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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)
Lough Mask SPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8,736	protected area contains site	8,529
Lough Mask	Wildfowl Sanctuary	0	unknown	0
Lough Carra/Mask Complex SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	13,510	protected area contains site	8,529

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lough Mask. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/08/2022.