How we look after it
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How Finn Lough came to be, and how we look after the land.
Finn Lough forms a part of the remaining 1% of the ancient Irish woodland (Irish Atlantic Rainforest) which once covered 80% of the Island, the forest is made up of predominantly ancient oak, Ancient Ash, Silver birch, Holly, Hazel, Hawthorn, Rowan and Alder.
Alongside the trees exists an amazing ground coverage of moss, lichen, fungi, and ferns. Our location on the west coast of Ireland, far from the polluting centres in the East means our air quality is at a level necessary to sustain Bearded Lichen, which is highly intolerant of air pollution. The forest is a hive of biodiversity, with each element part of an interconnected web.
“As a part of our goal to protect the forest, we are rewilding parts of the farming land adjacent to the resort.”
Ancient oak woodland on the peninsula.
We work hard to prevent invasive species, or domesticated animals that would strip the forest. As a result, we are rewarded with some unique species of wildflowers.
As a part of our goal to protect the forest, we are rewilding parts of the farming land adjacent to the resort, in the hopes of spreading the forest and its undergrowth out from the peninsula (35 acres) to cover an area that is nearly 70 acres.
This extra space will create more habitats for native species such as Pine Martens (once thought extinct in the region), hedgehogs, red squirrels, foxes, badgers, Irish hare, Irish stoat, and an occasional deer that wanders down from the mountainous bogland.