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Special Areas of Conservation

Fardrum and Roosky Turloughs

Designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Country Northern Ireland
Unitary Authority Northern Ireland
Centroid* H180502
Latitude 54.4
Longitude -7.7222
SAC EU Code UK0030068
Status Designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Area (ha) 43.21
* 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 Fardrum and Roosky Turloughs SAC

General site character

  • Inland water bodies (Standing water, Running water) (6%)
  • Bogs, Marshes, Water fringed vegetation, Fens (9%)
  • Humid grassland, Mesophile grassland (55%)
  • Improved grassland (16%)
  • Broad-leaved deciduous woodland (14%)

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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

  • 3180 Turloughs  * Priority feature

    There are three Turloughs in this group, west of Lower Lough Erne: Fardrum Lough, Roosky Lough, and Green Lough, all within a basin formed in the Carboniferous Ballyshannon limestone. They are the only turloughs in Northern Ireland, and represent the most northerly occurrence of this habitat in Ireland and the UK. All three contain distinctive vegetation communities associated with their inundation zone, including the bryophytes Cinclidotus fontinaloides and Fontinalis antipyretica. In addition, Green Lough supports the nationally rare fen violet Viola persicifolia and a very rich ground-beetle fauna including the carabids Blethisa multipunctata and Pelophila borealis.

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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