Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) · irl
Lough Derg (Shannon) SPA
- Area
- 127 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2019
Overview
- Designation
- Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
- Established
- 2019
- Managing authority
- See European Environment Agency Geospatial Data Catalogue for more information - https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/be2142b0-7dc4-42e3-afac-f7cc5f1a9ac6
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
587 distinct species · 1 787 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Lough Derg (Shannon) SPA : 28 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 109 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 14.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology7 basins · 2 lakes · 11 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
78,8km
Lake surface here
111,01km²
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
10 812km²
Discharge in basins
78,3m³/s
Mean precip.
1 007mm/an
Mean T°
9,3°C
Moisture idx
0,37
Max snow
19%
Mean runoff
654mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
90m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Ballyfinboy Riversub-area398,5 km²overlap42.90 km²34%
- Bassin de Newtownsub-area105,2 km²overlap23.23 km²18%
- Bassin de Shannonsub-area304,6 km²overlap16.51 km²13%
- Bassin de Graneysub-area323,3 km²overlap16.41 km²13%
- Bassin de Shannonsub-area251,3 km²overlap15.55 km²12%
- Bassin de Kilcrowsub-area415 km²overlap7.75 km²6%
- Bassin de Ollatrimsub-area339,9 km²overlap4.80 km²4%
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (11, ord ≥ 4)
- Shannonord 6len here46.56 km14%total343 km
- Scarrifford 2len here7.07 km51%total14 km
- Cappaghord 4len here5.24 km15%total35 km
- Newtownord 2len here5.22 km42%total13 km
- Coos Riverord 2len here4.66 km31%total15 km
- Nenagh Riverord 3len here3.55 km11%total31 km
- Woodford Riverord 1len here2.20 km14%total16 km
- Annacarriga Riverord 1len here2.07 km52%total4 km
- Ballyfinboy Riverord 3len here1.21 km4%total34 km
- Bow Riverord 1len here0.60 km12%total5 km
- Youghal Riverord 1len here0.39 km6%total6 km
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
- 52.95218, -8.30233
- Open in maps
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.