A couple of weeks ago we visited Union Wood in County Sligo. The bluebells were amazing.
Union wood, blubells
Union Wood
Union Wood
Bluebells, Union Wood
Bluebells, Union Wood
Union Wood is designated as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) due to the presence of old sessile oak woodland. Today, the woodland is mixed and includes commercial forestry and is part owned by Coillte and the NPWS.
Water Avens, Union Wood
beech tree
Lords & Ladies and Bluebells
The wood was once part of the Cooper Estate, The Cooper family had acquired the land in the mid-17th century under the Cromwellian settlement. Prior to which it was owned by an old Irish family, the McDonaghs.
Union Wood
Ballysadare River at Bluebells, Union Wood
There are two looped walking trails to enjoy, one 4km and the other 5.5km long.
Please can we go and do this next visit?! Looks and sounds delightful xx
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Time it with the next bluebell season!
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Sounds like you had a great visit. Nature never goes out of style. Great photos 🌼🌼😊
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It was a lovely day and we will return!
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Beautiful area. I’d love to walk there someday.
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It was lovely and we hope to return to explore a little more:)
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How lovely. I particularly like the Water Avens flower – one for the fairies, definitely.
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Definitely:)
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What a lovely place to have an outing! I had to look up sessile oak, I’d never heard of one before. 🙂
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We have two types of native oak here. Sessile and Pedunculate. Sessile will tolerate poorer ground.
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