Lough Neagh shore Line Derrytrasna N.Ireland

So the weather has been great all week and I had to take a trip to the Lough and shoot some footage. First of all I give a call to Aldergrove airport tower (EGAA) for clearance as the area I was going to be flying in has a control zone from 400 feet as landing planes fly over the lough to land at the airport on the north side. (safety first always)

I start off at a place called the Bannfoot, it is where the river Bann joins the lough on the south east side and just where the river enters the lough you will notice a road on either side of the river. There used to be a man that would use ropes to pull over a platform so people could cross the river but that was a long time ago. It is so funny that these two roads are so close together but if you want to driver to the other side it would take almost 30 mins to drive https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/54.5047849,-6.5174766/54.5042803,-6.5186461/@54.465877,-6.5521469,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0

You will notice as well in this video that there are many flys lol this is common for this area and often enough they buzz around is huge black clouds. Also the Wilde life on the Lough is plentiful as you can see the many different birds that choose to live here from as far as Canada, Iceland, Greenland and the Russian Arctic.

The lough is also home to eels. The eels in Lough Neagh travel over 4000 miles to breed in the Sargasso Sea and the young fry return by drifting on the Gulf Stream back over the Atlantic and enter the River Bann as young elvers

Lastly the Lough is one of the main sources of sand for the area, massive boats suck up sand from the bottom of the lough and then bring it to shore to be sold to building sites though out the country. There is an ongoing debate with locals that feel this is damaging the landscape and wild life.

Hope you enjoy the video and history of the area.