Special Protection Areas
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 created by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage.
Data and resources
Additional information
| Temporal extent | 2017-01-05 – 2021-09-10 |
|---|---|
| Date (creation) | 2017-01-05 |
| Date (publication) | 2021-10-11 |
| Status | onGoing |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | Conditions for access and use apply |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-04 |
| Created | 2026-11-04 |
| API | package_show |