Slieve League SAC

Site Details

Site code
000189
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Donegal
Coordinates
Latitude: 54.6619
Longitude: -8.72637

Qualifying Interests

Reefs [1170]

Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts [1230]

Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix [4010]

European dry heaths [4030]

Alpine and Boreal heaths [4060]

Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels [6430]

Blanket bogs (* if active bog) [7130]

Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani) [8110]

Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation [8210]

Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation [8220]

Site Documents

Download Conservation Objectives

CO000189.pdf [7.0 MB]

Download Site Synopsis

SY000189.pdf [134 KB]

Statutory Instrument

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2021/si/650/made/en/pdf

Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)

MAP000189.pdf [8.5 MB]

Related Publications

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Title: Scoping study and pilot survey for a national survey and conservation assessment of upland habitats and vegetation in Ireland [13.0 MB]
Year: 2009
Author: Perrin, P.M.; O'Hanrahan, B.; Roche, J.R.; Barron, S.J.
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Slieve League SAC, Upland Survey Report [26.0 MB]
Year: 2013
Author: Perrin, P.M.; Roche, J. R.; Barron, S.J.; Daly, O.H.; Hodd, R.L.; Muldoon, C.S.; Leyden, K.J.
Series: Unpublished Report