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{{Short description|Special Area of Conservation in County Kerry, Ireland}}
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| name = Cloonee and Inchiquin Loughs, Uragh Wood
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| photo_caption = [[Uragh Stone Circle]] with Gleninchaquin Lake and Uragh Wood in the background
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'''Cloonee and Inchiquin Loughs, Uragh Wood''' is the name of a [[Natura 2000]] site in a valley in [[Tuosist]], [[County Kerry]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. Habitats include lowland [[oligotrophic]] lakes ([[lough]]s) and oceanic oak woodland.
[[Uragh Wood]] has been protected as a nature reserve since 1982. A [[Special Area of Conservation]] has since been designated which protects the wood, lakes and the surrounding area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/001342/ |title=Cloonee and Inchiquin Loughs, Uragh Wood SAC |publisher=[[National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland)|National Parks and Wildlife Service]]}}</ref> The main lakes in the area are the Salt Lake, Lower Cloonee Lough, Middle Cloonee Lough, Upper Cloonee Lough (the [[Cloonee Lough|Cloonee Loughs]]) and the Gleninchaquin Lake.
This is one of the areas in which the rare [[Kerry slug]] and the [[lesser horseshoe bat]] are known to occur.{{cn|date=December 2023}}
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[[Category:Lakes of County Kerry]]
[[Category:Protected areas of County Kerry]]
[[Category:Special Areas of Conservation in the Republic of Ireland]]