Rutland Island and Sound SAC

Site Details

Site code
002283
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Donegal
Coordinates
Latitude: 54.9644
Longitude: -8.45924

Qualifying Interests

Coastal lagoons [1150]

Large shallow inlets and bays [1160]

Reefs [1170]

Annual vegetation of drift lines [1210]

Embryonic shifting dunes [2110]

Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes) [2120]

Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes) [2130]

Humid dune slacks [2190]

Phoca vitulina (Harbour Seal) [1365]

Site Documents

Download Conservation Objectives

CO002283.pdf [4.6 MB]

Download Site Synopsis

SY002283.pdf [133 KB]

Statutory Instrument

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2021/si/471/made/en/pdf

Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)

MAP002283.pdf [13.4 MB]

Related Publications

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Title: Rutland Island and Sound SAC (002283) Conservation objectives supporting document - marine habitats [Version 1] [1.5 MB]
Year: 2013
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Rutland Island and Sound SAC (002283) Conservation objectives supporting document - lagoon habitats [Version 1] [973 KB]
Year: 2013
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Rutland Island and Sound SAC (002283) Conservation objectives supporting document - coastal habitats [Version 1] [199 KB]
Year: 2013
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report
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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
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Title: Coastal Monitoring Project 2004-2006 [2.7 MB]
Year: 2009
Author: Ryle, T.; Murray, A.; Connolly, C.; Swann, M.
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Surveys of sensitive sublittoral benthic communities in Mullet/Blacksod Bay Complex SAC, Rutland Island and Sound SAC & Mulroy Bay SAC [7.9 MB]
Year: 2008
Author: MERC
Series: Unpublished Report