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Nature & The Environment 2024
PREENING CORMORANT
by Nick BradshawA Cormorant whilst preening at Dublin’s Grand Canal Basin.
Pavel Ciechomovicz rescues his Labrador Nanij from flooding on Main St., Midleton, Co. Cork.
By Dan Linehan
Potatoes after weeks of heavy rain at Ballymaloe, Cork. Growers warned of a potato shortage and said the harvest would be the “worst in living memory”.
A tree grows out of an unusual spot on the chimney of a shop in Cavan Town.
A common blue butterfly ready for lift off at the Shelly Banks Beach, a part of the Irishtown and Ringsend nature reserve, along the Poolbeg Peninsula, Dublin City.
People cycle through Massey Woods after heavy snow in Dublin.
By Niall Carson
After 30 years in Ringsend and 30 years in Galway, historic MV Naomh Éanna capsized in Grand Canal Dock waiting to be scrapped.
A toxic bloom of green algae gathers at the Toome Lock on Lough Neagh, Co. Antrim. Large parts of the lough are being choked by similar blooms due to pollution from the surrounding area. Lough Neagh, which is one of Europe’s largest bodies of fresh water, provides 40% of Northern Ireland’s drinking water.