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Trapping and shooting of Corncrakes Crex crex on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2010

S. M. Baha el Din ,
W. Salama ,
A. Grieve  and
R. E. Green
S. M. Baha el Din
Affiliation:
4 Ismail El Mazni St, Apartment 8, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt
W. Salama
Affiliation:
Post Box 3, El Salam, El Arish, North Sinai, Egypt
A. Grieve
Affiliation:
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 17 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh EH7 5BN, U.K.
R. E. Green
Affiliation:
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 17 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh EH7 5BN, U.K.
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Fieldworkers counted traps, guns and nets used for bird trapping in sample sections of a 1 km wide strip of land adjacent to the shore on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt in the autumn of 1994. These data were used to estimate the number of traps, guns and nets in use in the whole 1 km coastal strip. Information obtained by interviewing bird trappers was used to estimate the number of Corncrakes taken per trap, net and gun in the 1993 and 1994 seasons and from this the total number taken was about 9,000 and 14,000 respectively. Trapping methods and intensity varied with locality but the taking of Corncrakes was widespread. It was estimated that about 9,000 people were involved in trapping and shooting in the coastal strip. The average proportion of the European Corncrake population taken per year on the coast was estimated to be in the range 0.5–2.7%, though this range would be lower if, as seems probable, Corncrakes from Asia are among those passing through Egypt. Further surveys are required to estimate the numbers of Corncrakes taken further inland.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bird Conservation International , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , September 1996 , pp. 213 - 227
Copyright
Copyright © Birdlife International 1996

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