For the purposes of our bird news services, this species is classed as Scarce: broadly speaking, species that are covered in British Birds' annual review of scarce species (and forms of similar rarity).

Lakenheath (Hockwold) Fen, Suffolk 14/05/13	Lakenheath (Hockwold) Fen, Suffolk 14/05/13	undisclosed site, Somerset 03/05/13	Slimbridge WWT, Glos 27/04/13	Slimbridge WWT, Glos 27/04/13
Slimbridge WWT, Glos 23/04/13	Slimbridge WWT, Glos 23/04/13	Slimbridge WWT, Glos 23/04/13	Slimbridge WWT, Glos 24/04/13	Slimbridge WWT, Glos 23/04/13
Slimbridge WWT, Glos 23/04/13	Slimbridge WWT, Glos 23/04/13	Slimbridge WWT, Glos 23/04/13	Blakeney, Norfolk 20/04/13	Filey, N Yorks 21/04/13
Filey, N Yorks 21/04/13	Slimbridge WWT, Glos 15/04/13	Slimbridge WWT, Glos 15/04/13	Spain 23/11/12	Slimbridge WWT, Glos 15/04/13
Slimbridge WWT, Glos 15/04/13	Slimbridge WWT, Glos 15/04/13	Slimbridge WWT, Glos 12/04/13	Slimbridge WWT, Glos 14/04/13	Slimbridge WWT, Glos 15/04/13

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Crane breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country, and a map of population densities):

Armenia
Belarus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Romania
Russia
Sweden
Turkey
Ukraine

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	Birding abroad: Hula Valley Bird Festival	Wednesday 30th November 2011
	Stephen Menzie attends the first Hula Valley Bird Festival in northern Israel.   read on
	RSPB: A request for past images of UK Common Cranes	Tuesday 12th October 2010
	The RSPB are keen to hear from anyone with historic photos of Common Cranes, as these may allow individual identification of birds.   read on
	WWT: Cranes and boats and planes	Tuesday 20th April 2010
	Project to reintroduce rare birds hit by air travel chaos.   read on
	RSPB: Common Cranes return to East Anglian fens after a gap of four centuries	Monday 20th July 2009
	New arrivals at RSPB's Lakenheath Fen are causing a stir.   read on
	RSPB: Carrot Fields to Cranes in 11 years	Thursday 17th May 2007
	Common Cranes have been found breeding in the Fens of East Anglia for the first time in 400 years.   read on
	Cranes to grace our skies once again	Monday 21st August 2006
	An exciting boost for the conservation of Common Cranes in Britain was announced at the 2006 British Birdwatching Fair, in the shape of The Great Crane Project.   read on
	An Influx of Common Cranes into the UK in Early 2002	Thursday 21st March 2002

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