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The County Clare Wetlands Survey Patrick Crushell & Peter Foss 2008 ____________________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................. 2 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................. 3 3 PROJECT AIMS.......................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 BACKGROUND............................................................................................................................ 7 3.2 MAINS AIMS OF PROJECT ............................................................................................................... 7 4 IMPORTANCE OF WETLANDS IN COUNTY CLARE..................................................................... 8 4.1 DEFINITION .............................................................................................................................. 8 4.2 WHY CONSERVE WETLANDS? .......................................................................................................... 9 4.3 WETLAND VALUES ..................................................................................................................... 10 5 COUNTY CLARE WETLANDS.................................................................................................... 12 5.1 COUNTY CLARE AN INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 12 5.2 COUNTY CLARE’S NATURAL WEALTH ................................................................................................ 12 5.2.1 Geology ......................................................................................................................... 13 5.2.2 Soils .............................................................................................................................. 14 5.2.3 Climate .......................................................................................................................... 15 5.2.4 Geographic Location........................................................................................................ 15 5.2.5 Habitat Diversity and Wetlands ........................................................................................ 16 5.3 WETLAND HABITATS IN COUNTY CLARE – A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.............................................................. 16 5.4 PROTECTION OF CLARE WETLANDS................................................................................................. 37 5.5 CWS WETLAND TYPES ............................................................................................................... 38 6 COMPILATION OF THE COUNTY CLARE WETLAND SURVEY GIS AND DATABASE OF SITES.. 40 6.1 BACKGROUND AND PROJECT SET-UP ............................................................................................... 40 6.2 MATERIALS & METHODS ............................................................................................................. 41 6.2.1 Data acquisition .............................................................................................................. 41 6.2.2 CWS Site identification and background research .............................................................. 42 6.2.3 GIS Data compilation and GIS wetland identification ......................................................... 42 6.2.4 Data Transfer and Mapping of CWS Database sites ............................................................ 43 6.2.5 Data Analysis and presentation of results (GIS and CWS site database) .............................. 43 6.2.6 CWS Site Database – structure and content ...................................................................... 45 7 RESULTS ................................................................................................................................. 46 7.1 CWS DATA LIMITATIONS ........................................................................................................... 46 7.1.1 Wetland site identification................................................................................................ 46 7.1.2 Wetland habitat type classification ................................................................................... 46 7.1.3 Estimation of the extent of wetland habitats on sites identified........................................... 46 7.1.4 Time constraints ............................................................................................................. 47 7.2 CWS SITE DATABASE ............................................................................................................... 47 7.3 CWS GIS DATABASE ............................................................................................................... 47 7.4 DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT OF WETLANDS IN COUNTY CLARE.................................................................. 49 7.5 WETLAND SITE CONSERVATION EVALUATION ...................................................................................... 62 7.6 DAMAGE TO COUNTY CLARE WETLANDS ........................................................................................... 65 8 CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................. 67 8.1 DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT OF THE CLARE WETLAND RESOURCE............................................................... 67 8.2 KNOWLEDGE OF THE CLARE WETLAND RESOURCE ................................................................................ 67 8.3 CLARE WETLAND SURVEY RECOMMENDATIONS................................................................................... 70 9 CWS BIBLIOGRAPHY & DATA SOURCES................................................................................. 71 10 APPENDICES ......................................................................................................................... 75 1
The County Clare Wetlands Survey Patrick Crushell & Peter Foss 2008 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Acknowledgements The County Clare Wetlands Survey 2008 was made possible through the generous support of Clare County Council, The Heritage Council, the Clare Biodiversity Group and the County Clare Heritage Forum. The authors of this report wish to thank Brigid Barry County Clare Biodiversity Officer, Congella McGuire County Clare Heritage Officer, and Stephen Ward Clare Biodiversity Group for invaluable discussions and comments throughout the period of compilation of the wetlands database and preparation of this report. We would also like to thank the assistance of Padraig McManus, GIS Officer of Clare County Council for help with mapping issues. The authors especially wish to thank the following individuals and groups for their feedback, and assistance during the collection of wetland site and habitat data used in the preparation of this report: Brigid Barry, Andy Bleasdale, Ken Bond, Rory Callan, Michael Collins, John Conaghan, John Cross, Stephen Curran, Caitríona Douglas, Jerry Dunne, John Evans, Julie Fossitt, Nathy Gilligan, Tom Gittings, Brid Higgins, Fran Igoe, Paddy Kavanagh, Naomi Kingston, Neil Lockhart, Liam Lysaght, Rachel Lowe, Sarah Malone, Marie Mannion, Eleanor Mayes, Myles McDonagh, Congella McGuire, Padraig McManus, Richard Moles, Pat Neville, Daniel O’Brien, Fiona O’Rourke, Sharon Parr, Jim Ryan, Michael Sheehy, Micheline Sheehy Skeffington, Stephen Ward, Gemma Weir, John Wilson and John Pygott. And finally, thanks to Stephen Ward, Brigid Barry and Deaglán Ó Caoimh for editorial comments during the preparation of the final report. 2
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