Foll ya Mzinda wa Pollardstown

Ili pamtunda wa pafupifupi 3km kuchokera ku Newbridge, Pollardstown Fen ndiye fen yayikulu kwambiri yotsalira kasupe ku Ireland ndipo ndi malo ofunikira kwambiri mdziko lonse lapansi komanso padziko lonse lapansi.

Ndi fen pambuyo pa glacial yomwe idayamba kukula pafupifupi zaka 10000 zapitazo pomwe malowa adaphimbidwa ndi nyanja yayikulu. Popita nthawi nyanjayi idadzaza ndi zomera zakufa zomwe zidakundika ndipo pamapeto pake zidasanduka fen peat. Madzi olemera a calcium omwe amapezeka pano amalepheretsa kusintha kwanthawi zonse kuchokera ku fen kupita kumtunda ndipo akupitilizabe kuletsa izi lero.

Nkhalangoyi imapangidwa ndi mabwawa am'madzi a scrubland ndi nkhalango yayikulu yomwe ili kumapeto chakumadzulo kwa nkhalangoyi.

Malo ake ndi ofunikira padziko lonse lapansi, chifukwa mtundu wa makinawa tsopano sapezeka ku Ireland ndi Western Europe. Kuphatikiza apo, ili ndi mitundu yambiri yazomera zochepa komanso zopanda mafupa, komanso mbiri ya mungu yosasunthika yazosintha zam'mera zomwe zidabwerera kumapeto kwa ayezi womaliza.

Pali mitundu yambiri yazomera m'derali monga Shining Sickle Moss ndi moss wopeka kwambiri ku Arctic Homalothecium nitens. Mitundu ina yazomera yachilendo imaphatikizapo Marsh Orchid Slender Sedge Yocheperako ndi Marsh Helleborine.

Mitundu yambiri ya mbalame zokhalamo komanso osamukira m'nyengo yozizira komanso yotentha amatha kupezeka m'malo amenewa. Ena mwa iwo ndi oweta pafupipafupi monga Mallard Teal Cood Snipe Sedge Warbler Grasshopper Warbler ndi Whinchat. Mitundu ina monga Merlin Marsh Harrier ndi Peregrine Falcon imachitika pafupipafupi ngati oyenda.

Woyang'aniridwa ndi National Parks & Wildlife Service, malo oimikapo magalimoto amapezeka pamalowo ndipo zikwangwani zotanthauzira ziziwongolera alendo mozungulira njira ya boardwalk.