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There are about 48 breeding pairs of common cranes in the UK today <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

The tallest wild birds in Europe at about 1.2m, common cranes have a distinctively slow yet somehow self-important stride. They have been doing well in our recovering wetlands and 2021 was their best breeding year since recolonising Britain in the 1970s, after a 400- year absence. In autumn, the birds form post-breeding flocks, in which the brownish juveniles stick near their parents. <\/p>\n\n

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Photos: CRANE: ROBIN CHITTENDEN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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