Northern Ireland Environment Agency surveys identify priority fen habitats in Counties Down, Armagh, and Tyrone. The data focuses on inter-drumlin fens and lowland fens and reedbeds, which are important under the EU Habitats Directive. This represents a partial dataset and does not include the complete fen resource across Northern Ireland.
Use Cases
- Identify priority fen habitats for conservation based on survey locations mentioned in the description.
- Assess the distribution of inter-drumlin fens based on the described focus in Counties Down and Armagh.
- Map known lowland fen and reedbed resources based on surveys conducted in county Tyrone.
- Plan future wetland surveys to address gaps in coverage for Counties Fermanagh, Derry/Londonderry, and Antrim.
Strengths
- Focuses on habitats listed under Annex 1 of the EU Habitats Directive.
- Identifies specific fen types in named counties: inter-drumlin fens in Down and Armagh, and lowland fens in Tyrone.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- The dataset is explicitly described as partial and does not represent the entire extent of fen habitats in Northern Ireland.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- OpenDataNI
- Collection Method
- NIEA and HST surveys.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:50.523898; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Northern Ireland, specifically Counties Down, Armagh, and Tyrone.