Site Details
Site code
000688
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Westmeath
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.5753
Longitude: -7.39722
Longitude: -7.39722
Features of Interest
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 [135 KB]
Download Natura2000 form
NF000688.pdf [87 KB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY000688.pdf [132 KB]
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 [10.77 MB] |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Author: | Roden,C.; Murphy,P. |
| Series: | Irish Wildlife Manual |
| Title: | The vegetation of Irish Lakes. Part 2 [10.17 MB] |
| Year: | 1984 |
| Author: | Heuff, H. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |