Data Zone
Country/territory: Ireland
IBA criteria met: C7 (2000)
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Area: 691 hectares (6.91 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
Located in County Donegal 10 km east-south-east of Donegal town, this is an extensive complex of blanket bog, wet heath, lakes and pools covering an area of low hills and broad basins. There is grassland within the Brownhall estate, which lies adjacent to the bog and forms part of the site. This complex is also known as the Pettigo Plateau and extends across the border into Northern Ireland (County Fermanagh) where it is covered by an immediately adjacent IBA (UK site 282; `Pettigoe Plateau'). Land-uses include peat-cutting (`Other' land-use).
Key biodiversity
This site has been designated as a Special Protection Area due to the presence of breeding Pluvialis apricaria and Gavia stellata and of wintering Anser albifrons flavirostris (average 113 during 1992-1996), all of which are listed under Annex I of the EC Birds Directive. This is also a notable breeding site for the nationally scarce Lagopus lagopus.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Moors west and north-west of Lough Derg, Brownhall bogs around Loughs Golagh and Dunragh (includes Pettigo Plateau) (Ireland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/moors-west-and-north-west-of-lough-derg-brownhall-bogs-around-loughs-golagh-and-dunragh-(includes-pettigo-plateau)-iba-ireland on 25/12/2024.