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Nature & The Environment 2020
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by Niall CarsonA cormorant in Dublin’s Grand Canal during a spell of mild weather
Press Photographers Ireland CLG

The Dodder Vixen – a wild fox which lives on the Dodder River and raises a family every year

A heron with a brown trout in the Dodder River, Milltown

Cormorants warm up in early morning sun on The Lagoon, Rosscarbery, Co. Cork

A man involved in a local area clean-up looks over a wall at illegally dumped rubbish in the Fána Glas area at Ballybane, Galway

Yachts off Kinsale Harbour, Co. Cork, in the afternoon sunlight

By Alan Betson
A few cheeky crows help themselves to tufts of molting hair from fallow deer in Dublin’s Phoenix Park

A lone surfer enjoying the final sunset of the year over the Atlantic Ocean at Carrowniskey Strand, near Louisburgh, Co. Mayo