Augher is a small agricultural village in the Clogher Valley, close to Clogher itself, where the Blackwater River winds through a wide, gently drumlined valley of pasture and mixed farmland. The valley bottom has willow and alder along the river and drainage channels, productive from early spring. Dense whitethorn and blackthorn on the drumlin hedgerows give a generous May flow throughout the farmed landscape. Roughan Hill above the village rises to a moorland fringe of gorse and ling heather, giving a later summer flow on the rough ground. Bramble, ivy and rosebay willowherb line the lanes and older cottage walls. A quiet agricultural village typical of the Clogher Valley.
Collectors attend swarms along the willow and alder bankside of the Blackwater River and its drainage channels through the valley, in the whitethorn and blackthorn hedgerows on the drumlin farm lanes toward Clogher and Fivemiletown, on the gorse and heather of the Roughan Hill moorland fringe above the village, and in the eaves and ivy-covered walls of older cottages throughout.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
BT26 6NH· approx. 75 km
LL77 7NX· approx. 224 km
CA24 3HZ· approx. 232 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Blackthorn and whitethorn drumlin hedges open the year. Sycamore and hawthorn dominate May. Lime is present in Omagh, Dungannon and Strabane. The Sperrins contribute bell and ling heather in August — a dark, thick crop some Tyrone beekeepers work seriously. Bilberry in the oakwoods adds a June supplement; rosebay willowherb is dense on every disused rail line and stone quarry. Ivy finishes the year on whitewashed cottages.
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