Ballynahone Bog

Ballynahone Bog

Country:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Site number:
967
Area:
243.0 ha
Designation date:
31-12-1998
Coordinates:
54°49'22"N 06°39'56"W

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Ballynahone Bog. 31/12/98; Northern Ireland; 243 ha; 54°49'N 006°40'W. National Nature Reserve, SSSI. The site comprises peatlands including peat bogs, swamps, fens, and birch woodland. The bog vegetation is characterized by Sphagnum mosses amd periodic dwarf-shrubs such as Erica tetralix and Calluna vulgaris. The peatland species occurring on the site include a number of scarce species typical of lowland raised bogs such as the bog-rosemary (Andromeda polifolia) and invertebrates such as the large heath butterfly (Coenonympha tullia). Human activities include nature conservation, rough and shifting grazing, and mineral exploitation. Ramsar site no. 967. Most recent RIS information: 2005.
Administrative region: Northern Ireland
National legal designation:
  • National Nature Reserve nnr
  • assi
Regional (international) legal designations:
  • EU Natura 2000
Last publication date: 01-01-2005
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)