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Places to Visit in Wexford, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland
The Wexford Wildfowl Reserve
North Slob
Wexford
County Wexford
Tel: +353(0) 53 23129
Website: click here
(Partly owned by IWC BirdWatch Ireland).
The Wexford Slobs are internationally famous for wild geese which spend the winter months here. The first geese came to the Slobs in 1898. These were Greylags from Iceland the common winter goose in Ireland at that time. However, White-fronted Geese from Greenland, first appearing on the Slobs about 1910 building up to several thousand in the mid-1930s, replaced the Greylags. Currently about 10,000 Greenland White-fronted Geese, one-third of the world population, spend the winter on the Wexford Slobs. The Visitor Centre has many interesting exhibitions and an audio-visual show.
Restricted access for people with disabilities.
Facilities
Exhibitions, toilets, car/coach park, picnic area, warden, bird watching, slide show, lectures, conference/exhibition room. School groups by arrangement.
Directions
8km north-east from Wexford (Heritage Town).
(Signposted from Castlebridge Road)
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