Balloo

Baile Aodha or ‘Hugh’s townland’. hosts a fine variety of mature trees including good examples of oak, beech and Scot’s pine, some of which are several hundred years old. Other habitats found here include a small pond, a wildflower meadow and areas of scrub. In spring, carpets of anemones, bluebells, and strong-smelling wild garlic offer a feast for the senses, along with the sounds of many songbirds such as blackcap and chiff-chaff. On sunny summer days, look out for butterflies fluttering around the grassy areas from common blue and peacock to ringlet and scarce holly blue, which was formerly restricted to Co Down.