The reserve is a mix of coniferous forest and 40 islands in Lower Lough Erne. The breeding birds of the reserve include snipe, redshanks, curlews and Sandwich terns. In winter, whooper swans and wigeons can be found.

The reserve consists of the lough, the surrounding reedbeds and scrub and extensive meadows. In winter, greylag geese, whooper swans and wildfowl feed on the meadows and thousands of ducks can be seen from the hide on th ...

Rathlin Island lies six miles off the north Antrim Causeway coast. From late April to early August the spectacular cliffs on the island are alive with thousands of seabirds. The colony is at its greatest density at the R ...

Strangford Lough attracts vast numbers of wildfowl, waders, gulls and auks which overwinter on the Lough or stage here. Around 70,000 birds are present each winter.

The Lough is an essential stop-over by thes ...

The Ulster Wildlife Trust manages over 25 nature reserves around Northern Ireland, in addition to the many wildlife areas that the Trust has helped landowners to set up for the benefit of wildlife.