Ballynafagh Lake, near Prosperous

As it was a midsummer's day, the like of which we hadn't seen since 2010, a walk was taken. Adventurously we made our way to Ballynafagh Lake, near Prosperous (click for map) in north Kildare. The lake is an artificial one, built on a high point as a reservoir for the canal systems.

There's a nice, if boggy, trail running around the lake.



Beneath a ruined valve house is the tunnel which forms the outlet from the lake into the canal feeder system.



The lake was nice and peaceful, and you can see why it forms such an attractive wildfowl habitat - it's a Special Area of Conservation.





There's quite a bit to be read about this interesting place, on the Clane Community website, Kildare's ehistory website and some information on Birdwatch Kildare's website about the birds to be found there.