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As an archaeologist, I love visiting the multitude of heritage sites around Ireland, and the country is packed with iconic historical sites.
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World Wetlands Day Marked in Ireland With Photo Contest
2nd February 2021
Ireland s Ramsar sites, such as Clara Bog above, are important for their variety of wetlands habitats, for wintering and breeding birds and for plants, mammals and invertebrates
Credit: Peter Foss of Wetland Surveys Ireland
They might be small pockets of marshy ground, or they could be on bogs, in estuaries, or turloughs.
All these are wetland habitats, and are the focus of a new photographic contest to mark World Wetlands day today, February 2nd.
The global event marks 50 years since the signing of the Ramsar Convention, an international agreement on conservation and “wise use” of wetlands.