Lough Yganavan and Lough Nambrackdarrig ( Irish: ''Loch Gaineamháin agus Loch na mBreac Dearg'') are two lakes of ecological importance in

County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...

, Ireland. In 1988, Lough Nambrackdarrig and the southern half of Lough Yganavan were designated as National Nature Reserves (areas in ha: 3.9 & 25.3). Since 1998, the lakes have been included in a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) of , which protects land in private ownership and the two state-owned nature reserves. The habitats in the SAC include fixed

dune A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, f ...

s, a type of machair.

Fauna

The SAC is one of a small number of areas in which the rare

Kerry Slug The Kerry slug or Kerry spotted slug (''Geomalacus maculosus'') is a species of terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc. It is a medium-to-large sized, air-breathing land slug in the family of roundback slugs, Arionidae. Adult Kerry slu ...

and Natterjack Toad are found.

References

{{reflist Yganavan and Nambrackdarrig Protected areas of County Kerry Protected areas established in 1988 Special Areas of Conservation in the Republic of Ireland Nature reserves in the Republic of Ireland