Rivers and their banks of often have high levels of biodiversity and can act as safe corridors to allow species to move through the landscape. Many species of plants and animals, birds and fish populate the Maigue Catchment. One of the most beautiful and elusive is the Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis).
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Protecting Our Riverside Trees In Order to Have Healthy Rivers
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Autumn Event Series
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Newsletter 3, 2019-2020
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Kingfisher (Cruidín Alcedo atthis)
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Dipper (Gabha dubh Cinclus cinclus)
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Pied Wagtail (Glasóg sráide Montacilla alba yarrellii)
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Grey Heron (Corr Éisc Ardea cinerea)
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Cormorant (Broigheall Phalacrocorax carbo)
Fish
The River Maigue and its tributaries support a great variety of fish species. Seventeen fish species have been recorded from the rivers of the Maigue catchment. Six of these are confined to the tidal estuary of the Maigue, four to the freshwater reaches
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Protecting Our Riverside Trees In Order to Have Healthy Rivers
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Autumn Event Series
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Newsletter 3, 2019-2020
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Help Bring Back the Salmon to Limerick
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The Status of Salmon in the River Maigue
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Small Stream Characterisation System
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Trout and Salmon Magazine visit to the Maigue Catchment
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Salmon
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Brown Trout
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European Eel
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Protecting Our Riverside Trees In Order to Have Healthy Rivers
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Autumn Event Series
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Newsletter 3, 2019-2020
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Flag iris (Feleastram Iris pseudacorus)
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Valerian (Caorthann Chorraigh Valeriana officinalis)
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Water Dropwort (Dathabha Bán Oenanthe crocata)
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Ragged Robin (Silene flos-cuculi)
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Cuckoo Flower or Lady’s Smock (Biolar Gréagáin Cardamine pratensis)
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Giant Hogweed (Feabhrán Chapaill Heracleum mantegazzianum)
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Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)