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Wednesday, March 6th 2013

Wednesday 6th March

NestWatch 2013 - Blue Tit We've got a pair of Blue Tits in our first nest of the year located at Derek's house in Dublin. The nest is almost complete and the female has now laid seven eggs! We are expecting the eggs to hatch on either Tuesday, June 4th or Wednesday, June 5th - it's getting close now! Click here to watch NestWatch 2013 - Swallow We're watching a pair of Swallows building a nest in a shed behind Áras an Uachtaráin. Click here to watch Click here to listen back to Eric Dempsey’s documentary about the Swallow: From ...

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Giants In Mid-Ulster

Wednesday 6th March

The tallest man in the world is Sultan Kösen. He is a part time farmer living in Turkey and in February 2011 he measured 2.51 meters – or 8 feet and 3 inches. Guinness World Records show he is one of only thirteen people in medical history to stand at a verified height of eight feet - that’s 2.44 meters - or more. Another of that select group of 13 people was Irishman Patrick Cotter O’Brien, who was 2.46 metres – or 8 feet 1 inch (pictured). Patrick was born in Kinsale in 1760. He was also known as the ...

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/mooney/programmes/2013/0306/374394-wednesday-march-6th-2013/?clipid=1022349

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