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List Of Nature Reserves In The Republic Of Ireland
This is a list of nature reserves in Ireland. The lists below shows the names and locations of nature reserves in Ireland. A nature reserve in Ireland is a designated area of importance to wildlife, protected by a ministerial order. The majority of these reserves are owned by the state, but some are under the ownership of organisations or in private ownership. The first reserves were established under the 1976 Wildlife Act. They are designated and managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Division of Duchas and Department of Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht. All these designated reserves are Natural Heritage Areas (NHAs), with some of them also listed as Special Areas of Conservation (SACs). Connacht Leinster Munster Ulster See also * Conservation in the Republic of Ireland * List of national parks of the Republic of Ireland * List of Special Areas of Conservation in the Republic of Ireland Sources Nature Reserves data set from the Department of Culture, Heritage and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the List of islands of the British Isles, second-largest island of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, third-largest in Europe, and the List of islands by area, twentieth-largest on Earth. Geopolitically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. As of 2022, the Irish population analysis, population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million living in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the List of European islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Head Wood Nature Reserve Co
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Fiddown Island
Fiddown Island is a national nature reserve of approximately located in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service. Features Fiddown Island was legally protected as a national nature reserve by the Irish government in 1988. Fiddown Island is a narrow, long island in the River Suir. It is an alluvial woodland which is predominantly willow, used for basket making, such as osier, almond, white, and grey willow. The flora includes Iris pseudacorus, hemlock water-dropwort, angelica, meadowsweet, valerian sedges, grasses, and tall herbs. The Island is bordered with reed swamps and covered in willow scrub, and is the only known habitat of this sort in Ireland. In the drier areas ash, hawthorn and blackthorn trees have been recorded. Other animals associated with the site include otters, Daubenton's bats and kingfishers. Among the birds found in the reserve are grasshopper, sedge and willow warblers, blackcaps, long-tailed tits, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballykeeffe Wood
Ballykeeffe Wood is a national nature reserve of approximately located in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks and Wildlife Service, part of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage ( ga, An Roinn Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta) is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage who is .... Features Ballykeeffe Wood or Ballykeefe Wood was legally protected as a national nature reserve by the government in 1980. The woodland features an abundance of bluebells and brambles amongst pedunculate oak and young ash. The wood is adjacent to the old Ballykeeffe limestone mine, which was refurbished in the 1980s and now features rock climbing and an amphitheatre. References {{Reflist Geography of County Kilkenny Forests and woodlands of the Republic of Ireland Nature reserves in the Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pollardstown Fen
Pollardstown Fen () is Ireland's largest extant calcareous spring-fed fen, a national nature reserve, Special Area of Conservation, and Ramsar site of approximately in County Kildare. Features Pollardstown Fen was legally protected as a national nature reserve by the Irish government in 1986. It is also a Special Area of Conservation and is deemed to be of international importance as a habitat. 60% of the fen is owned by the Irish state, and its designation as a reserve was in response to drainage schemes from the 1960s which converted parts of the fen into agricultural land. In 1990, the site was also declared Ramsar site number 474. Pollardstown Fen is the largest spring-fed calcareous alkaline fen still extant in Ireland, fed from the Curragh aquifer with petrifying springs. Among the notable species found on the site are ''Cladium mariscus'', '' Caricion davallianae'', ''Vertigo geyeri'', ''Vertigo angustior'', and ''Vertigo moulinsiana''. The site's flora is dominated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogerstown Estuary
Rogerstown Estuary () is a sea inlet and estuary in Ireland. It is situated just north of the Donabate-Portrane peninsula, and also south of Rush, on Ireland's east coast about north of Dublin. It is a designated nature reserve, Special Area of Conservation, and a Ramsar site. The main flow into the estuary comes from the Ballyboghil River and its terminal tributary, the Corduff Stream. Other watercourses entering the estuary include one from Portrane, Balleally Stream, and also Bride's Stream and Jone's Stream, from the Lusk area, and a number of small flows. The estuary is made up of saltwater marshes, raised salt marsh, wet meadows and riverine shallows and creeks. It covers an area of , and is divided by a causeway and bridge built in the 1840s to carry the main Dublin–Belfast railway line. It is internationally recognised as one of the most important east coast sites and is vital for wintering wildfowl and waders and birds on passage. Birds come to the estuary f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bull Island Nature Reserve - Panoramio (2)
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Bull Island
Bull Island (Irish: ''Oileán an Tairbh''), more properly North Bull Island (Irish: ''Oileán an Tairbh Thuaidh''), is an island located in Dublin Bay in Ireland, about 5 km long and 800 m wide, lying roughly parallel to the shore off Clontarf (including Dollymount), Raheny, Kilbarrack, and facing Sutton. The island, with a sandy beach known as Dollymount Strand running its entire length, is a relatively recent, and inadvertent, result of human intervention in the bay. The island lies within the jurisdiction of, and is mostly owned by, Dublin City Council, and is managed by the Council's Parks and Landscape Division. Bull Island, which is accessed by way of a causeway bridge from Raheny and a wooden bridge from Clontarf, has the most designations of any site in the country, as a National Bird Sanctuary, a biosphere reserve, a National Nature Reserve, a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive, and a Special Area of Conservation under the EU Habitats Directi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The View From Strand Road Baldoyle - Geograph
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Baldoyle Bay
Baldoyle Bay is a sea inlet on the east coast of Fingal in Ireland, in the historic County Dublin. It is situated between Portmarnock, at its head, and Baldoyle. It contains two small estuaries, those of the Sluice River and the Mayne River, and is sometimes called Baldoyle Estuary. The inlet is an important natural feature with protected status. It was once the site of a Viking ''longphort'' and later the fishing village of Baldoyle developed near its outlet to the sea. Location and access The narrow inlet runs north–south, reaching the sea north of Howth Head, along the Burrow Beach. At its head is Portmarnock Bridge, where a road from old Portmarnock meets the road from the modern Portmarnock village centre, while near its outlet is the former fishing village of Baldoyle, now a residential suburb of Dublin. It is bounded on the seaward side by the peninsula on which the Velvet Strand (used as a runway for early flights) and the Portmarnock Golf Club course are situated. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easkey Bog
Easkey Bog is a blanket bog, national nature reserve, and Ramsar site of approximately in County Sligo. Features Easkey or Easky Bog was legally protected as a national nature reserve by the Irish government in 1990. In 1990, the site was also declared Ramsar site number 471. A large portion of the bog has been deemed to be of international scientific interest. The reserve contains the Cowagh River headwaters, a large plateau of highland blanket bog, with wet heath and mountain blanket bog set on the steep slopes of the Ox Mountains. There is a wide variety of diverse habitats, from quaking areas, stream, pool, flushes, heath slopes, and rock and peat lakes. Easkey Bog is one of only a small number of large areas of intermediate blanket bogs in Ireland, encompassing lowland and mountain blanket bog. It is rare in that it contains all three types of blanket bogs within close proximity. The reserve is home to red grouse and curlews, with the European golden plover overwinte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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