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The hovering kestrel has an ability to track voles on the ground through UV reflections from the urine and faeces the rodents use to scent-mark their runways
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From dormouse to whale, Ireland’s small but unique mammal community is doing well
A furry good history of the wild Irish rabbit
Author Michael Conry puts pre-myxo rabbit numbers at 40m, with half killed annually
Punctual, keen sense of direction, like lullabies: what we’ve learned about swallows
Research has found that the birds retire between 11 and 35 minutes after sunset. How they find their way to South Africa is less clear
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