Black Bog

Black Bog is situated in County Tyrone in the centre of Northern Ireland. It is one of the largest lowland raised bogs in Northern Ireland. The raised bog which covers most of the site exhibits the full range of characteristic vegetation and structural features associated with this type of habitat, and is surrounded by cut-over bog with poor fen. The area of the proposed Ramsar site is 183.42 ha.

This site is one of the two largest intact active bogs in Northern Ireland with hummock and hollow pool complexes. It is one of the best examples of this habitat type in the UK.

The area is also of special interest because of the quality of its vegetation. The site is especially important for its extensive hummock-hollow complex, high cover of Sphagnum species and largely intact lagg. Another feature of the bog surface is the occurrence of an unusual plant community with locally high cover of Crowberry and large lichen hummocks.