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Mournes Wildfires: Landscape 'Could Take Centuries to Recover'

Wildfires burned about 18 sq/km of protected habitat and forced an active Curlew nest with four eggs to be abandoned, conservation leaders said.

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One conservation expert says repeated fires in The Mournes are like "death by a thousand cuts".

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'Landscape incinerated' after week of wildfires in NI

A week of fires in upland areas of Northern Ireland has left an "incinerated landscape" affecting wildlife and walkers, conservationists say.

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Mournes wildfires: Landscape 'could take centuries to recover'

One conservation expert says repeated fires in The Mournes are like "death by a thousand cuts".

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