North Slob
An Slaba Thuaidh | |
|---|---|
Natural Reserve | |
 North Slob seawall | |
  North Slob Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°23′N 6°23′W / 52.38°N 6.38°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Wexford |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Designations | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Wexford Wildfowl Reserve |
| Designated | 15 November 1984 |
| Reference no. | 291[1] |
The North Slob is an area of mud-flats at the estuary of the River Slaney at Wexford Harbour, Ireland. The North Slob is an area of 10 km2 (2,500 acres) that was reclaimed in the mid-19th century by the building of a sea wall.[2] It is the lowest geographical point on the island of Ireland.[3]
2 km2 (490 acres) of this reclaimed land is a nature reserve that is jointly owned and managed by BirdWatch Ireland and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) as the Wexford Wildfowl Reserve (Irish: Anaclann Éanlaith Fiáin Loch Garman).[2][4] The reserve is open to the public.
- ^ "Wexford Wildfowl Reserve". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ a b Wexford Slobs on Birdwatch website
- ^ Michaels, Sarah. ""The Most Extreme Points of Ireland"". worldatlas.com. world atlas. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ Wexford Wildfowl Reserve, Co. Wexford