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Newry & Mourne District Local Biodiversity Action Plan
Newry & Mourne District Local Biodiversity Action Plan Ulster Wildlife Trust watch Contents Foreword .................................................................................................1 Biodiversity in the Newry and Mourne District ..........................2 Newry and Mourne District Local Biodiversity Action Plan ..4 Our local priority habitats and species ..........................................5 Woodland ..............................................................................................6 Wetlands ..................................................................................................8 Peatlands ...............................................................................................10 Coastal ....................................................................................................12 Marine ....................................................................................................14 Grassland ...............................................................................................16 Gardens and urban greenspace .....................................................18 Local action for Newry and Mourne’s species .........................20 What you can do for Newry and Mourne’s biodiversity ......22 Glossary .................................................................................................24 Acknowledgements ............................................................................24 Published March 2009 Front Cover Images: Mill Bay © Conor McGuinness, -
Monitoring Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland RRegionalegional ReportReport ofof thethe NationalNational MonitoringMonitoring ProgrammeProgramme Marine Pollution Monitoring Management Group NOVATIO IN N INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH & RECHNOLOGY UNIT IN T SS O SU C CE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR NORTHERN IRELAND Northern Ireland Regional Report of the National Monitoring Programme Marine Pollution Monitoring Management Group This report has been produced by: J.P. Breen, IRTU E.L. Donaldson, IRTU M. Service, DANI C. Vincent, EHS Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Methods 4 2.1. Sample Plan 4 2.1.1. Seawater Analysis 4 2.1.2. Sediment Analysis 4 2.1.3. Biota Analysis 4 2.1.4. Shellfish 7 2.1.5. Fish 7 2.2. Sample Design 7 2.3. Biological Effects 8 2.3.1. Benthic Macrofauna 8 2.3.2. Oyster Embryo 8 2.3.3. Fish Disease Studies 8 2.3.4. Dogwhelk Imposex Studies 9 2.3.5. The Mixed Function Oxidase Test (EROD) 9 3 Quality Control 10 3.1. Chemical Data 10 3.1.1. Seawater Analysis 10 3.1.2. Sediment Analysis 10 3.1.3. Biota Analysis 10 3.2. Biological Data 10 4 Benthos 12 4.1. Number of Individuals 12 4.2. Number of Species 12 4.3. Biomass 12 4.4. Univariate Analysis 12 4.4.1. Species Richness 15 4.4.2. Pielou’s Evenness 15 4.4.3. Simpson’s Index 15 4.4.4. Shannon-Weiner 15 4.5. Multivariate Analysis 15 4.5.1. Multidimensional Scaling 15 4.5.2. SIMPER Analysis 18 4.5.3. K-Dominance Plot 19 5 Biological Effects 20 5.1. -
A Catalogue of Irish Pollen Diagrams
SHORT COMMUNICATION A CATALOGUE OF IRISH POLLEN DIAGRAMS F.J.G. Mitchell, B.S. Stefanini and R. Marchant ABSTRACT The fi rst Irish pollen diagram was published by Gunnar Erdtman in the Irish Naturalists’ Journal in 1927. Since then over 475 pollen diagrams have been produced from locations throughout Ireland from a range of sites and time spans. The data from these pollen diagrams can be used to reconstruct vegetation dynamics over long timescales and so facilitate the investigation of climate change impacts, plant migration and the scale of human-induced landscape change. In this paper we collate the available data from Irish pollen sites into the Irish Pollen Site Database (IPOL) to illustrate their distribution and range. It is intended that this database will be a useful research resource for anyone investigating Irish vegetation history. The database also links to the European and global research agenda surrounding impacts of climate change on ecosystems and associated livelihoods. The IPOL database can be accessed online at www.ipol.ie. F.J.G. Mitchell (corresponding author; email: fraser. [email protected]) and INTRODUCTION macrofossils and pollen from 44 locations across B.S. Stefanini, Botany the country (Jessen 1949). This was supplemented Department, Trinity Investigation of pollen preserved in peat and with additional investigations by Frank Mitchell College Dublin, lake sediments provides reconstructions of long- (Mitchell 1951). These combined works provid- Dublin 2, Ireland; R. ed 84 pollen diagrams. Later work has focused Marchant, Botany term vegetation change. These reconstructions Department, Trinity have a variety of applications such as quantifying on more detailed single-site investigations and College Dublin, climate change impacts, providing archaeologi- expanded to include lake sediments as the tech- Dublin 2 and York cal context and exploring plant migrations and nology to abstract lacustrine sedimentary deposits Institute for Tropical introductions (Mitchell 2011). -
Carlingford Lough Boat Trail
Carlingford Lough Boat Trail LOUGHS AGENCY EARNING A WELCOME 1. Please be friendly and polite to local residents and other water users. 2. Drive with care and consideration and park sensibly. 3. Change clothing discreetly (preferably out of public view). 4. Gain permission before going on to private property. 5. Minimise your impact on the natural environment and use recognised access points. There are many unofficial access points which could be used with the owner’s consent. 6. Be sensitive to wildlife and other users regarding the level of noise you create. 7. Observe wildlife from a distance and be aware of sensitive locations such as bird nest sites, bird roosts, seals on land and wintering wildfowl and wader concentrations. 8. Follow the principles of ‘Leave No Trace’. For more information visit:- www.leavenotraceireland.org 9. Keep the numbers in your party consistent with safety, the nature of the water conditions and the impact on your surroundings. 10. Biosecurity: sailors must help stop the spread of invasive species threatening our waterways and coasts! Wash and thoroughly dry boats, trailers and all other kit after a trip. Desiccation is effective against most invasive species, countering their serious environmental and economic impacts. WILDLIFE Carlingford Lough is frequented by otters and seals. In 2016, a bow head whale was spotted off the mouth of the lough and basking shark and dolphin have been reported. Boat fishing for Tope (a shark) and other species is popular in the area. Waders and wildfowl (often breeding in the arctic) winter here, feeding on mudflats as the tide recedes. -
Irish Landscape Names
Irish Landscape Names Preface to 2010 edition Stradbally on its own denotes a parish and village); there is usually no equivalent word in the Irish form, such as sliabh or cnoc; and the Ordnance The following document is extracted from the database used to prepare the list Survey forms have not gained currency locally or amongst hill-walkers. The of peaks included on the „Summits‟ section and other sections at second group of exceptions concerns hills for which there was substantial www.mountainviews.ie The document comprises the name data and key evidence from alternative authoritative sources for a name other than the one geographical data for each peak listed on the website as of May 2010, with shown on OS maps, e.g. Croaghonagh / Cruach Eoghanach in Co. Donegal, some minor changes and omissions. The geographical data on the website is marked on the Discovery map as Barnesmore, or Slievetrue in Co. Antrim, more comprehensive. marked on the Discoverer map as Carn Hill. In some of these cases, the evidence for overriding the map forms comes from other Ordnance Survey The data was collated over a number of years by a team of volunteer sources, such as the Ordnance Survey Memoirs. It should be emphasised that contributors to the website. The list in use started with the 2000ft list of Rev. these exceptions represent only a very small percentage of the names listed Vandeleur (1950s), the 600m list based on this by Joss Lynam (1970s) and the and that the forms used by the Placenames Branch and/or OSI/OSNI are 400 and 500m lists of Michael Dewey and Myrddyn Phillips. -
(Part 1): Countryside - Landscape Character Assessment
Local Development Plan Preparatory Studies Paper 12 (Part 1): Countryside - Landscape Character Assessment March 2017 Contents Page Number Figure Table 1 Purpose and Content 2 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Regional Planning Context 4 (a) Regional Development Strategy 2035 4 (b) Strategic Planning Policy Statement 4 (c) Planning Policy Statement 21: Sustainable Development 5 in the Countryside (d) Planning Policy Statement 2: Natural Heritage 5 (e) Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning Archaeological and 6 the Built Heritage (f) Existing Development Plans 6 3.0 Northern Ireland Landscape Character Assessment 7 4.0 NIEA Supplementary Planning Guidance – Wind 14 Energy Development in NI Landscapes 5.0 Northern Ireland Regional Landscape Character 17 Assessment 6.0 Northern Ireland Regional Seascape Character 22 Assessment 7.0 Local Biodiversity Action Plans 25 8.0 Local Landscape Policy Areas 28 9.0 Conclusions 29 Appendix 1 – Lan dscape Character Areas and Wind 31 Energy Classification for Newry, Mourne & Down District Appendix 2 - Criteria for assessing landscape sensitivity 53 Appendix 3 - NMD Regional Seascape Character Areas 55 Figure Table Figure 1 Landscape Character Areas for Northern Ireland Figure 2 Landscape Character Areas within Newry, Mourne & Down District Council Figure 3 Wind Turbine Applications with LCA Wind Energy Sensitivity Ratings Figure 4 Regional Landscape Boundaries overlaid with Local Landscape Character Areas Figure 5 The landscape wheel Figure 6 Regional Seascape Character Areas Figure 7 Priority Habitats within Newry, Mourne & Down District 1 Landscape Character Assessment of Newry, Mourne and Down District Purpose To provide members with a report on the Landscape Assessment for the District highlighting the diverse mix of landscapes within the Newry, Mourne & Down Council area while identifying the issues influencing the landscape condition and sensitivity. -
Ballydugan Update Letterfinlay, 12 Lake Road, Ballydugan, Downpatrick, BT30 8HY Email: [email protected]
Ballydugan Update Letterfinlay, 12 Lake Road, Ballydugan, Downpatrick, BT30 8HY email: [email protected] To make an end is to make a beginning T.S. Eliot Dear Friends & Prayer Supporters ~ Greetings from Ballydugan The leaves are turning, the blackberries are well out and the swallows have assembled. Despite blue skies, sun shining and reasonably warm temperatures, autumn is here and we have marked our one year of living in Ireland. Thank you for all who have continued to remember us and pray. Coming here has been a fulfilment of many years of prayer and commitment to this land and its people. Whilst we will for a number of reasons be returning home to Northumberland this autumn [earlier than we’d anticipated] we shall continue to pray, visit, support and work with people and issues that remain an integral part of our calling. Primarily for family and financial reasons we are returning this month We have, as I shared in a previous update, purchased a new home in Wooler on the High Street with all its potential challenges and opportunities. High Street Wooler Back Garden Ireland has for many years been a place of great inspiration, particularly for me. There are aspects of being here that continue to inspire and energise. However, having been a place of inspiration it is also a place of exasperation. 1 As I’ve cited before, it is a very paradoxical place and our experience of being here has seen both the best of times and the worst of times. I pay tribute to my amazing wife Shirley, whose support is unstinting and whose grace and patience is unswerving. -
Severe Burns in World War II
Ulster Med J 2017;86(2):114-118 Medical History Severe Burns in World War II. John Hedley-Whyte, Debra R. Milamed Accepted: 16th October 2016 Provenance: externally peer-reviewed. INTRODUCTION Flight Lieutenant Dickson, the plane’s commander was also badly burned and losing blood from head wounds, but The Ulster Auxiliary Air Force Squadron RAF 502 were Sergeant O’Connell was even more severely burned. Dickson former “weekend flyers”. Officers and most of the air and collapsed and cows licked O’Connell’s wounds3,4,5. ground crew were from Ulster1. Supported by their medical and surgical care and their leadership they contributed decisively to Allied victory in World War II . At 3:15 AM on 27th April 1941, Pilot Officer Christopher Carmichael of 502 Squadron took Whitley aircraft Z6501 to roll out on Limavady’s partially completed airfield. A crew of 6, including Pilot Officer Christopher Carmichael, Flight Lieutenant John Dickson, Sergeant Desmond “Des” O’Connell, Sergeant Stanley William Dorney, Sergeant Fred Redhead, Sergeant John Wilson (Air Gunner) were scheduled for a ten-hour anti U-boat patrol over the Atlantic. Shortly after take-off, the starboard propeller broke off. The Whitley hit Loughermore Mountain being unable to gain altitude or fly level on one engine. Fire broke out and ignited aviation gasoline and the 250 pound bombs2,3 (Fig.1). Fig 2. Sir Archibald McIndoe (1900-1960), by Edward Irvine Halliday, painted 1962-63, oil on canvas 92 x 72 cm, courtesy of Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England Fig 1. Two Whitley Bombers Airborne, by Robert T. -
The Down Rare Plant Register of Scarce & Threatened Vascular Plants
Vascular Plant Register County Down County Down Scarce, Rare & Extinct Vascular Plant Register and Checklist of Species Graham Day & Paul Hackney Record editor: Graham Day Authors of species accounts: Graham Day and Paul Hackney General editor: Julia Nunn 2008 These records have been selected from the database held by the Centre for Environmental Data and Recording at the Ulster Museum. The database comprises all known county Down records. The records that form the basis for this work were made by botanists, most of whom were amateur and some of whom were professional, employed by government departments or undertaking environmental impact assessments. This publication is intended to be of assistance to conservation and planning organisations and authorities, district and local councils and interested members of the public. Cover design by Fiona Maitland Cover photographs: Mourne Mountains from Murlough National Nature Reserve © Julia Nunn Hyoscyamus niger © Graham Day Spiranthes romanzoffiana © Graham Day Gentianella campestris © Graham Day MAGNI Publication no. 016 © National Museums & Galleries of Northern Ireland 1 Vascular Plant Register County Down 2 Vascular Plant Register County Down CONTENTS Preface 5 Introduction 7 Conservation legislation categories 7 The species accounts 10 Key to abbreviations used in the text and the records 11 Contact details 12 Acknowledgements 12 Species accounts for scarce, rare and extinct vascular plants 13 Casual species 161 Checklist of taxa from county Down 166 Publications relevant to the flora of county Down 180 Index 182 3 Vascular Plant Register County Down 4 Vascular Plant Register County Down PREFACE County Down is distinguished among Irish counties by its relatively diverse and interesting flora, as a consequence of its range of habitats and long coastline. -
Visitors Is Tours, Taking You on a Journey Lough and Offers Magnificent Views
Kilkeel Harbour Dromore High Cross Ring of Gullion Mourne Mountains Newry Silent Valley Reservoir 3 Day Great Outdoors thrown from the Cooley Mountains, high street selection at The Quays Parks, Gardens and Nature Reserve on the other side of Carlingford Lough, or Buttercrane Centres in Newry, or by the giant Fionn mac Cumhaill. Newry’s Hill Street and Monaghan Day 1: Ballymoyer Don’t miss the brand new Mountain Street where you will find men’s 5 Day Visit political and cultural history of the stop for breakfast, then south towards coast route east, on to the village take the opportunity to spend the Visit picturesque Ballymoyer, outside Bike Trails in Rostrevor’s Kilbroney Park. designer shops, ladies fashion Make your day Spas, Mountains, Gardens region from prehistoric flints and Camlough Lake, abundant with birdlife of Rostrevor situated at the foot of morning chilling out with a seaweed the village of Whitecross. Ballymoyer boutiques, and independent retailers. Bagenal’s Castle, Newry in the Mournes and Historic Towns medieval sculpture to 20th century and rare aquatic wildlife. Continue Rostrevor Forest with its 250 year old bath and spa treatment in Soak House was constructed in 1778, Day 3: Castlewellan Hill Street is also home to the Thursday ceramics and glassware. In the south to tranquil Killeavy and on to oak trees and brand new world class Seaweed Baths located along the and the demesne grounds are now Visit Castlewellan Forest Park and and Saturday variety markets. Don’t 3 Day Family Break stopping off at either Castlewellan Tailor-made to inspire, Day 1: Banbridge afternoon, explore this fascinating Slieve Gullion Forest Adventure Park Mountain Bike Trails. -
Causeway Coast and Glens Countryside Recreation
CAUSEWAY COAST AND GLENS COUNTRYSIDE RECREATION STRATEGY Prepared by Ferguson McIlveen IN ASSOCIATION WITH Countryside Consultancy On behalf of The Causeway Coast and Glens June 2002 CONTENTS 1.0 BACKGROUND 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Northern Ireland Countryside Recreation Strategy 2.0 CURRENT POSITION 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Land-Based Activities 2.3 Water-Based Activities 2.4 Air-Based Activities 2.5 Outdoor Education Centres 2.6 Outdoor Activity Providers 2.7 Other Countryside Activities 3.0 COUNTRYSIDE RECREATION ISSUES 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Common Issues 3.3 Issues for Land Activities 3.4 Issues for Water Activities 3.5 Issues for Air Activities 4.0 THE COUNTRYSIDE RECREATION CONTEXT 5.0 THE ACTIVITY MARKET 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The Match of Activity Provision to Participant 6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF COUNTRYSIDE RECREATION 7.0 THE VISION 7.1 Introduction 7.2 A Possible Vision 7.3 Key Aspirational Statements 8.0 ACTIONS TO REALISE THE VISION 8.1 Causeway coast and Glens - Action Programme 9.0 CASE STUDIES 9.1 Rossknowlagh Surf Centre, Donegal 9.2 North Western Fisheries Board 10.0 APPENDIX Ferguson McIlveen The Causeway Coast and Glens June 2002 1.0 BACKGROUND 1.1 Introduction This document sets out a Countryside Recreation Strategy for the Causeway Coast and Glens. It has been commissioned by the Causeway Initiative in association with the Countryside Access and Activities Network (CAAN). The study aims to provide an effective and sustainable framework for the future management of countryside recreation within the Causeway Coast and Glens area, specifically seeking to maximise current and future opportunities for participation whilst striving for the conservation and protection of natural environment. -
2016 Estate Strategy
Police Service of Northern Ireland 2016 Estate Strategy June 2016 1 Section/ Paragraph Contents Page Nr. Background Context 5– 7 Purpose and Key Issues 8 – 10 The Strategic Vision 11 1.0 Introduction 12 1.1 – 1.2 Estate Structure 12 1.3 Contracting Out – Best Value 12 1.4 Size of Estate 13 1.5 Benchmarking 13 1.6 Patten Report 13 – 14 1.7 Programmes of Works 14 – 15 1.8 Estate Review 15 1.9 Restructuring of District Commands-Head of Business 15 Services 2.0 Major Works Programme 16 2.1 Key Issues 16 2.2 – 2.3 District Estate Strategies 16 2.4 Custody Structure 17 2.5 Finance Issues 17 2.6 Conditions of Grant and DoJ Business Case Policy 17 – 18 2.7 Design Aspects 18 3.0 Property Management 19 3.1 – 3.2 Maintenance 19 – 20 3.3 – 3.5 Condition Survey/Asset Inspection Registers 20 3.6 – 3.7 Utilisation of Stations 20 – 21 3.8 Funding Pressures 21 – 22 3.9 Minor Works 22 3.10 – 3.12 Sustainability 23 – 24 3.13 Asset Management and Critical Facilities 24 – 25 4.0 PSNI Security Plan 25 4.1 Recommendations 25 – 26 4.2 Security Works 26 4.3 Funding 26 2 Section/ CONTENTS Page Nr. Paragraph 5.0 Estate Structure 26 5.1 – 5.2 Police Stations 26 – 27 5.3 – 5.4 Stations Viability Review 27 5.5 Disposal Process 27 – 28 5.6 – 5.11 Headquarter Sites 28 – 29 5.12 Potential Station Disposal List 29 - 30 5.13 Vision of Estate 30 6.0 Corporate Governance Framework 30 6.1 – 6.3 Committees 30 – 31 6.4 – 6.5 NIPB Resources Committee 31 7.0 Change Pressures 31 7.1 Service First Programme and RPA 31 – 32 7.2 Funding Pressures 32 – 33 8.0 Funding Requirements