wildlife sanctuaries donegal

As a wildlife centre Buncrana is unique and one of the most interesting towns in Ireland, with 130 species of birds, 20 types of mammal and hundreds of varieties of insects and butterflies, as well as a wealth of trees and plants. All this is indicative of a healthy environment which we must be ever vigilant to protect....

Inch Level (10 km south of Buncrana) is the most important wetland in the North West of Ireland with an international ecological status. It is the permanent home of the mute swan and plays temporary host to the Whooper and Bewick Swans....

Trabregga Bay, to the North of Buncrana, is Ireland's most northerly wetland and is important for wintering flocks of Brent and Barnacle Geese and medium sizes flocks of Mallard, Widgeon and Teal....