Site Details
Site code
001482
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Mayo
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.8523
Longitude: -9.65294
Longitude: -9.65294
Qualifying Interests
Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide [1140]
Coastal lagoons [1150]
Large shallow inlets and bays [1160]
Annual vegetation of drift lines [1210]
Perennial vegetation of stony banks [1220]
Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae) [1330]
Embryonic shifting dunes [2110]
Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes) [2120]
Machairs (* in Ireland) [21A0]
Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles [91A0]
Lutra lutra (Otter) [1355]
Phoca vitulina (Harbour Seal) [1365]
Site Documents
Download Conservation Objectives
CO001482.pdf [6.2 MB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY001482.pdf [267 KB]
Statutory Instrument
https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2022/si/65/made/en/pdf
Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)
MAP001482.pdf [25.1 MB]