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The North Slob is an area of mud-flats at the estuary of the River Slaney at Wexford Harbour, Ireland. The North Slob is an area of 1,000 hectares that was reclaimed in the mid-19th century by the building of a sea wall. The North Slob is the lowest point in Ireland and in the wider British Isles.200 hectares of this reclaimed land is a nature reserve that is jointly owned and managed by BirdWatch Ireland and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) as the Wexford Wildfowl Reserve (Irish: Anaclann Éanlaith Fiáin Loch Garman). The reserve is open to the public.WildlifeThe North Slob provides the winter home for 10,000 white-fronted geese, about one third of the world population, which migrate to Greenland for the summer months.International recognitionThe Wexford Wildfowl Reserve was designated a Ramsar site in 1984. The North Slob is part of the Wexford Harbour Special Protection Area of 2,734 ha.