Data · dataset · 2025
Special Protection Areas
Listed in Data.gov.ie
Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are part of the Natura 2000 network of European sites, designated in accordance with the EU Birds Directive (79/409/EEC), to protect various threatened and migratory bird species.
Description
SPA boundaries are mapped using the Irish Grid or Irish Transverse Mercator (epsg 2157) co-ordinate systems. Details of the co-ordinate system for each SPA site can be found in the attribute table.
This is a national dataset.
Links
Get the data
- Publisher page experience.arcgis.com/experience/edf34d92e28040fd87d3d14f55d8d95f ↗
documentation · download · from data gov ie
- Zip file containing shapefile download npws.ie/sites/default/files/files/SPA_ITM_2026_02.zip ↗
download · from data gov ie
- WFS GetCapabilities operation dservices-eu1.arcgis.com/Jhij7i46ouO8Cc0N/arcgis/services/NPWSDesignatedAreasWFS/WFSSer… ↗
download · from data gov ie
- esri rest api services-eu1.arcgis.com/Jhij7i46ouO8Cc0N/arcgis/rest/services/NPWSDesignatedAreas/Feat… ↗
download · from data gov ie
Where it is published
- Data.gov.ie dataset page data.gov.ie/dataset/special-protection-areas ↗
landing page · from data gov ie
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.gov.ie/api/3/action/package_show?id=4f18e170-6227-4761-b10d-7ada1cef9… ↗
metadata API · from data gov ie
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Ecology · Humanities · Life Sciences · Social Science
- Inferred from text
- Tabular 65%
Provenance · 1 source records, 13 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data.gov.ie | 4f18e170-6227-4761-b10d-7ada1cef9cdf | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · data gov ie | connector:data_gov_ie@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3103 | mapping · data gov ie | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['ecology'] |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data gov ie | connector:data_gov_ie@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · data gov ie | connector:data_gov_ie@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · data gov ie | connector:data_gov_ie@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · data gov ie | connector:data_gov_ie@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:tabular | enrichment · data gov ie | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| created_date | source · data gov ie | connector:data_gov_ie@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data gov ie | connector:data_gov_ie@1.0.0 | /notes |
| license | source · data gov ie | connector:data_gov_ie@1.0.0 | /license_id |
| publication_date | source · data gov ie | connector:data_gov_ie@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data gov ie | connector:data_gov_ie@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data gov ie | connector:data_gov_ie@1.0.0 |