IRELAND · DESIGNATIONS · STATUTORY
Ramsar Site (Ireland)
What this layer shows
Wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, shown as markers at each of Ireland's 45 sites. Most also carry SPA or NHA protection: check those layers for boundaries.
Publisher and licence
DHLGH / Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
© DHLGH / Government of Ireland, CC BY 4.0
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · services-eu1.arcgis.com
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Facts shown for each feature
Wetlands Ireland ref
In these presets
Desk study
The designations an Irish ecologist checks first: SACs and SPAs (the sites behind Appropriate Assessment screening), Natural Heritage Areas and proposed NHAs, Ramsar sites, statutory Nature Reserves and Refuges for Fauna, National Parks, and ancient & long-established woodland. The opening move of an EcIA or AA screening: what is protected on or near the site.
Coastal & wetland
The Irish coast and its wetlands: coastal lagoons (a priority Annex I habitat), Ramsar sites, and the SPAs and SACs that sit over almost every estuary: with statutory Nature Reserves, which in Ireland are so often coastal. The set for intertidal, estuary and wetland bird work.