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1289:11 December
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929:Arctic tern
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855:Polysporina
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444:Newtownards
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2501:Categories
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2398:Ards Lower
2336:Cloughmore
2326:Burr Point
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1110:References
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880:ditmarsica
878:Verrucaria
802:Diplotomma
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615:geological
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377:Donaghadee
303:Population
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742:Lecanora
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1735:Attical
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1664:Dromore
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