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When the wind and rain of Hurricane Isaias brushed by Ocracoke Island, there was very little damage to homes and business. But the one thing that was destroyed was ...

Irish corncrake numbers have increased by a fifth, while breeding territories for the endangered bird have increased substantially, the latest national survey shows. The corncrake is now being found ...

The presence of six calling male corncrakes on Rathlin Island this breeding season has been hailed as a "record-breaking" milestone. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Northern Ireland ...