Environment

Take on Nature: The natural resilience of the whooper swan, tufted duck and our other visiting birds

Stephen Colton

DURING a break in play at my home club an Droim Mór's recent thriller of a Tyrone championship encounter against title holders Dungannon, I noticed a solitary whooper swan flying relatively low in the night sky just above the floodlights of Healy Park, Omagh.

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Take on Nature: Rewild thing, I think I love you

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Young seal with soft drink can stuck on its jaw spotted for first time in a week but continues to evade capture

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Demand for charity's free litter-picking kits shot up during lockdown

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Unexpected flying spectator at Antrim senior hurling final

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Extinction Rebellion stage Dublin protest over fishing laws

Dominic McGrath, PA 11 Oct, 2021

Activists dragged a mocked-up fishing trawler through Dublin, with protesters dressed in black and wearing skeletal masks.

Take on Nature: A time for everything

Stephen Colton 09 Oct, 2021

THAT autumn chill I talked of last time on this page arrived with us on September 28, the eve of the feast of Saint Michael and all the Saints, commonly known as Michaelmas day.

Search continues at Belfast Lough for seal with drinks can stuck to jaw

08 Oct, 2021

THE search for a seal with a soft drink can stuck to its jaw continues at Belfast harbour.

Abandoned horses rescued from National Trust land in Mournes

Claire Simpson 07 Oct, 2021

SICK and abandoned horses are being rescued from National Trust land in the Mournes after a wildfire in spring forced them onto higher ground.

North risks breaching environmental laws on wastewater management, minister warns

David Young, PA 04 Oct, 2021

Nichola Mallon told MLAs it could take 12 years to fix all the capacity issues across the region.

Take on Nature: A dose of nature's wild medicine

Tony Bailie 02 Oct, 2021

THERE is something life enhancing about being knocked off your feet by a huge wave rolling in from the Atlantic Ocean and crashing onto the shore.

Grants available for community groups and schools to establish local pollinator gardens

Marie Louise McConville 30 Sep, 2021

COMMUNITY groups and schools in rural areas are being encouraged to apply for grants to set up local pollinator gardens.

Belfast Harbour reveals plans for major urban garden investment

Gary McDonald Business Editor 30 Sep, 2021

BELFAST Harbour has unveiled ambitious plans for a multi-million pound investment in its public spaces to create a vibrant new ‘green’ urban garden for the city.

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