Rea's Wood and Farr's Bay SAC

Rea’s Wood and Farr’s Bay have developed on a series of shorelines exposed by successive lowerings of Lough Neagh. The former lakebed has an undulating terrain consisting of raised ridges and wet, occasionally flooded hollows, with a resulting variation in the type of woodland cover. 

The present foreshore supports inundation Willow/Alder woodland along the shore and Alder swamp woodland in the permanently flooded hollows behind, whilst the drier ridges support base-rich Ash woodland.  The diversity of woodland types is reflected in the rich flora and fauna, which includes a large number of rare species.