54.570768,-6.299629
- Grid ref: NW222280
- Lat/long: 54.570768,-6.299629
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Wildlife awards
Portmore Lough is one of the best places for wildlife in the UK.
Top things to do in Spring
- Look out for dragonflies and butterflies on the wildflower meadows
- Listen and look out for warblers on the walk to the to the loughside hide
- Watch tree sparrows coming and going from the nestboxes
Top things to do in Summer
- Have a summer BBQ beside the cropfield
- Watch the antics of the common terns from the loughside hide
- Ask for a net to pond dip the meadow ditches for underwater creatures
Top things to do in Autumn
- Look out for fieldfares and redwings on a meadow walk
- Watch for migrating flocks of meadow pipits and skylarks from the car park
- Listen for buzzards calling their young overhead
Top things to do in Winter
- Watch out and listen for whooper swans and geese on the meadows and lough
- Check out the flocks of finches on the cropfield for tree sparrows
- Look out for a smew among the flotillas of wildfowl from the loughside hide