Special Protection Area

Published by Marine Institute

The EU Birds Directive (79/409/EEC) requires designation of SPAs for: listed rare and vulnerable species; regularly occurring migratory species, such as ducks, geese and waders; wetlands, especially those of international importance, which attract large numbers of migratory birds each year. (Internationally important means that 1% of the population of a species uses the site, or more than 20,000 birds regularly use the site.) This is a national dataset.

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biodiversity biota bird bird species birds habitat protection ecology environment habitat heritage ie national biodiversity plan national parks and wildlife service protected sites protection of birds spa special protection area wildlife protection

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License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Created 2024-08-27
Last Updated 2025-10-22
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