Flanking the winding Glenarm River, this beautiful nature reserve incorporates the largest area of semi-natural woodland in County Antrim and is home to majestic oaks and a fantastic variety of wildflowers and fungi. During spring and summer, the woods are alive with songbirds. At Glenarm, you will find Northern Ireland priority birds such as mistle thrush, song thrush, grasshopper warbler, spotted flycatcher, starling, bullfinch and reed bunting and other notables, such as the kingfisher, dipper, wood warbler, garden warbler and common crossbill. Look out for interesting plants, like the intermediate wintergreen and wood cranesbill; and Real's wood white and silver-washed fritillary butterflies. The nature reserve has a healthy population of red squirrels, with otter and all regularly occurring bat species in Northern Ireland also found here. There have been reports of Irish hare and barn owls in the recent past.
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Walking information:
Forestry tracks, no formal path network
Location type:
Wildlife or nature reserve