Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · irl
Ballycotton Bay
- Area
- 1 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 1996
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 1996
- Managing authority
- National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS), Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Waterford County Council. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. Marine Institute.
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 108 distinct species · 12 945 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Ballycotton Bay : 28 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 66 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 12.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology1 basins · 0 lakes · 0 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Basins crossed
1
Max drainage
807km²
Discharge in basins
0,0m³/s
Mean precip.
1 101mm/an
Mean T°
9,9°C
Moisture idx
0,46
Max snow
10%
Mean runoff
801mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
80m
Watersheds crossing here
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 51.84105, -8.01876
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.