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Dumper truck
More waste is dumped off at the landfill
Copyright Environmental Protection Agency
Image is present on following page(s): Disposal of Waste, Disposal of Waste
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Wastewater treatment
This is one form of how to treat wastewater to remove some of the large pollutants evident.
Copyright Environmental Protection Agency
Image is present on following page(s): Wastewater Management, Wastewater Management, Water
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Household bin
A typical household bin. It is important people realise what they are throwing away and if it can be recycled or not. In this bin the cans and paper could be brought to a recycling point.
Image is present on following page(s): Managing Waste, Managing Waste
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A full litter bin
A public litter bin reaches its full capacity.
Copyright John Kennedy
Image is present on following page(s): Waste Management Concepts, Waste Management Concepts
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Battery recycling
The Batteries Directive adheres that by 2012, producers must collect a quarter of all the batteries they put on the market, with that figure rising to 45% by 2016.
Image is present on following page(s): Polluter Pays Principle, Living by the 3Rs Rule, Living by the 3Rs Rule, Living by the 3Rs Rule, Polluter Pays Principle, Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!
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Birds of the boglands
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Courtesy of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Image is present on following page(s): Changes to Irish bogs
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Burren walkers
The County Clare landscape is home to buckets of biodiversity and is one of the largest Karst landscapes in Europe. Walkers, climbers and the locals all get huge pleasure from the area but without measures to help halt the decline of biodiversity, beauty spots like this one are in grave danger.
Copyright the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Image is present on following page(s): Importance of Biodiversity, Ecosystem Study, Sedimentary Rock Formation and Composition
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Public rubbish bin
Local authorities are using public bins to get accross the message of recycling and managing our waste.
Image is present on following page(s): Managing Waste, Managing Waste
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Money
A handful of Euros.
Image is present on following page(s): Cost of Noise Pollution
Money -
Gorse bush
A typical gorse bush can be made of up to 20 species of everygreen shrub. The Common Grouse is native to Western Europe, growing in clay and sandy soil.
Copyright Environmental Protection Agency.
Image is present on following page(s): Flora, Bray Head
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Blackbird
The blackbird lives in Ireland all year around. It is mainly a woodland bird but it is often sited in back gardens and hedgerows all over the country.
Copyright Mike Brown
Image is present on following page(s): Woodlands, flora & fauna, Birdsongs
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Common Tern
This seabird is a summer visitor from west Africa - March – September.
Copyright Mike Brown
Image is present on following page(s): Lough Derg, Bird Visitors to Our Coasts, Islands, Wildlife, The Mizen Peninsula, Birdsongs
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Blue Tit
These noisy but tame birds are most common in western Europe. They are typically woodland birds but have adapted well to living in close association with man.
Copyright Mike Brown
Image is present on following page(s): News & Events, November, Recycled Milk Carton Crafts, Bird Feeder, Recycled Milk Carton Crafts, Recycled Milk Carton Crafts, Fenor Bog Nature Reserve, Woodlands, flora & fauna, Royal Canal & Grand Canal, May, Birdsongs, December, Make a Bird Feeder, Make a Bird Feeder, Make a Bird Feeder, Make a Bird Feeder
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Birds of the bogland
Copyright the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
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Fungi the Dolphin
The Dingle Dolphin named Fungi, has become a firm favourite with locals and tourists. The young bottle-nosed dolphin has been around our shores since 1984.
Copyright Mike Brown
Image is present on following page(s): Fauna
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Chaffinch
The male of the species sings from usually at top of a large bush or tree. Once you learn its song you will easily locate one
Copyright Mike Brown
Image is present on following page(s): Royal Canal & Grand Canal, Birdlife
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Coal Tit
Close your eyes when listening to the Coal Tit's song. Does it sound like the whistle of a bicycle pump - a rapid pitchew, pitchew, pitchew?
Copyright Mike Brown
Image is present on following page(s): Island Endemics, Birdsongs
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Landfill trucks
Huge trucks are used to move the waste around a landfill, adding to the carbon footprint of the place.
Copyright Environmental Protection Agency
Image is present on following page(s): Disposal of Waste, Disposal of Waste
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Irish Hare
Hares live above ground in a patch of flattened vegetation called a form.They are widespread but numbers are in serious decline.
Copyright Mike Brown
Image is present on following page(s): Island Endemics, Fauna, Comeragh Mountains, Arigna Mountains, Flora & Fauna, Glenmoy Bog & the Céide Fields
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Don't feed the rats
Informing society about the benefits of conserving biodiversity is a major way of halting and recovering it. ENFO - a service from the Department of the Environment and Local government - have a range of posters with the slogan.
Copyright the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
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Heather
Mainly found on heaths they form an important part of a natural habitat.
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Image is present on following page(s): Flora
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Oystercatcher
This bird is classed as a resident & winter visitor (from Iceland and the Faeroes) - largest numbers in Ireland between September & March.
Copyright Mike Brown
Image is present on following page(s): The Nanny, Islands, Dublin Bay & Bull Island, Birdsongs
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Over grazing
If grass and other plants don't get enough time to recover the effects of over grazing can be seen and this is a symptom of intensive farming.
Copyright M McGarrigle
Image is present on following page(s): Our Endangered Planet, Our Endangered Planet, Our Endangered Planet, Biodiversity loss, Our Endangered Planet, Our Endangered Planet
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Linnet
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Copyright Mike Brown
Image is present on following page(s): East Coast Nature Reserve, Cape Clear
Linnet -
Little Grebe
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Copyright Mike Brown
Image is present on following page(s): Lough Ree, Lakes, Lough Ree, Fauna, Cape Clear
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Greenfinch
copyright Mike Brown
Image is present on following page(s): East Coast Nature Reserve
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A Seal
Seals in Ireland comprise the two species, the Atlantic Grey Seal and the Common or Harbour Seal.
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Image is present on following page(s): Garnish Island, Wildlife
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Puffin
The puffin also called "sea parrot" lives in the Arctic waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Copyright Mike Brown
Image is present on following page(s): EU policy, Coastal Biodiversity, Skellig Islands, Islands, The Cliffs of Moher
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Earthworm in soil
A worm loves the wet nature of this soil
Copyright Environmental Protection Agency
Image is present on following page(s): Soil and biodiversity
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Great soil groups of Ireland
A map of the different soil groups of Ireland.
Copyright Environmental Protection Agency
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Red Fox
Found throughout the world, the resourceful red fox is known for its cleverness and adaptability.
Copyright Mike Brown
Image is present on following page(s): Fauna, Factors That Control Populations
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Razorbill
Razorbills breed in Ireland in winter and can be found on small ledges or in cracks of rocky cliffs near the sea.
Copyright Environmental Protection Agency
Image is present on following page(s): Diverse Ireland, The Cliffs of Moher
Razorbill