Courtmacsherry Estuary SAC

Site Details

Site code
001230
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Cork
Coordinates
Latitude: 51.6432
Longitude: -8.7077

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]

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

CO001230.pdf [5.4 MB]

Download Site Synopsis

SY001230.pdf [134 KB]

Statutory Instrument

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2021/si/343/made/en/pdf

Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)

MAP001230.pdf [8.5 MB]