bord na móna biodiversity action plan 2016-2021 2018 updates · 2018. 5. 22. · art installation...

Bord na Móna

Biodiversity Action Plan 2016-2021

2018 Updates

Mark McCorry

14 May 2018

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Objective 1

To continue to carry out all

works in line with

best practice guidelines

and relevant legislation

across all

Bord na Móna bogs

• Planning, Reporting, Policy, Compliance

Objective 1 Planning, Reporting, Policy,

Compliance

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• Ongoing advisory role to Bord na Móna BUs re regulation &

planning applications

• New Peat Extraction regs

• North Timahoe Solar, etc

• Ongoing Input to National Peatland Strategy,

• Policy – NBAP, Natural Capital, BITC Q Mark

• Ongoing compliance with relevant environmental legislation

• Non-Compliance?

• Continued internal and external training re

ecological issues (Does and Don’ts)

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Objective 2:

To survey and identify

potential biodiversity

areas within the Bord na

Móna lands

• Baseline ecology survey,

• Identify and fill information gaps,

• Identify network of core areas of high biodiversity value,

monitoring

Marsh Fritillary

Objective 2: To survey and identify potential biodiversity

areas within the Bord na Móna lands

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• Continued updates to Baseline Ecological

survey

• GIS maps: land use; current habitats;

potential future habitats; potential biodiversity

value maps for all sites surveyed

• 12 bog sites surveyed in 2017

• Additional ecological surveys to inform

planning projects

• Curlew Monitoring

Narrow-leaved

Marsh Orchid

Finnamores

Lough Boora

Discovery Park

2000

Drinagh SE

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2004

Drinagh SE


2009

Drinagh SE


2015

Drinagh SE

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Marsh Fritillary sites on BnM land – 14 different sites …. so far

New sites in 2017

Turraun

Knockahaw

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Objective 3:

To promote and develop best practice

in terms of rehabilitation plans for all

Bord na Móna bogs to stabilise

former peat production areas and

enhance biodiversity

• Practical rehabilitation

• Rehabilitation trials

• Rehabilitation plans

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Rehabilitation Plans

• Bi-annual review of draft rehab

plans completed

• As required by IPC Licences

• All draft plans updated

• 132 individual site rehab plan

reports!

• Several draft plans brought to

final stage

• Ballysorrell

• Knockahaw

• Clonwhelan


Bog Rehab type Status Comment

Area

(ha)

Ballycon deep peat Ongoing 8

Daingean Rathdrum deep peat Complete Bog restoration 36

Lullymore wetland Complete Maintenance to outfall - 2017 95

Cavemount wetland Ongoing

Phased over several years - hydrological

management - east side 145

Cashel deep peat Complete Maintenance required 2018 39

Corlea wetland Complete Local issues - wetland maintenance 8

Clongawney deep peat Complete 28

Killeglan peat peat Ongoing

Full time bog restoration - > 75%

complete 200

Clooniff wetland Ongoing

Ammonia trial – direct water into wetland

in 2018 8

Lough Bannow deep peat Complete Buffer area around Lough Bawn pNHA 31

Coolnagun deep peat Complete

Former sod moss area – adjacent to

River Inny 27

Baunmore

wetland/

dryland Ongoing

Rehab trial - dozing across field drains -

1st phase 100

Ballysorrell deep peat Complete Bog restoration 100

Total 756

Rehabilitation Projects/Trials during 2017


Cashel Bog, Co. Laois


Cavemount Bog Co. Offaly


Lodge Bog, Co. Kildare – re-wetting trial

Joint project with IPCC


Lodge Bog – Co. Kildare - re-wetting trial


Sphagnum BeadaMoss trial – Bunihinly, Co Westmeath, May 2017


Sphagnum BeadaMoss trial – Bunihinly May 2017


Blackwater (Co. Offaly) Reedbed trial – 2011


Blackwater (Co. Offaly) Reedbed trial – 2017


Japanese Knotweed Control – Attymon (Co. Galway) 2017


Littleton Rehabilitation

• Lanespark Briquette Factory

closure

• 10 bog units – 4200 ha

• Continued peat production in

Killeens

• Decommissioning and

rehabilitation of remaining sites

• Cutaway re-wetting, where

possible

• Bog restoration where possible


Bruckana

Windfarm

potential for

further

industrial

development?

Littleton Rehabilitation

• Rehab plan drafted for Littleton

• Internal consultation

• Consideration of future land-use

• External circulation of plan –

Summer 2018

• Site visits?

• Timeframe – 3 years

• Initial rehab

trials/implementation

• Phased approach

• BAP Review Feb 2019 - Littleton


Knockahaw Bog, Tipperary/Laois

Bog Restoration

Biodiversity Area


Carrickhill Bog, Co. Tipperary

• Carrickhill

• Typical site

• Pumped drainage

• Bare peat

• Some deep peat

• Variable topography

• Re-wetting peat, where

possible


Carrickhill Bog, Co. Tipperary


Ballysorrell, Littleton, Bog restoration

De-commisioning

Bog restoration at

Ballysorrell

Co. Tipperary

High bog area 100 ha

Overall area 190 ha

Was in milled peat

production in the past


• Two new 8 Tonne Kobelco

excavators ordered in 2017

• Currently being modified for

bog works (track widening)

• One complete – ready to

start now at Clonwhelan

• Brings number of ‘small’

Bord na Móna wide track

excavators dedicated to bog

restoration to 3

• Projected progress - from

150 ha/year to 450 ha per

year

Bog restoration

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Objective 4

To raise awareness

and create a greater

appreciation of the

biodiversity and

natural heritage of

Bord na Móna

cutaway bogs and

associated lands

Bog of Allen Wildlife Event – 2018

Hosted by IPCC


Government Minister’s visit to Ballydangan – October


Heritage Week – August 2017 Body and Soul!

ONFC – Finnamores - June

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NBDC – Field Course at Boora - June

Midlands Science Festival – Mountlucas - October

Irish Garden Plant Association - May


Bog of Allen Wildlife Awareness event – Lullymore – July 2017


Botanic Gardens – Bog Garden supplied by Ballycon

Derrygreenagh – not cutting the grass for pollinators

Signage at Lullymore

Art Installation at Derries Bog, LBDP

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Thank you

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