Fairy Water Bogs
- Country:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Site number:1033
- Area:224 ha
- Designation date:28-07-2000
- Coordinates:54°38'N 07°29'W
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Overview
Fairy Water Bogs. 28/07/00; Northern Ireland; 224 ha; 54°38'N 007°28'W. Area of Special Scientific Interest, National Nature Reserve. Considered to be the most important concentration of lowland raised bogs in Northern Ireland, much of it relatively intact. Each of the three bogs included has a classic dome structure, and hummocks and hollows are also generally well-developed on all three, with significant pool complexes at two of them. Possible threats from effects of past peat-cutting, localized grazing, and fires have been addressed and are being monitored for. A management plan is in place. Ramsar site no. 1033. Most recent RIS information: 2005.
Administrative region:
Northern Ireland
- National legal designation:
- ASSI
- nnr
- Regional (international) legal designations:
- EU Natura 2000
- Last publication date:01-01-2005