Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) · irl
River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA
- Area
- 322 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
1 111 distinct species · 11 260 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA : 27 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 90 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 13.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology5 basins · 3 lakes · 20 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
23,3km
Lake surface here
0,60km²
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
11 773km²
Discharge in basins
4,9m³/s
Mean precip.
1 092mm/an
Mean T°
9,9°C
Moisture idx
0,43
Max snow
15%
Mean runoff
914mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
63m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (3, top by area)
Rivers / streams (20, ord ≥ 4)
- Shannonord 6len here8.31 km2%total343 km
- Fergusord 4len here4.64 km5%total89 km
- Maigueord 4len here2.64 km3%total105 km
- Deelord 4len here1.61 km3%total53 km
- Deelord 2len here1.26 km28%total4 km
- Rine Riverord 3len here0.96 km7%total14 km
- Robertstown Riverord 2len here0.91 km3%total27 km
- Deelord 1len here0.67 km24%total3 km
- Cloonord 2len here0.56 km8%total7 km
- Owengarneyord 3len here0.32 km3%total10 km
- Ballynacally Creekord 1len here0.32 km9%total3 km
- Glencorbry Riverord 2len here0.22 km11%total2 km
8 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Ballycorick Creekord 2len here0.20 km3%total6 km
- Crompaun Riverord 1len here0.17 km13%total1 km
- Ballinacurra creekord 2len here0.15 km1%total15 km
- Barnakyle Riverord 4len here0.15 km1%total18 km
- Crompaun Riverord 2len here0.12 km1%total11 km
- Mill Raceord 1len here0.11 km2%total7 km
- The Creekord 2len here0.04 km1%total6 km
- Clareen Riverord 2len here≈ tangenttotal5 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
- 52.68158, -8.98380
- 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.