Tacumshin Lake

{{Short description|Lake and conservation area in County Wexford, Ireland}}

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| name = Tacumshin Lake

| native_name = {{Native name|ga|Loch Sáile|paren=omit}}

| image = Tacumshane Lake View (geograph 2090769).jpg

| caption = Tacumshin Lake, looking south towards the sea

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| location = County Wexford

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Tacumshin Lake ({{Irish place name|Loch Sáile}}){{cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/1166405|title=Loch Sáile/Tacumshin Lake|work=Placenames Database of Ireland|accessdate=8 October 2020}} is a lake in Tacumshane, in the southeast of County Wexford, Ireland. It is designated as a Special Protection Area (SPA) under the EU Bird Directive (EC/79/409){{cite web | url = https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004092 | title = Tacumshin Lake SPA | publisher = National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland) | accessdate = 8 October 2020}} and a Special Area of Conservation by the National Parks and Wildlife Services.{{cite web |title=Tacumshin Lake SAC |url=https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000709 |website=National Parks & Wildlife Service |accessdate=8 October 2020}}

Tacumshin Lake is a favourite with bird watchers. It attracts some rare American waders in Autumn, as well as internationally important concentrations of Bewick's swans, Brent geese, wigeon, oystercatchers, golden plover and lapwing.{{cite web|url=http://www.goireland.com/wexford/tacumshin-lake-lagoon-attraction-bird-watching-id12424.htm|title=Tacumshin Lake Lagoon Bird Watching |website=www.goireland.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720064906/http://www.goireland.com/wexford/tacumshin-lake-lagoon-attraction-bird-watching-id12424.htm |archive-date=20 July 2011}}