Lough Bunny
53°1′19″N 8°55′29″W / 53.02194°N 8.92472°W / 53.02194; -8.92472
Lough Bunny (Irish: Loch Buinne, meaning 'lake of the flood')[4] is a freshwater lake in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland.
Geography
Lough Bunny measures about 2 km (1.2 mi) long and 0.5 km (0.3 mi) wide. It lies about 10 km (6 mi) southwest of Gort near the village of Boston.[1]
Hydrology
Lough Bunny has no permanent inflow or outflow. It is fed by springs and drains into fissures around the lake's northern end. The lake is oligotrophic.[3]
Natural history
Fish species in Lough Bunny include perch, rudd, pike and the critically endangered European eel.[3]
Administration
The lake lies within the jurisdiction of Clare County Council, and is within the Mid-West Region of Ireland. Lough Bunny is within the Burren and Cliffs of Moher Geopark, the Burren National Park,[3] and the East Burren Complex Special Area of Conservation, overseen by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Google (3 January 2016). "Lough Bunny" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ Free, Gary; Little, Ruth; Tierney, Deirdre; Donnelly, Karol & Caroni, Rossana (2006). A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes (PDF) (Report). Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland). p. 10. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Water Framework Directive Fish Stock Survey of Lough Bunny" (PDF). Inland Fisheries Ireland. September 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ "Loch Buinne/Lough Bunny". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "East Burren Complex SAC" (PDF). National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland). Retrieved 3 January 2016.