Corncrake/Traonach LIFE
@CorncrakeLife
EU LIFE project working with landowners and local communities to enhance habitats for Corncrake in the west and north west of Ireland.
Information on our new pilot Results-Based Payment Scheme (RBPS) can now be found on our website. Really excited to work with the first group of farmers and advisors on this 😃 corncrakelife.ie/rbps-materials
Stretchy stretchy! Morning Yoga for this young crake. Second brood will be hatched now and moving about. Only a few weeks to go but 2025 has been kind to our Crex.
A new stand-out job opportunity in SWMDC on our FARM-Up #EIP programme. All the details you need are 👇 We'd be really grateful if you could share with your networks and contacts🙏 #EUinmyRegion @WAN_LIFEIP #EIPAgri southmayo.com/farm-up-projec…
Great to see a young corncrake like this! Still some growing to do. This bird will be fully feathered in about 2 weeks and will then head off to West Africa (5000km). Let's hope it makes the journey and gets home to Ireland next April.
One of rarest breeding birds in Europe. Just chillin' 😊
When pheasants are in your ELC and you have to get them out:
Great to see this young corncrake at one of our sites. At 25-30 days old it is only 2 weeks away from being fledged and will then depart for Africa. Female corncrakes are now on their second clutch and it's vital that they produce fledged young to sustain the population.
Just a few images from our amazing evening on Inis Bó finne in Co. Donegal. A chorus of 26 corncrakes and the local community welcomed the 60 visitors for our inaugural corncrake tour. Bhí sé iontach.
Well, well, well....look at this handsome chap on our camera.
Some awesome images from one of our trail cameras. Corncrakes are notoriously shy birds so we are pretty sure this one was show-boating.😁 Early indications suggest an excellent year for the Irish population- great news in our last season as a project 🙏 @NPWSIreland
Beautiful nettle bed installation @TidyBelmullet Feirm an Bhaile commissioned in partnership with @CorncrakeLife a few years ago. Urban meadow close by is full of native flower species. Great for urban pollinators and symbolic of corncrake/Great YBB habitat on the pennisula.
Hey Twitter. This once in a lifetime experience is filling up fast! Contact us to book your free place. A night to remember for sure!
We are UBER EXCITED about this! For the first time, a corncrake tour to one of the birds major strongholds in Co. Donegal. Enjoy a boat trip, refreshments and talk all for free...but spaces will be limited so book now to avoid disappointment.
A talk about the whales and dolphin of Erris, Co. Mayo is on tonight in Solas, Eachleim. 7pm. Later in the evening @CorncrakeLife will have a talk & walk starting at 8pm in @ArasInisGluaire Gluaire. @CorncrakeLife @LIFEonMachair
Yesterday in @WildNephin we held a celebratory event to mark receipt of our Natura 2000 Award from @EU_ENV and Minister @Alan_Dillon officially launched our @NaturaCommunity initiative. Thanks to all involved 😊
With the support of @NPWSIreland we have secured one of Irelands most important corncrake breeding sites in Co. Mayo. The entire 20 acre site is now managed in cooperation with our neighbors and is fortified with a predator control fence. npws.ie/news/minister-…
The first clutches of eggs from the @BreedingWaders Curlew Headstarting Project have arrived at Fota Wildlife Park. Here our Ranger Jess talks through the process and how the eggs arrive at the Park. To find out more about the project - fotawildlife.ie/blogs/news/wor…