages189
    Size171 x 240 x 15 (mm)
    FormatSoftcover
    ImagesColour images, illustrations and tables
    Year published  2022

    Changes in farmland management throughout the twentieth century, including agricultural intensification and increasing mechanisation, have resulted in the loss of habitat for many species. The Corncrake is one such species that has faced multiple challenges to its survival. Although it was once a common bird throughout northern Europe, the breeding areas of Corncrakes have been steadily reduced to a fraction of what they once were, and in many areas, their continuation as a regularly breeding bird is in serious doubt.

    In addition, the behaviour of the Corncrake, nesting under the cover of tall grass and undertaking annual long-distance migrations, means that for most of the last hundred years, its detailed ecology has remained mysterious and little understood. Although there have been millions of words written about the Corncrake in scientific papers, until now there has been no full-length book that attempts to capture all the aspects of its ecology and to present this information to non-specialists. As a result, until very recently, many important facts about its lifestyle and behaviour have not been widely known, even among ornithologists.

    Although scarcely seen in its natural habitat, the Corncrake is well-known in many rural areas due to its characteristic (and persistent) night-time calling, but new discoveries with the aid of acoustic science have proved surprising and may offer new ways of improving the location, identification, and management options to protect and enable the population of this iconic species to recover, even to thrive in our countryside. A new appreciation of the requirements of this species and the ways in which our sensitive management of the whole landscape, both in its potential breeding areas across Europe and Asia and in the seasonal quarters in regions of Africa, offer new hope for the future of this fascinating bird.

     

    Contents

    Foreword   vii
    List of figures   xi
    Preface   xiii
    Acknowledgements   xv

    Chapter 1. An introduction to the Corncrake   1
    Chapter 2. The Corncrake in the Rallidae family   4
    Chapter 3. Corncrakes in history and culture   11
    Chapter 4. Corncrakes in the landscape   18
    Chapter 5. Description and morphology   34
    Chapter 6. Population and distribution   42
    Chapter 7. Breeding biology   67
    Chapter 8. Migration   79
    Chapter 9. Calls and signalling   85
    Chapter 10. Food and feeding behaviour   101
    Chapter 11. Predators, parasites and problems   107
    Chapter 12. Habitat management and conservation   114
    Chapter 13. Further research   134
    Chapter 14. References   138
    Chapter 15. Further reading   159

    Appendix 1. Scientific names of animals and plants mentioned in the book   171
    Appendix 2. Names for Crex crex   175
    Appendix 3. Numbers of calling male Corncrakes in Britain and Isle of Man 1978-2014   177

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