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Location
  
County Kerry, Ireland

Established
  
1982

Area
  
87 ha

Uragh Wood

Governing body
  
National Parks and Wildlife Service

Address
  
Inchinlough, Co. Kerry, Ireland

Similar
  
Uragh Stone Circle, Gleninchaquin Park, Caha Mountains, Waterford Viking Triangle, Fota Wildlife Park

Uragh Wood (Irish: Tearmann Dúlra Choill na hIúraí) is wood in Tuosist, County Kerry, Ireland, which was designated a nature reserve in 1982. The wood is largely sessile oak and covers 87 ha. It is owned by the state.

Contents

Since Ireland's adoption of the European Union's Habitats Directive, the wood has been included within a Special Area of Conservation of 1,154 ha called "Cloonee and Inchiquin Loughs, Uragh Wood" (Inchiquin being the lake next to the wood).

Flora and Fauna

Fauna includes:

  • The Kerry Slug (listed in annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive)
  • The Lesser horseshoe bat (listed in annex II of the Habitats Directive)

    • The wood is internationally important for its suite of hyper-oceanic woodland bryophytes.

    Access

    There is no public access.

    References

    Uragh Wood Wikipedia
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