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The Foyle has four main tributaries; the Mourne, Derg, Strule and Finn, all fast flowing rocky rivers, and while the best time is mid-June to October there are sping fish to be caught from March to April. The upper reaches of these rivers and also the owenkillew and Glenelly in particular, provide classic spate river fishing from mid-July, similar to many waters in the west of Ireland and Scottish highlands. The nearby Roe and Faughan are also fine spate rivers....

The Strand on the west shore of Lough Beg is a large expanse of wet grassland that is flooded each winter and which has never been agriculturally improved. The nature reserve, with Church Island as its focal point, comprises 300 acres of this habitat. In spring and autumn, migrating birds on their way through may pause on their journey to rest and feed. Black-tailed godwit, green sand piper, wood sandpiper, greenshank and knot are seen every year. In early summer the sky above the nature re...