North Slob
North Slob
An Slaba Thuaidh | |
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Natural Reserve | |
North Slob seawall | |
| 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 | |
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| Official name | Wexford Wildfowl Reserve |
| Designated | 15 November 1984 |
| Reference no. | 291 |
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. It is the lowest geographical point on the island of Ireland.
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). The reserve is open to the public.