The following is a list of Special Protection Areas in the Republic of Ireland known as SPA, as listed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). The Special Protection Areas are designated areas of protection under the European Union Birds Directive and are in place to protect rare and vulnerable bird species, migratory bird species, and wetlands that are deemed to be internationally important.[1]
Connacht
Name | Photo | County | Land area (hectares) | EU Code |
Connemara Bog Complex | | Galway | 19201.5 | IE0004181 |
Coole-Garryland Complex | | Galway | 519.95 | IE0004107 |
Cregganna Marsh | | Galway | 167.86 | IE0004142 |
Cruagh Island | | Galway | 292.44 | IE0004170 |
High Island, Inishshark and Davillaun | | Galway | 1216.95 | IE0004144 |
Illaunnanoon | | Galway | 19.78 | IE0004221 |
Inishbofin, Omey Island and Turbot Island | | Galway | 171.47 | IE0004231 |
Inishmore | | Galway | 1917.63 | IE0004152 |
Inner Galway Bay | | Galway | 13261.57 | IE0004031 |
Lough Corrib | | Galway, Mayo | 18623.94 | IE0004042 |
Lough Cutra | | Galway | 386.72 | IE0004056 |
Lough Derg (Shannon) | | Galway | 12709.47 | IE0004058 |
Lough Mask | | Galway, Mayo | 8735.65 | IE0004062 |
Lough Rea | | Galway | 365.41 | IE0004134 |
Middle Shannon Callows | | Galway, Roscommon | 5814.85 | IE0004096 |
Rahasane Turlough | | Galway | 372.30 | IE0004089 |
River Suck Callows | | Galway, Roscommon | 3182.03 | IE0004097 |
Slieve Aughty Mountains | | Galway | 59457.16 | IE0004168 |
Slyne Head to Ardmore Point Islands | | Galway | 3377.68 | IE0004159 |
Sligo/Leitrim Uplands | | Leitrim, Sligo | 1733.55 | IE0004187 |
Bills Rocks | | Mayo | 149.66 | IE0004177 |
Blacksod Bay/Broad Haven | | Mayo | 8535.68 | IE0004037 |
Carrowmore Lake | | Mayo | 965.52 | IE0004052 |
Clare Island | | Mayo | 1005.74 | IE0004136 |
Cross Lough (Killadoon) | | Mayo | 26.74 | IE0004212 |
Doogort Machair | | Mayo | 116.43 | IE0004235 |
Duvillaun Islands | | Mayo | 529.80 | IE0004111 |
Illanmaster | | Mayo | 164.94 | IE0004074 |
Inishglora and Inishkeeragh | | Mayo | 381.89 | IE0004084 |
Inishkea Islands | | Mayo | 1329.76 | IE0004004 |
Killala Bay/Moy Estuary | | Mayo, Sligo | 3202.02 | IE0004036 |
Lough Carra | | Mayo | 1760.27 | IE0004051 |
Lough Conn and Lough Cullin | | Mayo | 6457.58 | IE0004228 |
Mullet Peninsula | | Mayo | 325.55 | IE0004227 |
Owenduff/Nephin Complex | | Mayo | 25692.83 | IE0004098 |
Stags of Broad Haven | | Mayo | 136.38 | IE0004072 |
Termoncarragh Lake and Annagh Machair | | Mayo | 405.98 | IE0004093 |
Ballykenny-Fisherstown Bog | | Roscommon | 1355.67 | IE0004101 |
Bellanagare Bog | | Roscommon | 1233.78 | IE0004105 |
Four Roads Turlough | | Roscommon | 99.6 | IE0004140 |
Lough Arrow | | Roscommon, Sligo | 1337.91 | IE0004050 |
Lough Croan Turlough | | Roscommon | 151.26 | IE0004139 |
Lough Gara | | Roscommon | 1689.78 | IE0004048 |
Lough Ree | | Roscommon | 12347.98 | IE0004064 |
Ardboline Island and Horse Island | | Sligo | 148.29 | IE0004135 |
Aughris Head | | Sligo | 54.8 | IE0004133 |
Ballintemple and Ballygilgan | | Sligo | 235.41 | IE0004234 |
Ballysadare Bay | | Sligo | 2129.06 | IE0004129 |
Cummeen Strand | | Sligo | 1731.69 | IE0004035 |
Drumcliff Bay | | Sligo | 1842.68 | IE0004013 |
Inishmurray | | Sligo | 234.66 | IE0004068 |
Leinster
Name | Photo | County | Land area (hectares) | EU Code |
Baldoyle Bay | | Dublin | 262.65 | IE0004016 |
Dalkey Islands | | Dublin | 83.04 | IE0004172 |
Howth Head Coast | | Dublin | 207.73 | IE0004113 |
Ireland's Eye | | Dublin | 214.43 | IE0004117 |
Lambay Island | | Dublin | 599.3 | IE0004069 |
Malahide Estuary | | Dublin | 764.63 | IE0004025 |
North Bull Island | | Dublin | 1943.47 | IE0004006 |
Rockabill | | Dublin | 5227.09 | IE0004014 |
Rogerstown Estuary | | Dublin | 645.35 | IE0004015 |
Skerries Islands | | Dublin | 217.12 | IE0004122 |
South Dublin Bay and River Tolka Estuary | | Dublin | 2193.17 | IE0004024 |
Poulaphouca Reservoir | | Kildare, Wicklow | 2009.5 | IE0004063 |
River Nore | | Kilkenny, Laois | 414.57 | IE0004233 |
Slieve Bloom Mountains | | Laois, Offaly | 21774.46 | IE0004160 |
Ballykenny-Fisherstown Bog | | Longford | 1355.67 | IE0004101 |
Glen Lough | | Longford, Westmeath | 82.27 | IE0004045 |
Lough Kinale and Derragh Lough | | Longford, Westmeath | 287.8 | IE0004061 |
Lough Ree | | Longford, Westmeath | 12347.98 | IE0004064 |
Boyne Estuary | | Louth, Meath | 593.43 | IE0004080 |
Carlingford Lough | | Louth | 595.12 | IE0004078 |
Dundalk Bay | | Louth | 13237.9 | IE0004026 |
River Boyne and River Blackwater | | Louth, Meath, Westmeath | 460.14 | IE0004232 |
Stabannan-Braganstown | | Louth | 251.89 | IE0004091 |
Lough Sheelin | | Meath, Westmeath | 1900.92 | IE0004065 |
River Nanny Estuary and Shore | | Meath | 229.68 | IE0004158 |
All Saints Bog | | Offaly | 322.64 | IE0004103 |
Dovegrove Callows | | Offaly | 124.51 | IE0004137 |
Middle Shannon Callows | | Offaly, Westmeath | 5814.85 | IE0004096 |
Mongan Bog | | Offaly | 129.33 | IE0004017 |
River Little Brosna Callows | | Offaly | 1100.92 | IE0004086 |
Garriskil Bog | | Westmeath | 324.11 | IE0004102 |
Lough Derravaragh | | Westmeath | 1130.09 | IE0004043 |
Lough Ennell | | Westmeath | 1397.66 | IE0004044 |
Lough Iron | | Westmeath | 933.35 | IE0004046 |
Lough Owel | | Westmeath | 1118.64 | IE0004047 |
Ballyteigue Burrow | | Wexford | | IE0004020 |
Bannow Bay | | Wexford | 1363.32 | IE0004033 |
Cahore Marshes | | Wexford | 191.52 | IE0004143 |
Keeragh Islands | | Wexford | 80 | IE0004118 |
Lady's Island Lake | | Wexford | 478.6 | IE0004009 |
Saltee Islands | | Wexford | 870.62 | IE0004002 |
Tacumshin Lake | | Wexford | 476.17 | IE0004092 |
The Raven | | Wexford | 4204.63 | IE0004019 |
Wexford Harbour and Slobs | | Wexford | 5979.34 | IE0004076 |
The Murrough | | Wicklow | 940.78 | IE0004186 |
Wicklow Head | | Wicklow | 195.05 | IE0004127 |
Wicklow Mountains | | Wicklow, Dublin | 30014.31 | IE0004040 |
Munster
Ulster
References
- ^ "Special Protection Areas (SPA)". National Parks & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
Sources
- Special Protection Areas (SPA) dataset from the National Park and Wildlife Service available under CC-BY-SA 4.0 licence
External links