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Cranes flying over Bord na Móna rewetted peatlands in the Irish midlands. Photo: James Crombie, Inpho.
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Bord na Móna has announced that the Common Cranes which set up home on a rewetted peatland earlier this year successfully hatched two baby chicks in May. This is the first recorded birth of Crane chicks in Ireland in over 300 years.