This was our first fieldtrip on the 29/Sep/2010 a glourious day in the Comeragh Mountains Co Waterford 52 15 North/ 7 31 West. During the last ice age a glacier would have formed in the area. As the climate slowly became milder the glacier retreated down the mountain where it left behind an area knows as a moraine. Debris including huge rocks are strewn all along this side of the mountain. Today its a very important habitat for many of Irelands and globally threatened species such as shining sicklemoss (Drepanocladus vernicosus) Peregrine Falcon and Hen Harrier.
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