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Reenagross Park Kenmare Co Kerry Reenagross Park, Kenmare, Co. Kerry Patrick Crushell & Peter Foss 2010 ___________________________________________________________________ Reenagross Park, Kenmare, Co. Kerry Baseline Ecological Surveys and Biodiversity Conservation Plan Report prepared for Kenmare Tidy Towns Committee Prepared on behalf of by Dr Patrick Crushell & Dr Peter J. Foss Wetland Surveys Ireland www.WetlandSurveysIreland.com October 2010 This project has been co-funded under the Rural Development (LEADER) Programme and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, administered in this area by the South Kerry Development Partnership Limited. 2 Reenagross Park, Kenmare, Co. Kerry Patrick Crushell & Peter Foss 2010 ___________________________________________________________________ This report should be referenced: Crushell, P. & Foss, P. (2010). Reenagross Park, Kenmare, Co. Kerry. Baseline Ecological Surveys and Biodiversity Conservation Plan. Report prepared for Kenmare Tidy Towns Committee. Copyright Kenmare Tidy Towns Committee 2010 Authors: Dr Patrick Crushell Dr Peter Foss Bell Height 33 Bancroft Park Kenmare Tallaght Co Kerry Dublin 24 e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] All rights reserved. No Part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of Kenmare Tidy Towns Committee. Views contained in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of Kenmare Tidy Towns Committee. Photographic Plate Credits All photographs by P. Crushell & P. Foss 2010 unless otherwise stated. Copyright Kenmare Tidy Towns Committee. Report cover images: Mature stand of Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea) woodland in Reenagross Park, Kenmare, county Kerry (Photograph: P. Foss). 3 Reenagross Park, Kenmare, Co. Kerry Patrick Crushell & Peter Foss 2010 ___________________________________________________________________ Contents Page 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Background ........................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Project aims ........................................................................................................... 8 2 Site Description ................................................................................................. 8 2.1 Past and recent history of reenagross park ....................................................... 9 3 Natural Heritage of Reenagross Park ............................................................ 12 3.1 Habitats and flora ................................................................................................ 12 3.2 Birdlife .................................................................................................................. 15 3.3 Bats and terrestrial mammals ............................................................................ 15 3.4 Invertebrates ........................................................................................................ 16 3.5 Marine ecology .................................................................................................... 16 4 Review and Summary of Ecological Interest of the Park ............................ 16 5 Review of Current Management Regime ....................................................... 17 5.1 Biodiversity management ................................................................................... 17 5.2 Interpretation of natural heritage and public participation ............................. 17 5.3 Maintenance of visitor facilities (including plans by KCC) ............................. 18 6 Threats to Ecological Interest of the Park .................................................... 19 7 Recommendations to enhance Reenagross Park ........................................ 20 7.1 Biodiversity enhancement measures ................................................................ 21 7.2 Interpretation of natural heritage ....................................................................... 22 7.3 County Council proposed measures for visitor facilities ................................ 25 7.4 Public involvement .............................................................................................. 26 7.5 Resource allocation ............................................................................................ 27 8 Bibliography .................................................................................................... 28 List of Appendices Appendix 1: National Parks & Wildlife Service Proposed Natural Heritage Area site description. Appendix 2: Species recorded on the Reenagross Park peninsula in September 2010. Appendix 3: Useful contact groups for advice on funding, management and conservation measures. Appendix 4: Photographs illustrating the main habitat types; management issues that need to be addressed; and location of interpretation recommendations at Reenagross Park, Kenmare, County Kerry. 4 Reenagross Park, Kenmare, Co. Kerry Patrick Crushell & Peter Foss 2010 ___________________________________________________________________ Acknowledgements This project has been co-funded under the Rural Development (LEADER) Programme and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, administered in this area by the South Kerry Development Partnership Limited. The authors of this report wish to thank the following for invaluable discussions and comments in the preparation of this report. Members of the Kenmare Tidy Towns Committee Clare Thoma, South Kerry Development Partnership Conor Kelleher, Bat Conservation Ireland and Cork County Bat Group Cormac Foley, Office of Public Works David Bigham Declan Little, Woodlands of Ireland Dierdre O’Sullivan, Kerry County Council Francis Brennan, Park Hotel, Kenmare Frank Coyne, Aegis Archaeology Ltd Cathy Fisher, Heritage Officer, Kerry County Council Keith Johnston Kevin Boyle, Kerry County Council Mark Daly Meadhbh Keegan, Kerry County Council Michael Healy-Rae Michael O’Sullivan, National Parks and Wildlife Service Patrick Conor-Scarteen Vincent Horgan, Kerry County Council 5 Reenagross Park, Kenmare, Co. Kerry Patrick Crushell & Peter Foss 2010 ___________________________________________________________________ Executive Summary Reenagross Park is located adjacent to the town of Kenmare, County Kerry. The site is a proposed Natural Heritage Area as defined by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. This project evaluates the natural heritage value of the park and its surroundings with the objective of preparing a biodiversity conservation plan. This plan recommends practical measures aimed at conserving and enhancing the natural heritage and biodiversity value of the site. In addition, issues relating to the visitor use of the park, public access and opportunities for the development of educational and interpretative facilities at the site are explored and recommendations are made on possible improvements. Reenagross Park comprises a diverse variety of woodland, marine, brackish and freshwater habitats, which makes the site a haven for biodiversity with a high number of species of flora and fauna recorded during the survey. A total of 14 habitat types were recorded at Reenagross Park, of which the native Oak-Birch- Holly woodland and mixed deciduous woodland, estuarine and mudflat habitats are considered to be the most important for species diversity. A total of 303 species of the trees (both native and exotic), flowering plants and ferns, mosses, lichens, fungi, seaweeds, birds, mammals, insects and fish were recorded during the present survey. This includes 143 species of plants (the majority native); 34 exotic tree and shrub species planted in an Arboretum area; 5 moss species; 5 lichen species; 6 types of seaweed; 2 fungi; 86 species of birds; 19 mammals; 2 butterflies and 1 species of fish. Of the terrestrial habitats present, the Oak-Birch-Holly woodland (Fossitt habitat code WN1) and mixed deciduous woodland at the site is the most important. The quality of this important habitat type has, however, been seriously degraded by the invasion of Rhododendron ponticum. Unless measures are taken to eradicate Rhododendron ponticum which is an invasive, non- native species, (together with some other exotics species which also occur in the woodland) the long term biodiversity value of the woodland will continue to decline and may in the long term be lost. Specific measures to improve the biodiversity value of the Reenagross woodland and associated terrestrial habitats are included in the recommendations section of this report. Reenagross Park is currently used an important visitor amenity resource by the local community in Kenmare. Due to lack of clear access and signage, due to this, the parks potential as a visitor amenity is not fully realised. This study has identified a requirement for improved access and the development of interpretation focused on the natural heritage of the area for visitors. Interpretation and understanding by the general public of the value of the woodland, the coastal and estuarine habitats at Reenagross should be a priority for the management group in its future plans for the park. Measures are recommended to improve access to the park, interpretation of the habitats present and work being undertaken by the
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