Lough Forbes Complex SAC

Site Details

Site code
001818
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Counties
Longford
Roscommon
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.7649
Longitude: -7.87833

Qualifying Interests

Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition - type vegetation [3150]

Active raised bogs [7110]

Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration [7120]

Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion [7150]

Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) [91E0]

Site Documents

Download Conservation Objectives

CO001818.pdf [4.1 MB]

Download Site Synopsis

SY001818.pdf [149 KB]

Statutory Instrument

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/452/made/en

Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)

MAP001818.pdf [7.7 MB]

Related Publications

Cover image
Title: Raised Bog Monitoring Project 2011 Volume 1: Main Report [1.4 MB]
Year: 2012
Author: Fernandez, F., Crowley, W., Wilson, S.
Series: Irish Wildlife Manual
Cover image
Title: Raised Bog Monitoring and Assessment Survey 2013, Site Report [3.5 MB]
Year: 2015
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report
Cover image
Title: Raised Bog Monitoring and Assessment Survey 2013, Site Report [3.3 MB]
Year: 2015
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report