Galway Bay Complex SAC

Site Details

Site code
000268
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Counties
Clare
Galway
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.1998
Longitude: -9.03823

Qualifying Interests

Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide [1140]

Coastal lagoons [1150]

Large shallow inlets and bays [1160]

Reefs [1170]

Perennial vegetation of stony banks [1220]

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

Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand [1310]

Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae) [1330]

Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi) [1410]

Turloughs [3180]

Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands [5130]

Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) [6210]

Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae [7210]

Alkaline fens [7230]

Limestone pavements [8240]

Lutra lutra (Otter) [1355]

Phoca vitulina (Harbour Seal) [1365]

Site Documents

Download Conservation Objectives

CO000268.pdf [9.1 MB]

Download Site Synopsis

SY000268.pdf [151 KB]

Statutory Instrument

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2021/si/548/made/en/pdf

Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)

MAP000268.pdf [35.1 MB]