Barrack Hill urban wetlands project [Video]

The Barrack Hill Town Park steering committee in Carndonagh is asking the community in Inishowen, and beyond, to help to create a five kilometre off-road walking and cycling trail and a wetlands area including a wildlife pond. 

The committee is seeking funding for a wildlife pond and a wetlands area with a five kilometre off-road walk and cycleway loop adjacent to the Ballywilly Brook in Carndonagh. To allow the committee to make funding applications, it needs to raise seed funding from the community. 

An urban wetlands area was recommended by the Biodiversity Action Plan, which resulted from  the biodiversity audit commissioned by ECO Carn, of which the Barrack Hill Town Park steering committee is a member.

Carmel Doherty, chairperson of the Barrack Hill Town Park steering committee said: “This development will have multiple benefits for our community. It will enhance the biodiversity of the whole area where native flowers, hedges …