N.Ireland
Ulster Wildlife has purchased a rare 90ac area of Co. Fermanagh farmland to create its newest nature reserve in Northern Ireland.
Environment
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is inviting tenders for a range of services for the Boora Farmland Birds Nature Reserve.
Rural Life
165ac of land within and adjacent to the Cullahill Mountain SAC in Kilkenny is to be designated as a new nature reserve.
Livestock will mimic "wild ancestors" to benefit the wildlife on the Purbeck Heath's National Nature Reserve.
A new nature reserve will be established on Enniscoe Estate, in a new programme of joint management between the estate owners and the NPWS