Bohill Forest

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Bohill Forest
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The Bohill Forest Nature Reserve was set up to protect the holly blue butterfly
Geography
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Location of Bohill Forest
LocationDown,Northern Ireland,United Kingdom
Coordinates 54°20′50″N5°50′40″W / 54.347135°N 5.8444185°W / 54.347135; -5.8444185 Coordinates: 54°20′50″N5°50′40″W / 54.347135°N 5.8444185°W / 54.347135; -5.8444185
Area38.96 hectares (96.3 acres)
Governing body Forest Service Northern Ireland

Bohill Forest is a small coniferous forest located near Drumaness, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Forest Service Northern Ireland. [1]

Drumaness Village in United Kingdom

Drumaness is a village and townland in the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is 3 miles or 5 kilometres south of Ballynahinch, beside the main A24 Belfast to Newcastle road. It is situated in the civil parish of Magheradroll and the historic barony of Kinelarty. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 1,339 people.

The Forest Service Northern Ireland is an executive agency of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development entrusted with the development of forestry and the management of forests in Northern Ireland. It was created on 1 April 1998.

Bohill Forest Nature Reserve is a small area within the forest where trees had previously been felled and the land was allowed to naturally regrow. This woodland consists of holly, oak, rowan, birch, hazel and oak trees. Patches that are still clear of tree cover contain bracken, bilberry and heather. The habitat is ideal for the previously rare holly blue butterfly, which the nature reserve was set up to protect. Other fauna in the woodland includes the speckled wood butterfly, red deer, goldcrests, jays, chiffchaffs and blackcaps. [2] [3]

Bracken genus of plants, the Brackens

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Bilberry blue fruit from Vaccinium sect. Myrtillus

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Calluna vulgaris is the sole species in the genus Calluna in the flowering plant family Ericaceae. It is a low-growing perennial shrub growing to 20 to 50 centimetres tall, or rarely to 1 metre (39 in) and taller, and is found widely in Europe and Asia Minor on acidic soils in open sunny situations and in moderate shade. It is the dominant plant in most heathland and moorland in Europe, and in some bog vegetation and acidic pine and oak woodland. It is tolerant of grazing and regenerates following occasional burning, and is often managed in nature reserves and grouse moors by sheep or cattle grazing, and also by light burning.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bohill Forest". NI Direct. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bohill Nature Reserve". DOE NI. 24 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bohill (NNR)". DARD NI. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.


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