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Cormorants
Cormorants
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Copyright Cormac Mac Gearailt
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Pinus Sylvestris
Pinus Sylvestris
Digital photograph of a Scots Pine, taken at Woodstock Estate, Inistioge, County Kilkenny
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Fritillary butterfly
Fritillary butterfly
Silver-washed fritillary: This large butterfly is associated withold broad-leaved woodland. The eggs are usually laid on the bark of a mature tree in an area where the larval food plant, common dog violet, is available. The adults fly in sunny gladesin late summer. (Richard Nairn)
Copyright R. Nairn
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Ringlet Butterfly
Ringlet Butterfly
Photograph of a Ringlet butterfly resting on a bramble leaf. This butterfly has a light brown colour with a thin white rim around its wing edge.
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Mountain Avens
Mountain Avens
The mountain avens is an Arctic-Alpine plant. It flowers abundantly in sheets of cream and gold in the Burren, Co. Clare.
Courtesy of Carsten Krieger.
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Llamas
Llamas
Llamas are native to South America
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Implement used for gathering seaweed
Implement used for gathering seaweed
A seaweed crook. Used for gathering seaweed.
Courtesy Clare County Library
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Arctic Terns
Arctic Terns
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Copyright Mike Brown
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Birds Foot Treffoil (L) and Grey Seal (R)
Birds Foot Treffoil (L) and Grey Seal (R)
A renage of flora and fauna can be found on Scattery Island. This image shows a common plant, Birds Foot Treffoil, and a grey seal.
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Storm Petrel
Storm Petrel
The European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) is a small bird, little bigger than a sparrow. It appears all black with a white rump. It flies very close to the water surface, and often feeds in flocks behind trawlers. Petrels breed along the rocky west coast of Ireland in offshore islands from May to September. It winters at sea. It eats fish plankton and crustaceans. It is thought that 67- 75% of the worlds storm petrels breed in the UK and Ireland. They are nocturnal birds, never venturing too far from their nests to feed. This bird is protected under the EU Birds Directive, which means that its is of high conservation importance in EU terms. One of the largest storm petrel colonies in the world is on Inishtooskert comprising of approximately 27,155 nests. It is on the amber list of birds in need of conservation for Ireland.