Site Details
Sligo
Longitude: -8.38184
Qualifying Interests
Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation [3260]
Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix [4010]
European dry heaths [4030]
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]
Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on siliceous substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas, in Continental Europe) [6230]
Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels [6430]
Blanket bogs (* if active bog) [7130]
Transition mires and quaking bogs [7140]
Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion) [7220]
Alkaline fens [7230]
Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani) [8110]
Calcareous and calcshist screes of the montane to alpine levels (Thlaspietea rotundifolii) [8120]
Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation [8210]
Vertigo geyeri (Geyer's Whorl Snail) [1013]
Lutra lutra (Otter) [1355]
Site Documents
Download Conservation Objectives
CO000623.pdf [21.9 MB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY000623.pdf [250 KB]
Statutory Instrument
https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2022/si/472/made/en/pdf
Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)
MAP000623.pdf [28.6 MB]
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: | Monitoring and Condition Assessment of Populations of Vertigo geyeri, Vertigo angustior and Vertigo moulinsiana in Ireland [3.3 MB] |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Author: | Moorkens, E.A.; Killeen, I.J |
| Series: | Irish Wildlife Manual |
| Title: | Scoping study and pilot survey for a national survey and conservation assessment of upland habitats and vegetation in Ireland [13.0 MB] |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Author: | Perrin, P.M.; O'Hanrahan, B.; Roche, J.R.; Barron, S.J. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | A Preliminary Report on Areas of Scientific Interest in County Leitrim [1.6 MB] |
| Year: | 1978 |
| Author: | Goodwillie, R. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | A Preliminary Report on Areas of Scientific Interest in County Leitrim [1.1 MB] |
| Year: | 1973 |
| Author: | Goodwillie, R. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Ben Bulben, Gleniff and Glenade Complex SAC (000623) Conservation objectives supporting document - upland habitats [Version 1] [4.0 MB] |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Published |