Common Crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian Crane. It breeds in wetlands in northern parts of Europe and Asia. The global population is in the region of 250,000, with the vast majority nesting in Russia and Scandinavia. In Great Britain the Common Crane became extinct in the 17th century, but a tiny population now breeds again in the Norfolk Broads and is slowly increasing. It is omnivorous, eating leaves, roots, berries, insects, small birds and mammals.