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- Tags: bogland
John O'Donovan described the lake
Killeter Forest Bogs and Lakes Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI)
Tags: bogland, sphagnum moss
Location and characteristics of the Lough Fad blanket bog to the south-west of Lough Derg
Lough Eske and Ardnamona Wood Special Area of Conservation
Tags: Alder (Alnus glutinosa), Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus), Ash (Fraxinus excelsior), Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar), biodiversity, bogland, Clogher, Donegal Town, Downy Birch (Betula pubescens), dryness, flora, Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera), Hazel (Corylus avellana), Holly (Ilex aquifolium), Killarney Fern (Trichomanes speciosum), lake, Lough Eske, Moss (C. filicinum), Moss (Cratoneuron commutatum), Moss (Eucladium verticillatum), Old Oak Woodlands, Oligotrophic waters, Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur), Petrifying Springs, Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia), Six-stamened Waterwort (Elatine hexandra), Star Sedge (Carex echinata), vicinity, Whorled Caraway (Carum verticillatum), Willow (Salix spp.)
Lough Golagh and Breesy Hill Special Area of Conservation
Tags: Badger (Meles meles), biodiversity, Bitter-vetch (Lathyrus montanus), Black Bog-rush (Schoenus nigricans), blanket bog, Blue Moor-grass (Sesleria albicans), Bog Pondweed (Potamogeton polygonifolius), bogland, Bottle Sedge (Carex rostrata), Breesy Hill, cattle, Common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris), Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Common Reed (Phragmites australis), Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus), dryness, Early-purple Orchid (Orchis mascula), fauna, flora, gneiss, Great Fen-sedge (Cladium mariscus), Grey Heron, Gull, Hazel (Corylus avellana), Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Juniper (Juniperis communis), Kestrel, Lichens (Cladonia portentosa and C. uncialis), limestone, Lough Cam, Lough Finn, Lough Golagh, Lough Lee, Lough Unshin, ommon Club-rush (Scirpus lacustris), peat extraction, Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea), Raven, Red Grouse, Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea), Shoreweed (Littorella uniflora), snipe, sphagnum moss, Spiked Water-milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), Stonechat, vicinity, Water Lobelia (Lobelia dortmanna), Woodpigeon.
Lough Hill Bog Natural Heritage Area
Tags: Badger (Meles meles), biodiversity, Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum), bogland, conifer plantations, Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus), Donegal Town, dragonflies, Golden Plover, Hen Harrier, Lichens (Cladonia portentosa and C. uncialis), Ling Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea), quaking bog, quaking lawns, Red Grouse, sheep grazing, sphagnum moss, vicinity, White Beak-sedge (Rhynchospora alba)
Lough Nageage Special Area of Conservation
Tags: Ash (Fraxinus excelsior), Bell Heather (Erica cinerea), Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), biodiversity, Birch (Betula spp.), Black Bog-rush (Schoenus nigricans), bogland, Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum), cattle, Common Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Compact Rush (Juncus conglomeratus), Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus), fauna, flora, Gorse (Ulex europaeus), Hard Fern (Blechnum spicant), Heath Bedstraw (Galium saxatile), Heath Rush (Juncus squarrosus), Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Jointed Rush (J. articulatus), lake, Lesser Spearwort (Ranunculus flammula), Lichen (C. portentosa), Lichen (Cladonia uncialis), Lough Nageage, Oak (Quercus spp.), occasional Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix), Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea), sphagnum moss, Tormentil (Potentilla erecta), vicinity, Water Horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile), White Beak-sedge (Rhynchospora alba), White-clawed Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes)
Meenagarranroe Bog Natural Heritage Area
Tags: afforestation, Bell Heather (Erica cinerea), Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum), Bog Myrtle (Myrica gale), Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata), bogland, cattle, Common Reed (Phragmites australis), conifer plantations, Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus), Donegal Town, dragonflies, drainage, Golden Plover, Hen Harrier, Intermediate Bladderwort (Utricularia intermedia), Irish Hare, Ling Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Merlin, moss, Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea), quaking bog, red deer, sphagnum moss, vicinity, White Beak-sedge (Rhynchospora alba)
Nesting sites of the Lesser Black-backed Gull and other birdlife on Inishgoosk
Tags: biodiversity, birdlife, bogland, Brownhall, Common Gull (Larus canus), Durnesh Lough, Goldeneye, Greenland White-fronted Goose, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, Inishgoosk, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Lough Derg SPA, Mallard, National Parks and Wildlife Service, nesting, Pettigo plateau, seagulls, Tufted Duck