Several articles in the Irish media have celebrated the increase in the number of Corncrakes in 2018. However the publication Green News warns the numbers are still below the safe level for a threatened species. Interestingly the Green News item is illustrated by a photograph of one of the birds taken at Ballaugh Curragh in the Isle of Man (links):
https://greennews.ie/corncrake-numbers-still-not-safe-expe…/
https://www.irishexaminer.com/…/modest-rise-in-corncrake-nu…
https://www.irishtimes.com/…/how-ireland-s-elusive-corncrak…
Bernard Moffatt
Celtic League