Murlough National Nature Reserve is a delicate 6000 year old sand hill framework claimed by the National Trust and oversaw as Ireland’s first Nature Reserve subsequent to 1967. It is a brilliant range for strolling and fledgling observing because of its fantastic area at the edge of Dundrum Bay and the Mourne Mountains.

There is a system of ways and promenades through the ridges, forest and heath from where you will see a variety of butterflies and wild blooms, and additionally access to one of the finest shorelines in Co. Down.

The rise fields at Murlough are the best and most broad illustration of ridge heath inside Ireland with more than 600 types of butterflies and moths, one of which, the Marsh Fritillary butterfly, is of European significance. The site is globally critical for wintering wildfowl and waders.

Murlough National Nature Reserve
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Keel Point
Dundrum,
Down,
United Kingdom