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The corncrake comeback

The call of the corncrake was once a familiar sound in the British countryside.

That was before modern farming methods pushed the bird to the brink of extinction.

Now there are hopes the corncrake is staging a comeback in England, after being reintroduced to our fens.

Emilie Fox-Teece of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve at Welney tells Dotty McLeod about the comeback.

Picture credit: WWT / Billy Heaney.

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