| Ballyteigue | |
| Photo Width: | 200 |
| Map: | Ireland |
| Map Width: | 200 |
| Label: | Ballyteigue |
| Coords: | 53.026°N -9.266°W |
| Type: | National |
| Location: | County Clare |
| Area: | 15.8acres |
| Operator: | National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland) |
| Status: | Open all year |
Ballyteigue or Ballyteige is a national nature reserve of approximately 15.8acres located in County Clare, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service.
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]