Bannow Bay SAC

Site Details

Site code
000697
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Wexford
Coordinates
Latitude: 52.2328
Longitude: -6.79532

Qualifying Interests

Estuaries [1130]

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

Annual vegetation of drift lines [1210]

Perennial vegetation of stony banks [1220]

Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand [1310]

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

Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi) [1410]

Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi) [1420]

Embryonic shifting dunes [2110]

Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes) [2120]

Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes) [2130]

Site Documents

Download Conservation Objectives

CO000697.pdf [2.3 MB]

Download Site Synopsis

SY000697.pdf [145 KB]

Statutory Instrument

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/420/made/en

Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)

MAP000697.pdf [12.8 MB]

Related Publications

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Title: Bannow Bay SAC (000697) Conservation objectives supporting document - marine habitats [Version 1] [639 KB]
Year: 2012
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Bannow Bay SAC (000697) Conservation objectives support document - coastal habitats [Version 1] [4.7 MB]
Year: 2012
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Bannow Bay SPA (000455) Conservation objectives supporting document [Version 1] [6.4 MB]
Year: 2012
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Coastal Monitoring Project 2004-2006 [2.7 MB]
Year: 2009
Author: Ryle, T.; Murray, A.; Connolly, C.; Swann, M.
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: A survey of intertidal sediment biotopes in estuaries in Ireland [4.7 MB]
Year: 1997
Author: Falvey, J.P.; Costello, M.J.; Dempsey, S.
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Saltmarsh Monitoring Project 2007-2008. Volume 5 [8.1 MB]
Year: 2009
Author: McCorry, M.; Ryle, T.
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: A Preliminary Report on Areas of Scientific Interest in County Wexford [1.9 MB]
Year: 1979
Author: Goodwillie, R.
Series: Unpublished Report