NATURA 2000 - STANDARD DATA FORM
For Special Protection Areas (SPA),
Proposed Sites for Community Importance (pSCI),
Sites of Community Importance (SCI) and
for Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)
SITE | IE0001637 |
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SITENAME | Four Roads Turlough SAC |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. SITE IDENTIFICATION
Back to top1.1 Type
1.2 Site code
1.3 Site name
1.4 First Compilation date
1.5 Update date
1.6 Respondent:
Name/Organisation: | National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
Address: |
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Email: | datadelivery@chg.gov.ie |
1.7 Site indication and designation / classification dates
Date site proposed as SCI: | 1998-05 |
Date site confirmed as SCI: |
No information provided
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Date site designated as SAC: | 2017-10 |
National legal reference of SAC designation: | 451/2017 |
2. SITE LOCATION
Back to top2.1 Site-centre location [decimal degrees]:
Longitude: | -8.240985 |
Latitude: | 53.512403 |
2.2 Area [ha]
2.3 Marine area [%]
2.4 Sitelength [km] (optional):
No information provided
2.5 Administrative region code and name
NUTS level 2 code
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Region Name
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IE01 | Border, Midland and Western |
2.6 Biogeographical Region(s)
3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Back to top3.1 Habitat types present on the site and assessment for them
Annex I Habitat types
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Site assessment
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Code
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PF
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NP
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Cover [ha]
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Cave [number]
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Data quality
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A|B|C|D
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A|B|C
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| | | | | | Representativity | Relative Surface | Conservation | Global |
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3180
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| 72.1
| 0.00
| G
| C
| B
| C
| B
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- PF: for the habitat types that can have a non-priority as well as a priority form (6210, 7130, 9430) enter "X" in the column PF to indicate the priority form.
- NP: in case that a habitat type no longer exists in the site enter: x (optional)
- Cover: decimal values can be entered
- Caves: for habitat types 8310, 8330 (caves) enter the number of caves if estimated surface is not available.
- Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation)
3.2 Species referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EC and listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43/EEC and site evaluation for them
- Group: A = Amphibians, B = Birds, F = Fish, I = Invertebrates, M = Mammals, P = Plants, R = Reptiles
- S: in case that the data on species are sensitive and therefore have to be blocked for any public access enter: yes
- NP: in case that a species is no longer present in the site enter: x (optional)
- Type: p = permanent, r = reproducing, c = concentration, w = wintering (for plant and non-migratory species use permanent)
- Unit: i = individuals, p = pairs or other units according to the Standard list of population units and codes in accordance with Article 12 and 17 reporting (see reference portal)
- Abundance categories (Cat.): C = common, R = rare, V = very rare, P = present - to fill if data are deficient (DD) or in addition to population size information
- Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation); VP = 'Very poor' (use this category only, if not even a rough estimation of the population size can be made, in this case the fields for population size can remain empty, but the field "Abundance categories" has to be filled in)
3.3 Other important species of flora and fauna (optional)
No information provided
4. SITE DESCRIPTION
Back to top4.1 General site character
Habitat class
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% Cover
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N14 | 9.00 |
N06 | 79.00 |
N10 | 12.00 |
Total Habitat Cover | 100 |
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Other Site Characteristics
Four Roads or Cloonloughlin Turlough lies 2.5 km from the Suck River below a low scarp of limestone hills. It is an open, shallow basin without permanent standing water. It seems to flood predictably and dry out quite early. The vegetation is uniform in general and of two main types - grass in the east and sedges in the west. It is grazed intensively. |
4.2 Quality and importance
The uniformity of the basin and the fertilisation of its eastern half means that there is little interest in the vegetation. However the site is used as a refuge or feeding area by herbivorous wildfowl and waders - some of which occur in numbers of national importance. |
4.3 Threats, pressures and activities with impacts on the site
The most important impacts and activities with high effect on the site
Negative Impacts |
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Rank | Threats and pressures [code] | Pollution (optional) [code] | inside/outside [i|o|b] |
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L | A05.02 | | b |
Positive Impacts |
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Rank | Activities, management [code] | Pollution (optional) [code] | inside/outside [i|o|b] |
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M | A04 | | i |
Rank: H = high, M = medium, L = low
Pollution: N = Nitrogen input, P = Phosphor/Phosphate input, A = Acid input/acidification,
T = toxic inorganic chemicals, O = toxic organic chemicals, X = Mixed pollutions
i = inside, o = outside, b = both
4.4 Ownership (optional)
No information provided
4.5 Documentation (optional)
Goodwillie, R.N. (1992). Turloughs Over 10ha - Vegetation Survey and Evaluation. Unpublished Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Dublin.
Sheppard, R. (1993). Ireland's Wetland Wealth. Irish Wildbird Conservancy, Dublin. |
5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS
Back to top5.1 Designation types at national and regional level (optional):
Code
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Cover [%]
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IE05 | 100.00 |
5.2 Relation of the described site with other sites (optional):
No information provided
5.3 Site designation (optional)
No information provided
6. SITE MANAGEMENT
Back to top6.1 Body(ies) responsible for the site management:
No information provided
6.2 Management Plan(s):
An actual management plan does exist:
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Yes
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| No, but in preparation |
X | No |
6.3 Conservation measures (optional)
No information provided
7. MAP OF THE SITE
Back to topMap delivered as PDF in electronic format (optional) |
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SITE DISPLAY