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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
The Gearagh SPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	323	protected area overlaps with site	104
The Gearagh SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	558	protected area overlaps with site	163
The Gearagh	Nature Reserve	300	protected area contained by site	300
Lee Reservoir	Wildfowl Sanctuary	0	unknown	0
Gearagh, The	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	307	protected area contained by site	307
Gearagh	Biogenetic Reserves	307	protected area contained by site	300

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-
water management	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: The Gearagh and the Iniscarra reservoir. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 10/08/2022.