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The County Clare Wetlands Survey Patrick Crushell & Peter Foss 2008
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Appendix 1: Reports & information sources consulted during
the compilation of the CWS GIS & Site Database
Sorted by information source code. A full citation to the data sources used can be found in the CWS
Report Bibliography.
Information
Source title and author Source Code
IPCC Irish Fen Inventory
(Crushell) 01
Irish Peatland Conservation
Council Action Plan (Foss et al.) 03
Fergus Catchment Report
(Curtis et al.)
AFF Areas of Scientific Interest
(An Foras Forbartha)
Raised Bog Report
(Douglas et al.) 42
NPWS Blanket bog Evaluation
report (Derwin et al.)
Information
type
Published
report
Published
report
06 Published
report
12 Published
89
Vegetation of Irish Lakes
(Heuff) 101
Shadow SAC Project (Crushell)
NPWS Blanket bog report
(Conaghan) 108
NPWS Fen Study Database
(Foss)
report
Published
report
Published
report
Published
report
106 Published
report
155
GSI National Bedrock Map of
Ireland 1:500,000 Scale (GSI) 246
SRBD (2008) Lake segments.
EPA, Wexford (EPA) 247
OSI (2008) Seasonal Lakes on
1830s Six Inch map series
(OSI)
OSI (2008) Marshes on 1830s
Six Inch map series (OSI)
OSI (2008) Historic floodplains:
areas liable to flood on 1830s
Six Inch map series (OSI)
EPA (2006) Lakes Water
Quality. EPA, Wexford (EPA)
EPA (1997) Catchments All
Island. EPA, Wexford (EPA)
248
249
250
253
Published
report
Database and
Excel
Spreadsheet
GIS Dataset
GIS Dataset
GIS Dataset
GIS Dataset
GIS Dataset
GIS Dataset
255 GIS Dataset
Data Content Comments
Used to abstract information on
sites
Used to abstract information on
34 sites
Used to abstract information on
the wetland habitats on 29 sites;
9 new sites added to CWS
database
Used to abstract information on
the wetland habitats etc. on 65
sites recognised in Clare by AFF
Used to abstract information on
3 sites
Used to abstract information on
the wetland habitats and rare
species; 1 new sites added to
database. Report also contains
specific areas of blanket bog on
sites (not abstracted)
Used to abstract information on
7 sites
Data import of wetland sites
proposed by NGOs outside of
NHA/SAC network; 1 new site
added to CWS database
Used to abstract information on
1 site
Used to abstract information on
the fen habitats etc. present on
48 sites recognised in Clare
Used to determine the
underlying solid geology of sites.
Used in Identifying lakes and
water-bodies.
Shapefile extracted from OSI 6
Inch series of maps. Of limited
use during CWS due to
incomplete data.
Shapefile extracted from OSI 6
Inch series of maps. Of limited
use during CWS due to
incomplete data.
Shapefile extracted from OSI 6
Inch series of maps. Used during
the current study to identify
historic floodplains.
Selection of 23 lakes for which
trophic status has been
monitored. Used to establish
level three of Fossitt for those
lakes that have been monitored.
Used as base-map in site and
habitat mapping and wetland
site identification.
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