FOUR calling male corncrakes have been recorded on Rathlin Island for the first time since the early 1980s.

The timetable would put Germany in a position to have net-zero emissions five years earlier than the previous target of 2050.

A PIECE of orange peel lying at the foot of a tree in a forest, or a banana skin on the side of a mountain – sure they'll just rot and fertilise the landscape.

The ruling was made by the country’s Constitutional Court.

Councillor proposes wildflower conservation policy following destruction of wildflower at Coalisland Recycling Centre

THE recently published ‘Birds of Conservation Concern in Ireland (BoCCI) 2020-2026' review paper, jointly compiled by RSPB NI and BirdWatch Ireland, uses a ‘traffic light' system to indicate the conservation status of bird species by placing them on three lists – red, of high conservation concern, amber, of medium and green, of low conservation concern.

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