Lough Corrib SPA

Site Details

Site code
004042
Designation
Special Protection Area (SPA)
Counties
Galway
Mayo
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.4411
Longitude: -9.23435

Qualifying Interests

Gadwall (Anas strepera) [A051]

Shoveler (Anas clypeata) [A056]

Pochard (Aythya ferina) [A059]

Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) [A061]

Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) [A065]

Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) [A082]

Coot (Fulica atra) [A125]

Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) [A140]

Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) [A179]

Common Gull (Larus canus) [A182]

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) [A193]

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) [A194]

Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons flavirostris) [A395]

Wetland and Waterbirds [A999]

Site Documents

Download Conservation Objectives

CO004042.pdf [4.1 MB]

Download Site Synopsis

SY004042.pdf [14 KB]

Statutory Instrument

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2012/en/si/0455.html

Related Publications

Cover image
Title: IWM no.66 - common scoter [5.2 MB]
Year: 2013
Author: Hunt,J.; Heffernan,M.L.; McLoughlin,D.; Benson,C.; Huxley,C.
Series: Irish Wildlife Manual