This Nature Reserve is a great place to come to for a short dander. There are over 3km of ‘access for all’ paths. In 1987 a concerned group of people, calling themselves Friends of the Bog Meadows decided to do something to preserve this remaining area of this wetland. In 1998 they became a local branch of the Ulster Wildlife Trust and received funding from a Peace and Reconciliation Fund to purchase the land and manage it for conservation, recreation and education.
Today the Bog Meadows is one of the few remaining wildlife sites in the city of Belfast. In 2000 Belfast City Council designated the area as a Local Nature Reserve. Besides people, some of the animals and plants that you may discover include the reed bunting, frogs, snipe, rabbits, mallards, pipits and cinnabar moths as well as common spotted orchids and bulrush.
Animals and plants love the Bog Meadows because of its many habitats including swamps and marshes, grasslands and meadows, open water, shrubs and trees. The site's 50 acres (20 hectares) is already so packed with wildfowl that there are active territorial disputes over nesting grounds.
The cache is a sneaky camoflage.