Mid-Ulster – garybarnett.uk

Slieve Gallion, November 2025

Gary — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:54:20 +0000

Slieve Gallion is part of the Sperrin Mountain range, sitting along the road between Churchtown and Moneymore. This photograph was taken in the final month of autumn, when the landscape still holds its last traces of colour.

Brown Hare in the Golden Hour, August 2025

Gary — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:49:43 +0000

At the edge of the harvested wheat field on the warm August evening.

Snow on Slieve Gallion mountain, November 2025

Gary — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:42:32 +0000

It snowed once in November this year. Slieve Gallion is a part of the Sperrin Mountains, near Moneymore, in the Mid-Ulster region.

Derelict Irish Cottage, November 2025

Gary — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:40:09 +0000

The derelict Irish cottage, with its tinned roof, is located in the Mid Ulster region.

Coagh Riverside Park & Playground, October 2025

Gary — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:48:19 +0000

Autumn is the time of the year when colourful leaves and weather show up, especially in the mornings and evenings.

Coagh Riverside Park is a minimal riverside woodland; it takes just 5 minutes or so to walk around, but it is a lovely wood beside the large Ballinderry River, which heads out into Lough Neagh just a few miles away.

As I took these pictures on separate dates, I decided to separate them into two galleries. Jump to:

Coagh Riverside Park
Coagh Park Playground

Coagh Riverside Park

Coagh Park Playground

Coagh Bridge has five cut-stone arches.

Birds of Ballyronan, April 2025

Gary — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 19:21:09 +0000

On the shore of the Lough Neagh, at the Ballyronan Marina.

The presence of a diverse bird population is evident there, thanks to the abundant Lough Neagh flies (midge), which are harmless but you can see from their presence in the photos. Pictures were taken on the 8th of April, due to better (and warmer) weather conditions.

Ballyronan Marina: www.midulstercouncil.org/ballyronanmarina

Cruising…

Drumcairne Forest, Stewartstown, July 2025

Gary — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 08:05:47 +0000

A little-known forest park a couple of miles eastward from Stewartstown, County Tyrone. Great for some long walks.

Site of old ruins – a walled garden?

Carndaisy Glen, July 2024

Gary — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 09:07:30 +0000

The evening light filters through Carndasiy Glen, located near Moneymore.

Drum Manor Forest Park, June 2019

Gary — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 16:22:55 +0000

I took a stroll around the Drum Manor Forest Park. It is less than 4 miles from Cookstown, County Tyrone, on the A505 road to Omagh.

There are many different walking and hiking routes, a walled garden, and a children’s play park.

Frosty Winter Sunrise, February 2025

Gary — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 19:58:08 +0000

While we are enjoying unusually dry and sunny weather during the 2nd half of March and now into April, it was only a couple of months ago that we had a beautiful frosty sunrise.