Offaly Walking Festival

As part of the Offaly Walking Festival 2014, a dusk to dark walk will take place at Lough Boora Discovery Park on Friday 10 October 2014 from 6.30pm.

Walkers are invited to join us for an amazing nature experience full of sights and sounds as night falls. Bring a torch and your walking shoes and meet at the new Visitor Centre car park to explore the soft bog land underfoot during this hour long moderate walk.

For further information, download the Offaly Walking Festival 2014 [PDF] contact the Kilcormac Development Association on 057 9135445 or email kdaoffice@eircom.net.

Walking at Lough Boora Discovery Park

Lough Boora Discovery Park offers trails ranging from a short stroll to longer treks to take you through our diverse amenities. All routes start and end at the new Visitor Centre, with a level walking landscape that can be enjoyed by all age groups.

The park’s walks are rated as easy, so mildly challenged walkers can estimate distances using the scales listed. This is advisable so as to ensure walkers can pace themselves comfortably.

The park is in a continuous state of flux depending on the season. Birds depart or arrive, breed and rear their young. Plants flower and fungi appear and disappear, while the resident animals go about their lives. The varying sights, sounds and smells ensure a walk through Lough Boora always has something new, exciting and interesting to offer.

Discover Lough Boora’s walking trails in your own time, year round.

Lough Boora receives a visit from a rare waterbird

The Long-billed Dowitcher was spotted at Lough Boora Lake on 20 August 2014 and recorded on the Irish Birding website.

This rare, vagrant waterbird from North America occasionally arrives in Ireland when blown off-course or getting lost. This bird typically forages in shallow water or wet mud and is often seen near fresh water.

For more information on bird watching activities at Lough Boora Discovery Park and the available bird hides, visit our Things to do section of the website. Bird sightings can be shared via our social media channels on Twitter @loughboorapark and Facebook using the #loughboora hashtag.

Photograph courtesy of Irish Birding © Séamus Feeney.