Designated and Proposed Ramsar sites in Northern Ireland

Details of new Ramsar sites for designation are submitted to the Ramsar Secretariat on Ramsar Information Sheets (RIS), in accordance with the Explanatory notes and guidelines for completing the Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands. The hyperlinks within each Ramsar site code in the table below link to a PDF file (size < 170kb) of the relevant RIS, as submitted to the Ramsar Secretariat. RIS are not available for proposed sites.

 

The RIS were updated during 2004, and revised data was submitted ahead of the 9th Ramsar Conference of Parties (CoP) held in November 2005. 

 

Ramsar sites 31 August 2007

Name	New Site Code	Old Site Code	Country & Territories	Area (ha)	Latitude	Longitude	Status
Ballynahone Bog	UK12001	7UK127	Northern Ireland	243.24	54 49 25 N	06 39 40 W	Designated
Belfast Lough	UK12002	7UK123	Northern Ireland	432.14	54 38 00 N	05 54 00 W	Designated
Black Bog	UK12003	7UK142	Northern Ireland	183.42	054 40 21 N	007 01 00 W	Designated
Carlingford Lough	UK12004	7UK119	Northern Ireland	830.51	54 03 00 N	06 07 00 W	Designated
Cuilcagh Mountain	UK12005	7UK128	Northern Ireland	2744.45	54 13 26 N	07 48 17 W	Designated
Derryleckagh	UK12006		Northern Ireland	42.41	54 09 54 N	06 17 10 W	Proposed
Dundrum Bay	UK12007		Northern Ireland				Proposed
Fairy Water Bogs	UK12008	7UK143	Northern Ireland	223.7	54 38 29 N	07 28 24 W	Designated
Fardrum and Roosky Turloughs	UK12009	7UK155	Northern Ireland	43.1	54 24 00 N	07 43 20 W	Designated
Garron Plateau	UK12010	7UK129	Northern Ireland	4650.07	55 00 10 N	06 03 40 W	Designated
Garry Bog	UK12011	7UK149	Northern Ireland	154.76	55 06 30 N	06 31 40 W	Designated
Killough Bay	UK12012		Northern Ireland	104.23	054 15 21 N	005 37 50 W	Designated
Larne Lough	UK12013	7UK109	Northern Ireland	395.94	54 48 54 N	05 44 38 W	Designated
Lough Foyle	UK12014	7UK133	Northern Ireland	2204.36	55 05 24 N	07 01 37 W	Designated
Lough Neagh and Lough Beg	UK12016	7UK009	Northern Ireland	50165.84	54 34 11 N	06 24 34 W	Designated
Magheraveely Marl Loughs	UK12017		Northern Ireland	58.78	054 11 21 N	007 16 00 W	Proposed
Outer Ards	UK12018		Northern Ireland	1154.16	054 32 47 N	005 29 02 W	Designated
Pettigoe Plateau	UK12019	7UK105	Northern Ireland	1264.32	54 32 00 N	07 59 04 W	Designated
Slieve Beagh	UK12020	7UK145	Northern Ireland	1884.68	54 20 53 N	07 11 38 W	Designated
Strangford Lough	UK12021	7UK120	Northern Ireland	15581.3	54 26 40 N	05 35 40 W	Designated
Teal Lough	UK12022		Northern Ireland	198.22	054 44 06 N	006 51 14 W	Proposed
Turmennan Lough	UK12023	7UK156	Northern Ireland	14.83	54 22 46 N	05 42 51 W	Designated
Upper Lough Erne	UK12024	7UK110	Northern Ireland	5818.07	54 12 00 N	07 29 40 W	Designated