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CORNCRAKE
As a former breeder in the county there are many 'old' records but those more
modern day sightings are as follows:
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1968 |
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Pennington Flash |
23rd Apr |
Heard calling |
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1979 |
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Crooke, Wigan |
1-6th May |
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1980 |
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Lydgate, Saddleworth |
Mid May-6th Jul |
A former breeding haunt |
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1983 |
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Adswood |
12th Sep |
A bird flushed |
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1984 |
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Chorlton Meadows |
20th Apr |
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1985 |
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Bolton |
18th May |
A bird heard in the Bolton area |
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1991 |
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No location |
No date |
Discovery of this bird in the county |
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1993 |
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Crime Lake, Failsworth |
25th Apr |
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2003 |
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Walmersley, Bury |
7th Jun |
Heard only |
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2008 |
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Manchester City Centre |
27th sep |
Picked up exhausted at Grinch's Wine Bar on Cross Street and taken to
the Pensthorpe sanctuary in Norfolk to be overwintered and eventually
released in the reintroduction programme by the RSPB |
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2008 |
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Moss House Farm, Glazebury |
28th Sep |
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