Site Details
Galway
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]