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Ireland's Eye: Dublin 40.34 IE0002193: Knocksink Wood: Dublin, Wicklow 87.89 IE0000725: Lambay Island: Dublin 404.19 IE0000204: Malahide Estuary: Dublin 788 IE0000205: Rogerstown Estuary: Dublin 537.76 IE0000208: Ballynafagh Bog: Kildare 155.23 IE0000391: Ballynafagh Lake: Ballynafagh Lake, County Kildare: Kildare 45.49 IE0001387: Red Bog ...
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 ...
The Birds Directive (formally known as Council Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds) is the oldest piece of EU legislation on the environment and one of its cornerstones [1] which was unanimously adopted in April 1979 as the Directive 79/409/EEC. Amended in 2009, it became the Directive 2009/147/EC.
The Conservation (Natural Habitats etc.) Regulations 1994 implement the terms of the Directive in Scotland, England and Wales. In Great Britain, SPAs (and SACs) designated on land or in the intertidal area are normally also notified as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), and in Northern Ireland as Areas of Special Scientific Interest ...
The Habitats Directive similarly requires Sites of Community Importance which upon the agreement of the European Commission become Special Areas of Conservation to be designated for species other than birds, and for habitat types (e.g. particular types of forest, grasslands, wetlands, etc.). Together, Special Protection Areas and Special Areas ...
The site is situated in a karst region which includes several turloughs. The Four Roads Turlough is one of 45 turloughs with various ecological and hydrogeological features which have been included as SACs in Ireland under the qualification of the European Habitats Directive Annex 1 priority feature of Turloughs (habitat code 3180). [4]
Under the European Union Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC and the Irish regulations which implement this Directive (European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), Ireland is required to identify, legally designate and maintain or restore significant species and habitats to favourable status, to conserve ...
It is of European Union importance, and part of the Natura 2000 Network as both a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive and a Special Area of Conservation under the EU Habitats Directive. [8] [9] It is also a National Special Amenity Area since 1995, one of 3 in Ireland. This recognises both its outstanding beauty and nature ...