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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Highest concentrations of corncrake in areas of dense nettle/hogweed with very little grass component. This has been known for years.

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Artifical wetland creation on farm. Iris field now floods in winter, main drain blocked in 5 places. In fen two ponds dug out. Wetland creation on farms is the easiest and cheapest thing you can do to improve biodiversity...

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Government's priority is to maintain nitrates derogation at all costs, water quality/biodiversity is an afterthought.....

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Mullooly is a pure populist, he has his name in paper and is delighted now....

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Photo on left is of annual cornflower mix, not much good for biodiversity. Golf fairway is probably a fescue monoculture, not much good for biodiversity either.

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Corncrake declining in Ireland/UK for over a hundred years unfortunately. The introduction of the horse drawn mowers was the main start of decline

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

INHFA complaining about NPWS buying land (tiny amounts) for conservation. One of those sites in Belmullet is an important corncrake breeding site, mushroom factory site where spent mushroom compost was dumped....

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Now you see me.... Now you don't! A photo from a @rhodorangers.bsky.social day out from a while back And an opportunity to reintroduce ourselves... Please like and share! (1/6)

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Corncrake centre-out mowing. First cut silage, probably the latest in the country. Saw a very late corncrake in the nettles before mowing started. Mowing is definitely the most stressful day in the year

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Biggest effect on fox numbers in Poland has been the eradication of rabies through vaccination.

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

The more stakeholders you have, the more difficult it is to achieve good environmental outcomes, unfortunately.

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Have you seen Lady's Island lagoon (wexford) during the summer. It was green.....

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Heather Humphreys promised to learn Irish 11 years ago when she was appointed Minister for Arts, Heritage, regional and ruarl affairs and the Gaeltacht in 2014.... She didn't do much then, but I'm sure the promise she is making now is more sincere.....

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

100% commitment from Corncrake Life project team is a major reason for increase in corncrake numbers

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Definitely a vector for transmission. For example mineral licks for cattle in buckets left out in pasture for cattle. Badgers love the molasses mineral licks and then cattle lick the buckets = transmission....

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Maim garden pond (4m) looking near what a natural pond would look like! Yellow rattle spreading around the grassy margins, so hopefully next year, the grass will not be as heavy.

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Putting more funding into results based agri-environmental schemes to improve farmland biodiversity would improve image more than more funding for propaganda campaigns. There seem to be endless Ag PR campaigns....

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

The Salmon of Knowledge was from the Boyne, now the fact the boyne has salmon will likely be mythology as well.....

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Government more worried about retaining nitrates derogation than actual water quality/biodiversity....

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Corncrake habitat on Shannon Callows was seasonally flooded meadows not bog. Rewetted bog is a great habitat for many species including curlew but not corncrake

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Bought my house in 2020 and only saw pygmy shrew. Year after saw the first greater white toothed shrew, haven't seen a pygmy since

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Clearing cleavers out of corncrake nettle beds. Autumn sown cleavers produce huge amounts of seed, while spring sown produce less. Removing seed reduces cleavers growth for following year

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Wow, that's a great garden species to have!!!!

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Not the first time, previously over 400 million euros was moved from Natura 2000 farmers to Pillar I payments.

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Peat being harvested for animal bedding as well

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

100,000 trees is a tiny amount. I think company is Tirlán which had an operating revenue of 2.66 billion in 2024. 100,000 trees (bare root) trees would cost 50,000 euros.

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Main garden pond July 2024 and now July 2025....

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Neantóg enjoying the front "lawn", 4 garden ponds surrounded by dense scrub of whitethorn, Hazel, spindle, guelder rose, eared willow, rowan and holly....

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Sheep wire stop grass falling over in front of trail camera

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

It stops grass growing up in front of trail cam

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Trail cam photo of hen corncrake and chicks in my South meadow, possibly then same family as in previous photo. Marked size difference in 5 days. Corncrake chicks can be fully independent after 2 weeks.

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mayocorncrake77.bsky.social @mayocorncrake77.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

15 acres of land sold near me to dairy farmer. Hedgerows removed, land drained, sward reseeded. A lot of people consider that habitat destruction as "good" work.

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