Wexford Wildfowl Reserve
Category: Families, Kids, Outdoors, Nature/Wildlife, Free
Type: Visitor Centres, Zoo/Safari/Farms, General Attractions
North Slob, Ardcavan Lane, Ardcavan
Wexford
Co Weford
Wexford
Co Weford
Tel: +353 91 23406
Please mention ireland-guide.com when enquiring.
The Visitor Centre has many interesting exhibitions and an audio-visual show
Wexford Wildfowl Reserve
Georgina Campbell
Wexford Harbour and its Slobs are a natural haven for birds as they are the closest point for birds migrating into or out of Ireland from Britain and the Continent from a southerly direction.
The Wexford Slobs are internationally famous for wild geese which spend the winter months here. Waders and wildfowl in particular are attracted to the area where the flat landscape and the wide shallow harbour with its sandbars and mud banks provide safe areas to feed, loaf, roost and breed.
The Visitor Centre has many interesting exhibitions and an audio-visual show.
The Wexford Slobs are internationally famous for wild geese which spend the winter months here. Waders and wildfowl in particular are attracted to the area where the flat landscape and the wide shallow harbour with its sandbars and mud banks provide safe areas to feed, loaf, roost and breed.
The Visitor Centre has many interesting exhibitions and an audio-visual show.
Opening Time:
Open year round, daily, 9am-5pm
Admission Charge:
Free
Directions
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