Site Details
Site code
000627
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Sligo
Coordinates
Latitude: 54.3215
Longitude: -8.58275
Longitude: -8.58275
Qualifying Interests
Estuaries [1130]
Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide [1140]
Embryonic shifting dunes [2110]
Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes) [2120]
Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes) [2130]
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]
Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion) [7220]
Vertigo angustior (Narrow-mouthed Whorl Snail) [1014]
Petromyzon marinus (Sea Lamprey) [1095]
Lampetra fluviatilis (River Lamprey) [1099]
Phoca vitulina (Harbour Seal) [1365]