Rea's Wood and Farr's Bay SAC

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Biodiversity,
Protected areas

Protected area type: Special Areas of Conservation

Feature type: Habitat

County: Antrim

Council: Antrim and Newtownabbey

Guidance and literature: Reas Wood and Farrs 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.

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Rea's Wood and Farr's Bay SAC