Site Details
Site code
000606
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Galway
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.1825
Longitude: -8.88303
Longitude: -8.88303
Qualifying Interests
Turloughs [3180]
Alpine and Boreal heaths [4060]
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]
Limestone pavements [8240]
Rhinolophus hipposideros (Lesser Horseshoe Bat) [1303]
Site Documents
Related Publications
| Title: | The conservation status of juniper formations in Ireland [7.1 MB] |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Author: | Cooper, F., Stone, R.E., McEvoy, P., Wilkins, T., Reid, N. |
| Series: | Irish Wildlife Manual |
| Title: | A survey of the wetlands of the Fergus catchment and adjoining areas [3.1 MB] |
| Year: | 1981 |
| Author: | Curtis, T.G.F.; McGough, H.N. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Conservation Objectives Supporting Document, Turloughs and Chenopodium rubric [1,012 KB] |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Conservation Objectives Supporting Document, Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) [539 KB] |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Published |