Eirk Bog Explained

Eirk Bog
Location:	County Kerry, Ireland
Coords:	51.946°N -9.666°W
Area:	40acres
Governing Body:	National Parks and Wildlife Service

Eirk Bog is a national nature reserve of approximately 40acres in County Kerry.

Features

Eirk Bog was legally protected as a national nature reserve by the Irish government in 1986.^[1] It is also a Special Protection Area.^[2]

The Bog represents part of a well developed and relatively undisturbed intermediate bog, with a poor fen, Atlantic blanket bog, and wet heath land.^[3] The underlying geology of the site is old red sandstone. The Bog is the most southerly area in Ireland used by the Greenland white-fronted goose, and one of the few peatlands used by the birds as a feeding site.^{[4] [5]}

In 2017, it was proposed that Eirk Bog be included in an extension of the UNESCO Killarney National Park Biosphere into a larger Kerry Biosphere.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: S.I. No. 419/1986 - Nature Reserve (Eirk Bog) Establishment Order, 1986 . 18 September 2020 . en.
2. Web site: Eirk Bog SPA . National Parks & Wildlife Service . 18 September 2020.
3. Web site: Eirk Bog Nature Reserve . National Parks & Wildlife Service . 18 September 2020.
4. Web site: SITE SYNOPSIS: EIRK BOG SPA . National Parks & Wildlife Service . 18 September 2020.
5. Web site: Eirk Bog . BirdLife Data Zone . 18 September 2020.
6. News: Evans . Tadhg . Plans to create 'Kerry biosphere' . 18 September 2020 . Kerryman . 13 May 2017 . en.