Lough Boora Parklands

The Black-tailed skimmer and keeled skimmer dragonfly are local species ranked five on the scale of scarcity in Ireland. As they have opposing habitat requirements, Marl lakes and Sphagnum bogs respectively, they are not usually found together but both can be seen at Finnamores and Tumduff Mor from May onwards.

The parkland’s commonest species is the Common darter, which can be seen hunting over lakes and among woodlands throughout the complex, while the Brown hawker can be seen hawking around the edges of lakes and pools in the Cloghan wetlands.

The colourful Branded damselfly is the parkland’s most habitat-restricted damselfly. It favours slow moving streams with muddy bottoms and although it has been seen at Finnamores it is not thought to be breeding there. More common species, such as the Large Red, Blue-tailed and Common Blue damselfly are also found at Finnamores during the summer months.