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There will be tractors, horses, and helicopters in Balmoral Park near Lisburn on Saturday. That's where the 71st Northern Ireland Ploughing championship is happening.听Anne-Marie will be speaking to William King, President of the NI Ploughing Association and听Tom Cochrane,听former World Champion and three times European Champion.听The Northern Ireland International Ploughing Championship continues until听Saturday evening听in Balmoral Park at the Maze near Lisburn.

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Anne-Marie says that over the last few weeks she has been unable to stop looking at a field in Portstewart - because of the big birds, including buzzards, which have appeared there recently. She has seen maybe up to a dozen there hunting for something - and then a heron arrived. Time to get bird expert Dot Blakely on the case.

Barbara Mladeck loves all animals, but especially hens. She rescues them from all around the country and brings them to the Nut House Hen Hotel, near Moira, in the townland of Trummery.

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St Eugene's Brass and Reed band - one of the oldest bands in the country - formed in Omagh in 1884. Our reporter Conor McKay caught up with them for a chat before a concert next Thursday night in St Joseph's Hall in Omagh.

There will be听piles听of pumpkins and scores of scarecrows听on the shores of Strangford Lough at听 Castleward.听They've come to life, to rule the big house today and tomorrow. We'll find out more from听Jacqueline Baird - visitor services manager at the听property.

Fermanagh man Gordon Johnson is being honoured this month by Enniskillen Country Museum for his work as an artist, photographer, writer and model maker. Some of that work featured the creation of 16 lifesized models for the Aughakillymaude Community Association鈥檚 mummers' work. Anne-Marie speaks to听Gordon鈥檚 widow Toni and Sarah McHugh, manager of the Enniskillen country museum.