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Special Areas of Conservation

Fairy Water Bogs

Designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Country Northern Ireland
Unitary Authority Northern Ireland
Centroid* H340772
Latitude 54.6414
Longitude -7.4733
SAC EU Code UK0016611
Status Designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Area (ha) 224.18
* This is the approximate central point of the SAC. In the case of large, linear or composite sites, this may not represent the location where a feature occurs within the SAC.
Location of Fairy Water Bogs SAC

General site character

  • Bogs, Marshes, Water fringed vegetation, Fens (96%)
  • Humid grassland, Mesophile grassland (2%)
  • Broad-leaved deciduous woodland (2%)

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Note When undertaking an appropriate assessment of impacts at a site, all features of European importance (both primary and non-primary) need to be considered.

Annex I habitats that are a primary reason for selection of this site

  • 7110 Active raised bogs  * Priority feature

    This is a series of three relatively intact Active raised bogs set in a drumlin landscape in Northern Ireland. They are somewhat intermediate in character to 7130 Blanket bogs. Two of the component bogs have pool complexes. The oceanic liverwort Pleurozia purpurea and the bog-mosses Sphagnum fuscum and S. imbricatum occur.

Annex I habitats present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for selection of this site

  • Not Applicable

Annex II species that are a primary reason for selection of this site

  • Not Applicable

Annex II species present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for site selection

  • Not Applicable

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