Site Details
Site code
000688
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Westmeath
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.5732
Longitude: -7.39294
Longitude: -7.39294
Qualifying Interests
Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp. [3140]
Transition mires and quaking bogs [7140]
Alkaline fens [7230]
Austropotamobius pallipes (White-clawed Crayfish) [1092]
Site Documents
Download Conservation Objectives
CO000688.pdf [4.8 MB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY000688.pdf [132 KB]
Statutory Instrument
https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/81/made/en
Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)
MAP000688.pdf [4.9 MB]
Related Publications
| Title: | Irish Wildlife Manual No.70 - A survey of benthic macrophytes in three hard-water lakes: Lough Bunny, Lough Carra and Lough Owel [10.8 MB] |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Author: | Roden,C.; Murphy,P. |
| Series: | Irish Wildlife Manual |
| Title: | The vegetation of Irish Lakes. Part 2 [10.2 MB] |
| Year: | 1984 |
| Author: | Heuff, H. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |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| Series: | Unpublished Report |