Derrycrag Wood Nature Reserve

Derrycrag Wood Nature Reserve is a national nature reserve and Special Area of Conservation of approximately 273 acres (1.10 km2) located near Woodford, County Galway, Ireland.

It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service.

[2] Derrycrag Wood, with Pollnaknockaun and Rosturra Wood, represent fragments of the previously extensive oak and ash forests which dominated the local landscape for hundreds of years.

[4] Animals including red squirrels, foxes, badgers, pine martens, bats, sparrowhawks, jays, and kestrels live on the reserve.

[5] The rare shrub, bird cherry, grows in the wood along the banks of the Woodford River.