Kilkieran Bay and Islands SAC

Site Details

Site code
002111
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Galway
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.2809
Longitude: -9.73038

Qualifying Interests

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

Coastal lagoons [1150]

Large shallow inlets and bays [1160]

Reefs [1170]

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

Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi) [1410]

Machairs (* in Ireland) [21A0]

Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or Isoeto-Nanojuncetea [3130]

Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) [6510]

Phocoena phocoena (Harbour Porpoise) [1351]

Lutra lutra (Otter) [1355]

Phoca vitulina (Harbour Seal) [1365]

Najas flexilis (Slender Naiad) [1833]

Site Documents

Download Conservation Objectives

CO002111.pdf [9.8 MB]

Download Site Synopsis

SY002111.pdf [260 KB]