{"id":3052,"date":"2017-02-08T16:07:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T16:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raisedbogs.ie\/saol-ar-phortach-mhaigh-clair\/"},"modified":"2017-02-08T16:07:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T16:07:03","slug":"saol-ar-phortach-mhaigh-clair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisedbogs.ie\/ga\/saol-ar-phortach-mhaigh-clair\/","title":{"rendered":"Saol ar Phortach Mhaigh Cl\u00e1ir"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sula ndeachaigh muid i mbun oibre anseo, rinneadh suirbh\u00e9ireacht ar Phortach Mhaigh Cl\u00e1ir mar chuid de Shuirbh\u00e9ireacht ar Mhonat\u00f3ireacht Ardphortaigh 2013 (Fernandez et al.<\/em> In prep). Rinne muid \u00e1r suirbh\u00e9ireacht f\u00e9in roimh oibreacha athch\u00f3irithe, lena linn agus ina ndiaidh. Foilseoimid na tortha\u00ed ar an su\u00edomh gr\u00e9as\u00e1in seo in 2021.<\/p>\n

De r\u00e9ir na suirbh\u00e9ireachta is d\u00e9ana\u00ed at\u00e1 ar f\u00e1il (Fernandez in 2013) cl\u00fada\u00edonn Ardphortaigh Ghn\u00edomhacha (ARB) 21.70ha (29.22%) den limist\u00e9ar ardphortaigh. N\u00edl aon bhorrfh\u00e1s gn\u00edomhach ar an su\u00edomh agus is \u00e9iceat\u00f3ip l\u00e1rnach at\u00e1 in Ardphortach Gn\u00edomhach ar ardchaighde\u00e1n, ina bhfuil tul\u00f3ga Sfagnaim<\/em>, loig, faich\u00ed agus linnte sa mhicreatopagrafa\u00edocht. T\u00e1 cl\u00fadach ioml\u00e1n Sfagnaim<\/em> n\u00edos m\u00f3 n\u00e1 90% sna ceantair is fliche, agus b\u00edonn linnte, ina mb\u00edonn cl\u00fadach an-ard de S. cuspidatum<\/em>, ar fud an phortaigh.<\/p>\n

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Cl\u00fada\u00edonn Ardphortach D\u00edghr\u00e1daithe 52.56ha (70.78%) den limist\u00e9ar ardphortaigh. T\u00e1 s\u00e9 n\u00edos tirime n\u00e1 Ardphortach Gn\u00edomhach agus taca\u00edonn s\u00e9 le dl\u00fas n\u00edos \u00edsle caonach Sfagnaim<\/em>. T\u00e1 micreatopagrafa\u00edocht n\u00edos l\u00fa forbartha aige agus n\u00ed bh\u00edonn linnte buana n\u00e1 faich\u00ed Sfagnaim ann go ginear\u00e1lta. Is \u00e9iceat\u00f3ipeacha imeallacha, fo-imeallacha agus bruacha \u00e9adain at\u00e1 sa ghn\u00e1th\u00f3g seo ag Portach Mhaigh Cl\u00e1ir den chuid is m\u00f3, agus taifeadadh achar beag amh\u00e1in de bhorrfh\u00e1s neamhghn\u00edomhach freisin.<\/p>\n

B\u00edonn lagraigh ar fhoshraitheanna m\u00f3na den Rhynchosporion in Ardphortach Gn\u00edomhach agus D\u00edghr\u00e1daithe araon, ach is gn\u00e1ch go mb\u00edonn siad forbartha agus tiubh sna ceantair is fliche in Ardphortach Gn\u00edomhach. I Maigh Cl\u00e1ir, bh\u00ed an ghn\u00e1th\u00f3g an-fhl\u00fairseach sa choimpl\u00e9asc cumainn d\u2019\u00e9iceat\u00f3ip l\u00e1rnach 10\/15 agus 14, agus sa choimpl\u00e9asc cumainn d\u2019\u00e9iceat\u00f3ip fo-l\u00e1rnach 4\/10. Bh\u00ed s\u00e9 i gcoimpl\u00e9isc chumainn Ardphortach D\u00edghr\u00e1daithe freisin, ach n\u00ed raibh s\u00e9 coitianta, ach amh\u00e1in ar chain\u00e9il a ritheann chun srutha n\u00f3 linnte beaga cuimilte.<\/p>\n

Fl\u00f3ra Phortach Mhaigh Cl\u00e1ir<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Rinne an t-\u00e9iceola\u00ed tionscadail, William Crowley, map\u00e1il agus suirbh\u00e9ireacht fhairsing ar an su\u00edomh thar na blianta. Beidh \u00e1r dtuarasc\u00e1il ar fhl\u00f3ra agus ar fh\u00e1na Mhaigh Cl\u00e1ir le feice\u00e1il anseo go luath. Feictear anseo William ag obair ar Mhaigh Cl\u00e1ir:<\/p>\n

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William Crowley ar SAC Phortach Mhaigh Cl\u00e1ir. Pic: Ronan Casey<\/p><\/div>\n

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Idir an d\u00e1 linn, l\u00e9irigh tuairisc\u00ed a rinneadh roimhe seo go bhfuil portach Mhaigh Cl\u00e1ir beo beathach. T\u00e1 cuid mhaith de dhromchla an phortaigh ag teacht le tr\u00e9ithe ARB agus t\u00e1 s\u00e9 an-fhliuch, gan chreathadh, agus t\u00e1 cl\u00fadach ard Sfagnaim<\/em> faoi chl\u00fadach tearc Calluna vulgaris<\/em> agus cl\u00fadach fl\u00fairseach Trichophorum germanicum<\/em> aige. T\u00e1 Vaccinium oxyccocos<\/em> fl\u00fairseach ar fhalla\u00ed an chaonaigh Sfagnaim magellanicum.<\/em><\/p>\n

T\u00e1 \u00e9iceat\u00f3ip l\u00e1rnach agus fo-l\u00e1rnach araon ag ARB Phortach Mhaigh Cl\u00e1ir.<\/p>\n

Aims\u00edodh \u00e9iceat\u00f3ip l\u00e1rnach ag dh\u00e1 l\u00e1thair ar Phortach Mhaigh Cl\u00e1ir i suirbh\u00e9ireacht 2012 (Fernandez et al.<\/em> 2014), agus taifeadadh dh\u00e1 choimpl\u00e9asc cumainn sna ceantair sin. T\u00e1 coimpl\u00e9asc amh\u00e1in in \u00e1it leis na coinn\u00edollacha is fliche ar an ardphortach, \u00e1it a bhfuil cl\u00fadach forioml\u00e1n linnte sa raon 34-50%, agus n\u00edos airde f\u00f3s i gcuid de na limist\u00e9ir is fliche. Is gn\u00e1ch go l\u00edontar linnte le Sfagnam cuspidatum<\/em>, agus mata\u00ed creatha sfagnaim<\/em> – S. papillosum<\/em> agus S. magellanicum<\/em> den chuid is m\u00f3 \u2013 agus is cuid shuntasach den chl\u00fadach Sfagnaim<\/em> \u00e9 sin freisin. T\u00e1 cl\u00fadach ioml\u00e1n Sfagnaim<\/em> n\u00edos m\u00f3 n\u00e1 90%, agus, chomh maith le linnte fairsinge, b\u00edonn tul\u00f3ga arda, tul\u00f3ga \u00edsle agus loig sa mhicreatopagrafa\u00edocht. T\u00e1 gn\u00e9 bharrfh\u00e1is ann don fh\u00e1sra, agus speicis amhail Aulacomnium palustre<\/em> agus Molinia caerulea<\/em> i l\u00e1thair. Mar sin f\u00e9in, taca\u00edonn ioml\u00e1n an \u00e9iceat\u00f3ip l\u00e1ir leis na speicis seo freisin agus n\u00edl aon chrios ar leith borrfh\u00e1is laistigh den limist\u00e9ar n\u00edos m\u00f3 seo. T\u00e1 Rhynchospora alba<\/em> an-fhl\u00fairseach anseo (Fernandez et al. 2014).<\/p>\n

Sfagnam Cuspidatum ar Phortach Mhaigh Cl\u00e1ir<\/p><\/div>\n

T\u00e1 linnte idirnasctha, tul\u00f3ga \u00edsle, tul\u00f3ga arda agus faich\u00ed sa choimpl\u00e9asc eile \u00e9iceat\u00f3ip l\u00e1rnach. Cl\u00fada\u00edonn linnte suas le 25% d\u2019achar ioml\u00e1n an choimpl\u00e9isc agus cl\u00fada\u00edonn go leor Sfagnam cuspidatum<\/em> roinnt acu, agus t\u00e1 n\u00edos l\u00fa S. denticulatum<\/em> i l\u00e1thair freisin. Crutha\u00edonn Sfagnam papillosum<\/em> agus S. magellanicum<\/em> faich\u00ed suntasacha, agus t\u00e1 S.magellanicum i dtul\u00f3ga \u00edsle, mar at\u00e1 S. capillifolium<\/em>. Taifeadadh S. austinii<\/em> agus S. Fuscum<\/em>, a chrutha\u00edonn tul\u00f3ga, sa choimpl\u00e9asc freisin, agus t\u00e1 an cl\u00fadach ioml\u00e1n Sfagnaim i raon 51-75%, agus chomh hard le 76-90% in \u00e1iteanna. T\u00e1 go leor Rhynchospora alba<\/em> sa choimpl\u00e9asc seo, agus i measc na ngn\u00e9ithe suntasacha eile den fh\u00e1sra t\u00e1 Calluna vulgaris<\/em> agus Eriophorum vaginatum<\/em>. D\u00e1la an choimpl\u00e9isc eile, t\u00e1 speicis bhorrfh\u00e1is choitianta amhail Dicranum scoparium<\/em> agus Vaccinium oxycoccos<\/em> i l\u00e1thair freisin, c\u00e9 nach bhfuil s\u00e9 chomh fl\u00fairseach, iad ina n-aonar n\u00f3 i dteannta a ch\u00e9ile, agus l\u00e9ir\u00edonn sin an ch\u00fais a bhfuil limist\u00e9ar borrfh\u00e1is ghn\u00edomhach ar leith ag an su\u00edomh (Fernandez et al.<\/em> 2014).<\/p>\n

Aims\u00edodh \u00e9iceat\u00f3ip fo-l\u00e1rnach ag tr\u00ed shu\u00edomh ar Phortach Mhaigh Cl\u00e1ir agus taifeadadh tr\u00ed choimpl\u00e9asc cumainn 12 i suirbh\u00e9ireacht 2012 (Fernandez et al.<\/em> 2014a, b). T\u00e1 micreatopagrafa\u00edocht mhaith ann le tul\u00f3ga arda, tul\u00f3ga \u00edsle, loig agus linnte. De ghn\u00e1th l\u00edontar na linnte le Sfagnam cuspidatum<\/em> agus cl\u00fada\u00edonn siad thart ar 10% den achar ioml\u00e1n. T\u00e1 an cl\u00fadach ioml\u00e1n Sfagnaim<\/em> sa raon 34-50%, agus suas le 51-75% in \u00e1iteanna. Sfagnam capillifolium<\/em> agus S. papillosum<\/em> is m\u00f3 a bh\u00edonn sna tul\u00f3ga \u00edsle Sfagnaim<\/em>, agus taifeadadh tul\u00f3ga beaga gn\u00edomhacha de S. fuscum<\/em> freisin. Crutha\u00edonn Eriophorum vaginatum<\/em> go leor den fh\u00e1sra, agus t\u00e1 E. angustifolium<\/em> i l\u00e1thair freisin, c\u00e9 nach bhfuil s\u00e9 chomh fl\u00fairseach. I gceann de na ceantair fho-l\u00e1rnacha, \u00e1fach, t\u00e1 an talamh an-fhliuch in \u00e1iteanna agus t\u00e1 E. angustifolium<\/em> chomh coitianta c\u00e9anna le E. vaginatum.<\/em> Sa cheantar seo t\u00e1 Rhynchospora alba<\/em> fl\u00fairseach. T\u00e1 micreatopagrafa\u00edocht an limist\u00e9ir fho-l\u00e1rnaigh seo an-mhaith agus t\u00e1 tul\u00f3ga arda, tul\u00f3ga \u00edsle, loig, faich\u00ed agus linnte ann.<\/p>\n

B\u00edonn cl\u00fadach maith go ginear\u00e1lta de Sfagnam cuspidatum<\/em> ag linnte, a chl\u00fada\u00edonn suas le 10% d\u2019achar an choimpl\u00e9isc ioml\u00e1in, agus t\u00e1 an speiceas seo le f\u00e1il i loig ar fud an choimpl\u00e9isc freisin. T\u00e1 S. papillosum<\/em> agus S. capillifolium<\/em> coitianta i dtul\u00f3ga \u00edsle agus ag imill linnte.<\/p>\n

Linn mh\u00f3na ina bhfuil lus borraigh m\u00f3r ag gobadh an\u00edos as Sfagnam Cuspidatum b\u00e1ite<\/p><\/div>\n

T\u00e1 cl\u00fadach ioml\u00e1n Sfagnaim<\/em> sa raon 34-50%, agus suas le 51-75% sna ceantair is fliche. I measc na speicis choitianta eile t\u00e1 Calluna vulgaris<\/em> agus Eriophorum vaginatum<\/em>. T\u00e1 an tr\u00ed\u00fa coimpl\u00e9asc fo-l\u00e1rnach a taifeadadh ag an l\u00e1ithre\u00e1n, a bheag n\u00f3 a mh\u00f3r, mar an gc\u00e9anna leis na coimpl\u00e9isc fho-l\u00e1rnacha eile, ach amh\u00e1in go bhfuil Carex panicea ann agus t\u00e1 luach cl\u00fadaigh forioml\u00e1n de 11-25% aige sin. I gcodanna \u00e1irithe den \u00e9iceat\u00f3ip fo-l\u00e1rnach, t\u00e1 n\u00edos m\u00f3 Narthecium ossifragum<\/em> sna tul\u00f3ga, rud a l\u00e9ir\u00edonn sampla n\u00edos tirime, beag\u00e1n d\u00edghr\u00e1daithe den choimpl\u00e9asc, c\u00e9 go bhfuil an cl\u00fadach forioml\u00e1n Sfagnaim f\u00f3s i raon 34-50%. D\u00e1la cuid mhaith de ARB ar an bportach, taifeadadh speicis bhorrfh\u00e1is amhail Aulacomnium palustre, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Andromeda polifolia<\/em> agus Polytrichum strictum<\/em> sa choimpl\u00e9asc seo, ach n\u00ed raibh siad chomh fl\u00fairseach sin chun limist\u00e9ir bhorrfh\u00e1is ar leith a chur ar an l\u00e9arsc\u00e1il. Taifeadadh Rhynchospora fusca<\/em> i linn amh\u00e1in sa choimpl\u00e9asc seo.<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 \u00e9iceat\u00f3ipeacha imeallacha, fo-imeallacha agus bruacha \u00e9adain sa chuid eile den limist\u00e9ar ardphortaigh, cuid acu a thagann le DRB. B\u00edonn measc\u00e1in de Calluna vulgaris, Eriophorum vaginatum, Trichophorum germanicum, Narthecium ossifragum<\/em> agus Carex panicea ar an bhf\u00e1sra. T\u00e1 an cl\u00fadach Sfagnaim<\/em> \u00edseal, de ghn\u00e1th <20%, agus t\u00e1 comhartha\u00ed eile d\u00edghr\u00e1daithe ann amhail l\u00e1ithreacht Molinia caerulea<\/em> agus Myrica gale<\/em>. \u00c9ir\u00edonn an portach n\u00edos tirime i dtreo na teorann thuaidh, go h\u00e1irithe \u00f3 thuaidh de shean-rian a thrasna\u00edonn an cruinneach\u00e1n. I roinnt de cheantair is tirime an ardphortaigh t\u00e1 Pinus sylvestris<\/em> ar an dromchla. Taifeadadh dh\u00e1 limist\u00e9ar bheaga neamhghn\u00edomhacha borrfh\u00e1is ar an ardphortach.<\/p>\n

Sn\u00e1thaid\u00ed m\u00f3ra gafa ag Drosera Anglica (n\u00edor t\u00f3gadh an picti\u00far seo i Maigh Cl\u00e1ir)<\/p><\/div>\n

Forbra\u00edonn f\u00e1sra rhynchosporion<\/em> an m\u00e9id is m\u00f3 sa limist\u00e9ar l\u00e1rnach is fliche den ardphortach ina bhfuil go leor linnte beaga. I measc na speiceas planda\u00ed is coitianta laistigh de limist\u00e9ir na linnte sn\u00e1mha seo t\u00e1 na caonaigh phortaigh Sfagnam cuspidatum<\/em> agus S. denticulatum, Drosera anglica, Eriophorum angustifolium<\/em> agus Menyanthes trifoliata<\/em>. T\u00e1 Rhynchospora alba<\/em> agus, go h\u00e1iti\u00fail, fusca rhynchospora<\/em> i roinnt limist\u00e9ir bheaga faiche ar dhromchla na bportach fliuch. I gceantair ina bhfuil \u00e9iceat\u00f3ip fo-imeallach n\u00ed bh\u00edonn f\u00e1sra Rhynchosporion<\/em> ann ach amh\u00e1in i gcain\u00e9il a ritheann chun srutha n\u00f3 i linnte beaga cuimilte.<\/p>\n

Chomh maith leis an fusca Rhynchospora<\/em> tearc, i measc na bplanda\u00ed suntasacha eile ar an su\u00edomh t\u00e1 Huperzia selago<\/em> agus an t-aelus Pleurozia purpurea<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Chun tuilleadh a fhoghlaim faoi fhl\u00f3ra Phortach Mhaigh Cl\u00e1ir f\u00e9ach Kelly et al.<\/em> (1995) agus Fernandez et al.<\/em> (2014a, b).<\/p>\n

F\u00e1na Phortach Mhaigh Cl\u00e1ir<\/strong><\/h2>\n

eol go mb\u00edonn an frog coiteann (Rana temporaria)<\/em> ar an bportach Is \u00e9 giorria sl\u00e9ibhe \u00c9ireannach (Lepus timidus hibernicus)<\/em> an t-aon mhamach a taifeadadh ar an ardphortach. Taifeadadh Broc (Meles meles)<\/em> agus Sionnach (Vulpes vulpes)<\/em> sa SAC de r\u00e9ir shonra\u00ed 2004 i gcartlann na Seirbh\u00edse P\u00e1irceanna N\u00e1isi\u00fanta agus Fiadh\u00falra.<\/p>\n

Tuairisc\u00edodh gur sh\u00edolraigh naoscach (Gallinago gallinago)<\/em>, crotach (Numenius arquata)<\/em>, riabh\u00f3g mh\u00f3na (Anthus pratensis)<\/em>, fuiseog (Alauda arvensis)<\/em>, agus pilib\u00edn (Vanellus vanellus)<\/em> laistigh den SAC (NPWS 2004).<\/p>\n

Naoscach ar a seilg<\/p><\/div>\n

T\u00e1 an crotach faoi bhagairt, agus bhunaigh an Roinn Eala\u00edon, Oidhreachta, Gn\u00f3tha\u00ed R\u00e9igi\u00fanacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta tascfh\u00f3rsa le d\u00e9ana\u00ed mar nach bhfuil ach 122 p\u00e9ire p\u00f3raithe sa t\u00edr ar fad.<\/p>\n

B\u00edonn pias\u00fan (Phasianus colchicus)<\/em> agus creabhar (Scolopax rusticola)<\/em> ag imill an l\u00e1ithre\u00e1in agus i measc na n-\u00e9an eile a thugann cuairt t\u00e1 spior\u00f3g (Accipiter nisus)<\/em>, pocaire gaoithe (Falco tinnunculus)<\/em>, agus meirli\u00fan (Falco columbarius)<\/em> (NPWS 2004).<\/p>\n

D\u2019aimsigh Myles Nolan ceithre speiceas damh\u00e1n alla an-neamhchoitianta ar an su\u00edomh, agus \u00e9 i mbun taighde ar aon ardphortach d\u00e9ag in \u00c9irinn idir 2006 agus 2015. D\u2019aimsigh s\u00e9 os cionn 25 speiceas ar roinnt portach, agus ina measc bh\u00ed go leor acu neamhchoitianta. Ar Mhaigh Cl\u00e1ir ba iad na ceithre dhamh\u00e1n alla neamhchoitianta a tugadh faoi deara:<\/p>\n

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