As a result, it is not a widespread habitat in Northern Ireland and is often fragmented, consisting of individual fields, parts of fields or banks. Species-rich dry grasslands like those found at Killydonnelly, have declined significantly across Northern Ireland and are now a particularly scarce resource.
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