Site Details
Site code
002172
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Kerry
Coordinates
Latitude: 52.0856
Longitude: -10.576
Longitude: -10.576
Qualifying Interests
Reefs [1170]
Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts [1230]
European dry heaths [4030]
Submerged or partially submerged sea caves [8330]
Phocoena phocoena (Harbour Porpoise) [1351]
Halichoerus grypus (Grey Seal) [1364]
Site Documents
Download Conservation Objectives
CO002172.pdf [2.4 MB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY002172.pdf [137 KB]
Statutory Instrument
https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2019/si/296/made/en
Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)
MAP002172.pdf [12.8 MB]
Related Publications
| Title: | National survey and assessment of the conservation status of Irish sea cliffs [4.2 MB] |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Author: | Barron, S.J.; Delaney, A.; Perrin, P.M.; Martin, J.R.; O’Neill, F.H. |
| Series: | Irish Wildlife Manual |
| Title: | Abundance estimate and acoustic monitoring of harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoen [788 KB] |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Author: | Berrow, S.D.; O'Brien, J.; O'Connor, I.; McGrath, D. |
| Series: | Published |
| Title: | Blasket Islands SAC (002172) Conservation objectives supporting document - Coastal habitats [Version 1] [250 KB] |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Blasket Islands SAC (002172) Conservation objectives supporting document - Heaths habitats [Version 1] [315 KB] |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Blasket Islands SAC (002172) Conservation objectives supporting document - Marine habitats [Version 1] [1.2 MB] |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Harbour Porpoise Surveys in the Blasket Islands SAC, 2018 [1.1 MB] |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Author: | Joanne O’Brien and Simon Berrow |
| Series: | None |