A new five-year review for the Lough Neagh area seeks to boost business, navigation, and conservation opportunities through attracting new significant investment from funding opportunities such as the Levelling Up Fund, the Green Growth Strategy, the SEUPB Peace Plus Fund and the Shared Island Fund. Lough Neagh Partnership’s Strategic Plan for 2023-2028 lays bare the […]
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‘Life on the Lough’ is a story about the internationally recognised Lough and the people and wildlife that rely on it Lough Neagh Partnership and Belfast-based Lamb Films have launched a short film that depicts life in and around the biggest freshwater lake in the British Isles — Lough Neagh. Funded by DAERA under the […]
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Thanks to Lough Neagh Partnership, the Moiled Cattle Project has safeguarded the ‘freckled faced’ and ‘domed head’ breed, helping them thrive in native land One of the oldest indigenous cattle breeds native to Northern Ireland, the Irish Moiled Cattle, or ‘Moile’ was once a declining animal breed and placed on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust […]
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It was a case of going to the top of the class for Lough Neagh Partnership as they met with representatives of the Department of Education to celebrate the signing of the transfer of the Derrytresk and Derryloughan School Lands lease. The land had originally been owned by the Royal School Dungannon and the lease goes right back […]
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The Lough Neagh Partnership, a stakeholder body overseeing the management of the Lough, is celebrating five years of working with farmers in the southern shores of Lough Neagh through the Environmental Farm Group Scheme having awarded almost £17,000 to each farm. The successful scheme aims to encourage farmers to carry out more environmentally friendly farming practices on […]
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The Lough Neagh Partnership is undertaking a project on Coney Island, just one kilometre off the Lough Neagh shoreline, in an attempt to breathe new life onto the island. The project aims to remove non-native and invasive plants including salmonberry, laurel, non-native pine and sycamore to encourage more growth of native plants. Work is weather […]
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The team at Lough Neagh Partnership is celebrating World Curlew Day (April 21, 2021) with the return of two chicks fledged in the area last year. During an evening of survey work when the team were ringing and identifying local Curlew, they were delighted to see two young juveniles hatched on the site in 2020 […]
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Blog by Ciara Laverty There is an old saying that “an Oak tree spends 300 years growing, 300 years resting and 300 years dying”. These iconic trees are easily recognisable by their lobed leaves and fruiting acorns. Historically there is evidence of Oak woodland around Lough Neagh’s shores, which we can see through local place-names […]
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Blog by Ciara Laverty The Irish Hare is a sub-species of Mountain Hare and is endemic to the island of Ireland. It is Ireland’s only native lagomorph. Rabbits were introduced in the 12th century by the Normans and the Brown Hare was introduced for sport in 1800s- it is thought a small population still remains […]
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The Black Headed Gull is a common sight throughout Northern Ireland. Like other gull species, it is an opportunistic feeder with a varied diet consisting of insects, plant matter and fish. It will also readily scavenge human scraps which accounts for its presence in urban areas and gardens. Although Black Headed Gulls are a familiar […]
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