Special Protection Areas
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- License
- Attribution
- Commercial
- Yes
- Format
- Shapefile
- Coverage
- Ireland
- Projection
- EPSG:2157
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 29 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Irregular
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage maps bird sites on the Irish Grid or ITM under the EU Birds Directive.
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Source and attribution
- Publisher
- Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- License
- Attribution
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- Yes
- Modification allowed
- Yes
- Redistribution allowed
- Yes
- Share-alike
- No
- Region
- EuropeIE
- Type
- Vector
- Service
- WFShttps://dservices-eu1.arcgis.com/Jhij7i46ouO8Cc0N/arcgis/services/NPWSDesignatedAreasWFS/WFSServer?service=wfs&request=getcapabilitiesArcGIShttps://services-eu1.arcgis.com/Jhij7i46ouO8Cc0N/arcgis/rest/services/NPWSDesignatedAreas/FeatureServer/
- Extent
- -10.751.4-5.955.5West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.
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