Find out more about our work in the Marine area
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Read about research into the ecology of rare mosses and liverworts.
Read about the NPWS national sea cliff survey
Protected Sites
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SACs SPAs NHAs
Site Code Name of Species or Habitat Vertigo geyeri Vertigo angustior Vertigo moulinsiana Kerry slug (Geomalacus maculosus) Freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) White-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) Brook lamprey (Lampetra planeri) River lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) Allis shad (Alosa alosa) Twaite shad (Alosa fallax fallax) Killarney Shad (Alosa fallax killarnensis) Salmon (Salmo salar) Sand banks Estuaries Tidal mudflats Lagoons Large shallow inlets and bays Reefs Drift lines Perennial vegetation of stony banks Sea cliffs Lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) Salicornia mud Spartinion Atlantic salt meadows Bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) Otter (Lutra lutra) Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) Common seal (Phoca vitulina) Shining sickle moss (Drepanocladus vernicosus) Petalwort (Petalophyllum ralfsii) Mediterranean salt meadows Halophilous scrub Killarney fern (Trichomanes speciosum) Marsh saxifrage (Saxifraga hirculus) Slender naiad (Najas flexilis) Pearl mussel (Margaritifera durrovensis) Embroyonic shifting dunes Marram dunes (White dumes) Fixed dunes (Grey dunes) Decalcified empetrum dunes Decalcified dune heath Hippophae scrub Dunes with creeping willow Dune slack Machair (21A0) Lowland oligotrophic lakes Upland Oligotrophic lakes Hard water lakes Natural eutrophic lakes Dystrophic lakes Turlough Floating river vegetation Rivers with Chenopodion rubri and Bidention veg Wet heath Dry heath Alpine and sub alpine heath Juniper scrub Calaminarian grassland Orchid-rich calcareous grasslands Species-rich Nardus upland grassland Molinia meadows Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities Lowland hay meadows Active raised bog Degraded raised bogs still capable of regen Blanket bog (*active only) Transition mires Depressions on peat substrates of Rhynchosporion Cladium fens Petrifying springs Alkaline fens Siliceous scree Eutric scree Calcareous rocky Siliceous rocky Limestone pavement Caves not open to the public Marine caves Old oak woodlands Bog woodland Alluvial forests Yew woodland Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata) Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica) Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) Leach's Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) Gannet (Morus bassanus) Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) Little Egret (Egretta garzetta ) Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus) Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus ) Greylag Goose (Anser anser) Light-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla hrota) Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) Wigeon (Anas penelope) Gadwall (Anas strepera) Teal (Anas crecca) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Pintail (Anas acuta) Shoveler (Anas clypeata) Pochard (Aythya ferina) Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) Scaup (Aythya marila) Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) Merlin (Falco columbarius) Peregrine (Falco peregrinus) Corncrake (Crex crex ) Coot (Fulica atra) Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus ) Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) Knot (Calidris canutus) Sanderling (Calidris alba) Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) Curlew (Numenius arquata) Redshank (Tringa totanus) Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola ) Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus ) Little Gull (Larus minutus ) Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) Common Gull (Larus canus) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii ) Common Tern (Sterna hirundo ) Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) Little Tern (Sterna albifrons ) Black Tern (Chlidonias niger ) Guillemot (Uria aalge) Razorbill (Alca torda) Puffin (Fratercula arctica) Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis ) Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax ) Greenland White-fronted goose (Anser albifrons flavirostris) Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) Dunlin (Calidris alpina schinzii) Cory's Shearwater (Procellaria (Calonectris) diomedea ) Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka (leucomela)) Wetlands & Waterbirds Karst Devonian Igneous Intrusions Mesozoic and Cenozoic Coastal Geomorphology Fluvial and Lacustrine Geomorphology Economic Geology Hydrogeology Precambrian to Devonian Palaeontology Carboniferous to Pliocene Palaeontology Cambrian-Silurian Precambrian Mineralogy Quaternary Lower Carboniferous Upper Carboniferous and Permian Invertebrates Fish Amphibians/Reptiles Birds Mammals Plants/Fungi Freshwater Grassland Heath Peatland Woodland Exposed Rock Coastal Peatland Marine
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