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Corliss Fort

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal

Dogs welcome

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54.09356, -6.63636

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Mallard, Cormorant +18 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Mallard, Cormorant +18 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Water Horsetail, Marsh Cinquefoil, Purple Moor-grass +42 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Water Horsetail, Marsh Cinquefoil, Purple Moor-grass +42 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Variable Damselfly, Azure Damselfly +9 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Variable Damselfly, Azure Damselfly +9 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Bramble, Common Sorrel, Common Nettle +2 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The Poets' Trail - Creggan RouteWalking route17 km

Named routeLength 17 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Monaghan WayWalking route18.5 km

Named routeLength 18.5 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

The Poets' Trail - Creggan LoopCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

288 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

288 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds19 species

winterspringautumn

2024

Cormorant · Great Crested Grebe · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan +14

CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common GullLarus canus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CootFulica atra2023
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2022
Black TernChlidonias niger2022
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2024

Blue-tailed Damselfly · Variable Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Irish Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +2

Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Irish DamselflyCoenagrion lunulatum
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense

🌿

Plants45 species

summer

2025

Water Horsetail · Marsh Cinquefoil · Purple Moor-grass · Yorkshire-fog · Bramble +40

Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Bitter-CressCardamine
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Juncus acutiflorus or articulatusJuncus acutiflorus or articulatus
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
Common SedgeCarex nigra
TormentilPotentilla erecta
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Agrostis caninaAgrostis canina
Common NettleUrtica dioica
LemnaLemna
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Eared WillowSalix aurita
HazelCorylus avellana
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Velvet BentAgrostis canina
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Star SedgeCarex echinata
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2024
English Sticky EyebrightEuphrasia officinalis subsp. anglica2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

288 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds19 species

winterspringautumn

2024

Cormorant · Great Crested Grebe · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan +14

CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common GullLarus canus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CootFulica atra2023
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2022
Black TernChlidonias niger2022
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2024

Blue-tailed Damselfly · Variable Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Irish Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +2

Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Irish DamselflyCoenagrion lunulatum
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense

🌿

Plants45 species

summer

2025

Water Horsetail · Marsh Cinquefoil · Purple Moor-grass · Yorkshire-fog · Bramble +40

Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Bitter-CressCardamine
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Juncus acutiflorus or articulatusJuncus acutiflorus or articulatus
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
Common SedgeCarex nigra
TormentilPotentilla erecta
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Agrostis caninaAgrostis canina
Common NettleUrtica dioica
LemnaLemna
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Eared WillowSalix aurita
HazelCorylus avellana
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Velvet BentAgrostis canina
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Star SedgeCarex echinata
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2024
English Sticky EyebrightEuphrasia officinalis subsp. anglica2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Eric Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

H8916 : Approaching the Corliss Road junction on the Blaney Road

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