We're a wet country, so why aren't we more interested in our wetlands? – Irish Times

ANOTHER LIFE: There has to be the occasional day at this time of year when Ireland, seen from space at the right angle to the sun, would glitter all over, like one of those Victorian diamond brooches people take to Antiques Roadshow. From ditches, dune slacks, reedy lakes, estuaries, sandy bays and flooded fields, our February dykes catch the light in a generous, even excessive, celebration of water. Last Saturday, indeed, was World Wetlands Day, anniversary of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands…
Irish Times, 09/02/13. Read the full article ‘We’re a wet country, so why aren’t we more interested in our wetlands?‘.