Tacumshin Lake ()
is a lake in
Tacumshane
Tacumshane () is a small village in the southeast of County Wexford, Ireland. It is located 15 km south of Wexford town.
Name
The official name of the village is Tacumshane. In Irish it is called ''Teach Coimseáin'' (House of Seán). T ...
, in the southeast of
County Wexford
County Wexford ( ga, Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was based on the historic Gaelic territory of Hy Kinsella (''Uí Ceinns ...
,
Ireland. It is designated as a
Special Protection Area (SPA) under the EU Bird Directive (EC/79/409)
and a
Special Area of Conservation by the National Parks and Wildlife Services.
Tachumshin Lake is a favourite with bird watchers. It attracts some rare American
waders in Autumn, as well as internationally important concentrations of
Bewick's swans,
Brent geese,
wigeon,
oystercatchers,
golden plover and
lapwing.
See also
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List of loughs in Ireland
This is an alphabetical list of loughs (lakes) on the island of Ireland. It also shows a table of the largest loughs. The word ''lough'' is pronounced like ''loch'' () and comes from the Irish ''loch'', meaning ''lake''.
According to the Environm ...
References
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Lakes of County Wexford
Special Areas of Conservation in the Republic of Ireland
Special Protection Areas in the Republic of Ireland