Knockmoyle Sheskin facts for kids

Knockmoyle Sheskin (also known as Knockmoyle/Sheskin or Knockmoyle and Sheskin) is an intact Atlantic blanket bog, national nature reserve and Ramsar site of approximately 2,960 acres (12.0 km²) in County Mayo.

Features

Knockmoyle Sheskin was legally protected as a national nature reserve by the Irish government in 1986. In 1987, the site was also declared Ramsar site number 372.

The reserve is a lowland blanket bog, an intact Atlantic blanket bog, with a high density of pools which contain interesting flushes, with some forming small acidic lakes. The site has a rich flora owing to the lack of burning or grazing, with well developed cover planting. An unusual feature of the site is small areas of Betula pubescens, and Homalothecium nitens, a rare moss. Other species recorded there include black bog rush, bog cotton, deer sedge, purple moor grass, marsh saxifrage, wild angelica, and marsh arrowgrass.