Environment
A 2025 survey from the NPWS shows an increase in the national corncrake population by 48 birds, a 20% increase on 2024 figures.
Cattle have returned to the island of Inis Bó Finne for the first time in over 25 years as part of conservation efforts.
Minister James Browne has stated that a "recent survey by the NPWS shows a 35% increase in the corncrake population in the last 5 years".
Minister of state Christopher O'Sullivan has announced that the state has purchased a corncrake breeding site on Belmullet peninsula.
The NPWS said the number of corncrake territories in the core breeding areas of Donegal, Mayo and Galway have increased by 45% since 2018.
The corncrake population has increased by 35% in the last five years, according to a new survey released today by the NPWS
A new €5.9 million Corncrake LIFE conservation project includes work with farmers and landowners to improve the landscape for the bird.
The Corncrake LIFE project will hold its official launch this Friday to save Ireland's corncrakes through work involving farmers.
Four calling male corncrakes have been recorded on Rathlin Island for first time since the late...
'Species such as the Corncrake and the Curlew may become no more than a memory if the degradation of habitats in Ireland continues.'
