0:05:19 > 0:05:23- How are you doing?- Hi, Maire. How are you?- Good to meet you.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27- Nice to meet you too. - Are you busy here?- Oh, very busy. - What are you doing?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30We're actually doing a survey for pine martens in this forest.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34What we're doing is trying to attach this tube to this tree here.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37We're hoping a pine marten will come and visit it
0:05:37 > 0:05:39and leave a hair sample for us to get DNA-tested
0:05:39 > 0:05:43so that we can identify how many individuals are in the forest.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- This tube has a bit of bait in it. - Right.- A bit of meat.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52It also has some sticky glue traps here.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54You can just see them in there.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58We're hoping that the pine marten will come along, smell the bait,
0:05:58 > 0:06:03stick its head in, get the bait and deposit hair samples on the glue traps.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05- That sticks to this? - Yes, that sticks to this here.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Then we can get that DNA-tested to identify the species, the sex,
0:06:10 > 0:06:13and also get a unique individual identification.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Pine martens are so rare, they nearly became extinct.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Well, they did become extinct through most of the country.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24People don't really know what they look like, you know.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29They're also a very difficult species to survey. They avoid people.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33So, the fact people don't really know what they are is a bit of an issue
0:06:33 > 0:06:35and we're hoping to use this project
0:06:35 > 0:06:38to try and increase the profile of the species.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26In the three-kilometre zone there is a virtual standstill
0:09:26 > 0:09:29on the movement of animals except for slaughter.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01THEY MUTTER PRAYERS
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Our Father who art in heaven,
0:20:10 > 0:20:13hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done...
0:21:17 > 0:21:20SHE SHUDDERS AND CHUCKLES
0:21:42 > 0:21:45SHE CHUCKLES
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Up here in the Waterworks you'll see that where we are
0:23:27 > 0:23:28is in a real interface area.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32There's a fence to my left here that was put up a number of years ago
0:23:32 > 0:23:37to stop petrol bombs going across to the houses here.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40So, this was a bit of land that was not being used
0:23:40 > 0:23:43and we thought it was the perfect size for a community garden.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47What's the difference between a community garden and an allotment?
0:23:47 > 0:23:52A community garden not only grows plants and flowers but it grows community.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56So, we work together. No one person has their own piece of ground.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00We come together every week and decide what it is we're growing.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03We plan it together and the craic is mighty.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Certainly in this interface area
0:24:06 > 0:24:09it's the first time there's been a project or anything
0:24:09 > 0:24:12that hasn't been vandalised or ruined.
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