Ballyteigue

Not to be confused with Ballyteigue Burrow, a nature reserve in County Wexford.

Ballyteigue
Hay meadow at Ballyteige
Ballyteigue is located in Ireland
Ballyteigue
Ballyteigue
Location of Ballyteigue in Ireland
TypeNational
LocationCounty Clare
Coordinates53°01′34″N 9°15′58″W / 53.026°N 9.266°W / 53.026; -9.266
Area15.8 acres (6.39 ha)
Operated byNational Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland)
StatusOpen all year

Ballyteigue or Ballyteige is a national nature reserve of approximately 15.8 acres (0.064 km2) in County Clare, Ireland. It is 1.5 km east of Lisdoonvarna. Ballyteigue is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service.

Features

Ballyteigue, also known as Ballyteige, was legally protected as a national nature reserve by the Irish government in 1986.[1] It has also been designated a Special Area of Conservation.[2]

Ballyteigue is composed of five parcels of wet meadow heath or molinia meadows. The land is managed using traditional hay-making techniques which maintain the wet meadows as examples of a habitat that is typical of the region. There is a large number of marsh orchids. Irish hare, snipe, common frogs, and orange tip butterflies are endemic to the reserve.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "S.I. No. 418/1986 - Nature Reserve (Ballyteige) Establishment Order, 1986". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Ballyteige (Clare) SAC". National Parks & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Ballyteigue Nature Reserve". National Parks & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. ^ "The Banner Wetlands" (PDF). Clare Library. Retrieved 10 September 2020.