BirdLife International is currently helping to create ‘Species Conservation Teams’ for all globally threatened birds in Europe. These teams are an informal collection of experts in all the range countries of the single species. The main aim of the Species Conservation Teams is to co-ordinate the implementation of the BirdLife International Species Action Plans. Part of these plans are to initiate new projects. Information will be shared between the members of the Species Conservation Teams by regular meetings (about every two years) and a newsletter or a home page.

The Corncrake Conservation Team was founded during the International Corncrake Workshop (Hilpoltstein, 11 - 15 September 1998). It is chaired by Norbert Schäffer (RSPB) and Ubbo Mammen (Univ. Halle) and funded by The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB, BirdLife Partner in the UK). 

5th INTERNATIONAL CORNCRAKE WORKSHOP
The Netherlands 13-16 November 2007

• News
• Addresses
• Proceedings of the workshops in Hilpoltstein
• Corncrake Populations
• Project: International Corncrake Monitoring
• Project: Feathers