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- Naturefile - Soil lifeMore than half of all species live in the soil, where there are microscopic fungal threads, arthropods of every shape and size and some of the strangest-looking creatures on the planet.
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9 min - Naturefile - CranesCranes are the tallest wild birds in Europe, and now, after 300 years of absence, cranes are breeding in wild in Ireland again! This year’s young stay near their [aren’t through the Autumn months, a sight not seen here for a very long time. Celebrate the return of the common crane to Ireland in this week’s Nature File,
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7 min - Naturefile - Deer RutAt the dawning of each day through the month of October, deer lock antlers in a fierce mating battle. The deer rut is a contest between males - the winner will acquire the right to a whole harem of females. This week Nature File is all about the autumn deer rut.
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7 min - Naturefile - AlderOne of Ireland's most widely distributed trees, often found in damp boggy areas and along river banks. Like most broad-leaved trees, Alnus glutinosa flowers before the leaves are out with attractive long reddish catkins appearing as early as January.
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7 min - Naturefile - OctopusAn octopus, octopuses or octopodes is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda. The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class of squids, cuttlefish and nautiloids
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7 min - Naturefile - The Rowan TreeRowan trees grow well in the mountains, so it's well known as Mountain Ash. Berries are ripening now and provide important food for thrushes and other birds through the winter months, hence they'll often be closely guarded by the birds who covet it!
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8 min - Naturefile - SturgeonSturgeon are enormous fish, swimming in oceans and rivers since the time of the dinosaurs. Our hunter gatherer ancestors feasted on Sturgeon, as did more recent medieval communities in Ireland and across the continent. Now Sturgeon have been gone from Irish waters since the 1980s, though there are plans afoot to bring them back.
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7 min - Naturefile - Crabapples
Wild crab apples are the tart little ancestors of thousands of varieties of domesticated apples, often planted or seeded wild in hedges near old farmsteads. This morning we explore this fruit, which is ripe in September and sustains many bugs and beasts through the autumn months.
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7 min - Naturefile - The Colour Purple
As the vibrant greens of summer morph into brown and golds of early autumn, wildflowers seem to love coming out in purple. From ‘devil’s-bit scabious’ to blankets of wild heathers, purples are a popular colour at this time of year.
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7 min - Naturefile -Scallop is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops.
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About Daybreak with Evonne Ferguson
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Naturefile is a celebratory journey to the lesser-known realms of nature in Ireland with Anja Murray. With surprising stories uncovered each week, about everything from lichens to trees, Swallows to…
Sea Eagles, starfish and turtles, there are elements of science, history and folklore.
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