Corncrakes, one of the country’s rarest breeding birds, remain vulnerable in Scotland with counts showing their numbers are largely static following recent declines from a high in 2014, RSPB Scotland has warned.
In 2018, only 884 calling males were recorded during RSPB Scotland’s annual survey. This is a marginal increase of just two per cent (18 birds) from 2017, and still down 31 per cent from the 2014 high of 1,289 males.
There were indications of slightly better results seen in some areas such as North and South Uist, with increases of 18 and 30 per cent respectively from last year, but these were outweighed by losses elsewhere, including at key sites such as Islay.
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