The habitat areas contained herein have been derived using the best available desktop information at the time of plan preparation in addition to field survey (May and July 2020). This includes OSNI orthos, original surveys and condition assessment data and reports 2002-2016. This site was mapped by Arup.

Derryleckagh SAC comprises of two annex habitats - H7140 and 91A0. The site has rapidly expanding scrub and young woodland. Transition mire was mapped to the areas surrounding the peat cuttiings which was the core area according to the original survey. Note, no Alkaline fen mapped.

Site visits were conducted by NIEA post-map production to ground truth a proportion of the mapping. The habitat map was created at 1:1,000 scale and mapped to Phase 1, EUNIS and Annex 1, where appropriate.

It is intended that this map will be reviewed as required. This version was completed on 13 September 2022.

For more information on Annex 1 codes in the UK please see the following website - https://sac.jncc.gov.uk/habitat/