Site Details
Site code
000440
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Counties
Longford
Roscommon
Westmeath
Roscommon
Westmeath
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.5498
Longitude: -7.97667
Longitude: -7.97667
Qualifying Interests
Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition - type vegetation [3150]
Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) [6210]
Active raised bogs [7110]
Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration [7120]
Alkaline fens [7230]
Limestone pavements [8240]
Bog woodland [91D0]
Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) [91E0]
Lutra lutra (Otter) [1355]
Site Documents
Download Conservation Objectives
CO000440.pdf [14.8 MB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY000440.pdf [181 KB]
Statutory Instrument
https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2023/si/466/made/en/pdf
Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)
MAP000440.pdf [125.9 MB]
Related Publications
| Title: | An invertebrate survey of Coill Eoin, St John’s Wood, Co Roscommon [3.2 MB] |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Author: | Alexander, K. N. A. |
| Series: | Irish Wildlife Manual |
| Title: | Semi natural grassland survey of counties Roscommon and Offaly [3.1 MB] |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Author: | Martin, J.R.; Gabbett, M.; Perrin, P.M.; Delaney, A.M. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Habitats Directive Annex I Lake Habitats, A working interpretation for the purposes of site-specific conservation objectives and Article 17 reporting [2.1 MB] |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Author: | O Connor, Á., NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Lough Ree SAC (000440) Conservation objectives supporting document - raised bog habitats [Version 1] [1.9 MB] |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Published |
| Title: | Survey of Annex I Alluvial Woodlands in Lough Ree cSAC [1.9 MB] |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Author: | Smith, G.F. |
| Series: | Published |