Corncrake
The call of a male corn crake during the breeding season is a repetitive crek-crek, like notched sticks rubbed together. It was a sound that used to be heard throughout the south-west, but sadly the corn crake no longer breeds here.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 289/1980
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Birds
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Common Name
- corncrake
- Simple Name
- bird
