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maximum depth of 1.04 metres, over a maximum area of 521,051 metres squared. decrease
Increases in water levels occurred between September 2017 and May 2018, and again between December 2018 and May 2019, with irregular peaks within those periods. The water levels dropped between April 2017 and September 2017, and again from June 2018 to December 2018. The lowest water depth/stage was recorded at approximately 47.75 mAOD (meters above ordinance datum: meters above sea level, Malin Head datum) in 2017.
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Turloughs are included as SACs because of their high nature and conservation value. They include populations of birds, plants and invertebrates which are of ecological interest. The site is situated in a karst region which includes several turloughs. The Four Roads
Turlough is one of 45 turloughs
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Monitoring of groundwater/flood levels was carried out at the Four Roads
Turlough SAC from 2016 to 2019 by Geological Survey Ireland to establish baseline data for the flooding patterns on selected turloughs. Peak flood levels were noted at this site on the 18 February 2018 at 48.72 mAOD with a
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Annex 1 priority feature of
Turloughs (habitat code 3180). The majority of SAC-designated turloughs in Europe are in Irelandā of 75 turloughs designated as SACs in Europe, 45 are in Ireland. Of the other turlough sites designated as SACS in Europe, 14 are in Germany, 8 are in Estonia, 3 are in
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The conservation objectives for this SAC include to maintain or increase the area of the turlough site at approximately 72 hectares, to maintain or restore the hydrogeological regime in order to support the turlough habitat, to maintain or restore soil nutrient status regarding nitrogen and
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Turlough SAC in the townland of
Cloughan, Four Roads, are the remains of a 16th-century tower house. The National Monuments records this as monument RO044-055001- and describes its as having probably been constructed by a family called the Kellys in the 16th century. The tower has a
205:(or NPWS) in the Statutory Instrument for the site: S.I. No. 451/2017- European Union Habitats (Four Roads Turlough Special Area of Conservation 001637) Regulations 2017. Several other turloughs designated as Special Areas of Conservation also occur in this karst area, such as
446:, which frequently use the Four Roads SAC ā according to the NPWS site synopsis, this can be up to 500 individuals. Approximately 2,600 wildfowl and 8,000 waders also use this significant site. The site notes several historical counts over different time periods:
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The Four Roads
Turlough SAC is situated under a low bank of limestone hills. This turlough is a shallow basin. The NPWS site synopsis notes that it does not include permanent standing water, and has a predictable pattern of flooding.
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to protect rare, vulnerable, or migrant bird species and to protect wetlands. As a valuable ornithological site, the Four Roads
Turlough SAC is designated as a Special Protection Area, under the qualifying interests of:
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Conservation objectives supporting document: Turloughs* and Rivers with muddy banks with
Chenopodion rubri p.p. and Bidention p.p. vegetation. Conservation Objectives Supporting Document Series
201:. It is situated approximately 2.5 km from the River Suck, in the townlands of Carroward, Cloghan and Cloonlaughnan. The area of the site is noted as consisting of 100.18 hectares in the
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based on as large a series of counts as possible - present on that date were 3,600 Wigeon, 2,500 Teal, 177 Greenland White-fronted Goose and 2,900 Lapwing. The site is also used by
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phosphorus in the soil, to maintain active peat formation, to restore sensitive and high conservation value vegetation and to restore typical turlough species.
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with various ecological and hydrogeological features which have been included as SACs in
Ireland under the qualification of the European
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265:. Statutory Instrument No. 451 of 2017, which established this site as an SAC (Site code: 0001637), was published on 20 October 2017.
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According to the NPWS site synopsis, the flora at the east side of the turlough consist of predominantly species of grass, such as
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As well as being an SAC, this site is also a significant area for wildfowl and includes ten species of birds protected under the
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715:"S.I. No. 451/2017 - European Union Habitats (Four Roads Turlough Special Area of Conservation 001637) Regulations 2017))"
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The qualifying interest by which this site is protected as an SAC is the presence of a specific priority habitat type:
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342:) occur in pools at this site. Oligotrophic fen vegetation is not found at this site. Only a very few examples of
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Data for the current state of the sites and special conservation interests of the site are provided by the NPWS.
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The Four Roads site was proposed as a Site of
Community Importance (SCI) in May 1998 and designated as a
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490:(103). A single count on January 17, 1988 emphasises the importance of assessing bird populations of
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quoinstone (monument code: RO044-055002-) at the second floor level.
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The Four Roads Turlough SAC is located south-west of the village of
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173:. The Four Roads Turlough is one of a number of seasonal lakes, or
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List of Special Areas of Conservation in the Republic of Ireland
527:(NPWS) has included the Four Roads Turlough site as a proposed
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List of Special Protection Areas in the Republic of Ireland
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546:(2009/147/EC), Ireland has designated a range of sites as
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Special Areas of Conservation in the Republic of Ireland
653:. National Parks & Wildlife Service. Archived from
221:. The N65 Road runs near to this site at Mount Talbot.
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Special Protection Areas in the Republic of Ireland
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1025:Important Bird Areas of the Republic of Ireland
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16:Ecological site in County Roscommon, Ireland
314:) are to be found in some low-lying areas.
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531:or pNHA. In close proximity to this site,
24:Four Roads Turlough/Cloonlaughan Turlough
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542:Under the terms of the European Union's
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939:"NPWS SAC and SPA Datasheets Downloads"
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525:National Parks and Wildlife Service
203:National Parks and Wildlife Service
134:National Parks and Wildlife Service
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498:(recent count of 60) and breeding
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949:from the original on 12 June 2024
864:from the original on 11 June 2024
831:from the original on 10 June 2024
519:Other protected site designations
919:from the original on 4 June 2024
725:from the original on 4 June 2024
690:from the original on 4 June 2024
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680:"EUNIS-Four Roads Turlough SAC"
261:site in October 2017 under the
246:Croatia and 4 are in Slovenia.
181:areas of Ireland, west of the
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566:Greenland White-fronted Goose
470:(177, one count in 1987/88),
468:Greenland White-fronted Goose
444:Greenland White-fronted Goose
157:site based at the village of
125:100.18 hectares (247.6 acres)
973:heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com
782:"EUNIS Factsheet: Turloughs"
570:Anser albifrons flavirostris
408:Anser albifrons flavirostris
316:Thread-leaved Water-crowfoot
151:Special Area of Conservation
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815:"Geological Survey Ireland"
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416:Cygnus columbianus bewickii
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969:"NPWS Designations Viewer"
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1000:Lakes of County Roscommon
647:"Four Roads Turlough SAC"
606:List of loughs in Ireland
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575:Wetland and Waterbirds
548:Special Protection Areas
406:(Greenland subspecies) (
320:Ranunculus trichophyllus
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788:. EUNIS. Archived from
744:OāConnor, Ćine (2017).
328:Baldellia ranunculoides
1020:Natura 2000 in Ireland
858:biodiversity.europa.eu
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340:Helosciadium inundatum
529:Natural Heritage Area
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324:Lesser Water-plantain
312:Menyanthes trifoliata
269:Turlough water levels
888:dahg.maps.arcgis.com
533:Lough Croan Turlough
288:Agrostis stolonifera
236:(Habitat code 3180)
219:Ballinturly Turlough
913:irishstatutebook.ie
786:eunis.eea.europa.eu
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587:At the edge of the
560:Pluvialis apricaria
432:Pluvialis apricaria
404:White-fronted Goose
195:Four Roads, Ireland
159:Four Roads, Ireland
143:Four Roads Turlough
130:Governing body
106:53.5124Ā°N 8.24099Ā°W
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400:Anas platyrhynchos
348:Schoenus nigricans
263:Habitats Directive
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440:Vanellus vanellus
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589:Four Roads
486:(473) and
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209:Turlough,
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165:town, in
163:Roscommon
97:8Ā°14ā²28ā³W
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70:, Ireland
947:Archived
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600:See also
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460:Shoveler
372:Shoveler
354:Birdlife
189:Location
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583:History
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484:Lapwing
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476:Pintail
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472:Mallard
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171:Ireland
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179:karst
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