Killeter Forest Goose Lawns (FNR)

Map reference: H0993798 and H078826, 12 mls W. of
Castlederg.
Hectares: 15.8
Greenland white fronted geese in winter.
Access via forest road on foot.
December-March.

The reserve is in two parts, both of which are unplanted areas of upland blanket bog lying amid extensive areas of commercial coniferous plantation. Both areas are frequented by wintering Greenland Whitefronted geese, a species on decline in Ireland.

The vegetation is typically acid upland bog but it is worthy of note that three species of sundew, Dorsera rotundifolia, D. angelica and D. intermedia have been recorded. A variety of Sphagnum spp occur in the wet pool areas. The geese feed in winter on the Rhyncospera alba - white beaked sedge.