Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2009 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2009).
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Tacumshin Lake SPA
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
476
protected area contained by site
482
Tacumshin Lake SAC
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
559
protected area contained by site
328
Tacumshin Lake
Wildfowl Sanctuary
0
protected area contained by site
0
Saltee Islands SAC
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
15,802
protected area is adjacent to site
0
Lady's Island Lake SAC
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
540
protected area is adjacent to site
0
Carnsore Point SAC
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
8,736
protected area is adjacent to site
0
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Grassland
Humid grasslands
-
Marine Intertidal
-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
agriculture
-
hunting
-
tourism/recreation
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tacumshin lake. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tacumshin-lake-iba-ireland on 24/09/2023.