Site Details
Site code
002283
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Donegal
Coordinates
Latitude: 54.9644
Longitude: -8.45924
Longitude: -8.45924
Qualifying Interests
Coastal lagoons [1150]
Large shallow inlets and bays [1160]
Reefs [1170]
Annual vegetation of drift lines [1210]
Embryonic shifting dunes [2110]
Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes) [2120]
Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes) [2130]
Humid dune slacks [2190]
Phoca vitulina (Harbour Seal) [1365]
Site Documents
Download Conservation Objectives
CO002283.pdf [4.6 MB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY002283.pdf [133 KB]
Statutory Instrument
https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2021/si/471/made/en/pdf
Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)
MAP002283.pdf [13.4 MB]
Related Publications
![Cover image](/sites/default/files/publications/coverimage/Generic_Unpublished_Report.jpg)
Title: | Rutland Island and Sound SAC (002283) Conservation objectives supporting document - marine habitats [Version 1] [1.5 MB] |
Year: | 2013 |
Author: | NPWS |
Series: | Unpublished Report |
![Cover image](/sites/default/files/publications/coverimage/Generic_Unpublished_Report.jpg)
Title: | Rutland Island and Sound SAC (002283) Conservation objectives supporting document - lagoon habitats [Version 1] [973 KB] |
Year: | 2013 |
Author: | NPWS |
Series: | Unpublished Report |
![Cover image](/sites/default/files/publications/coverimage/Generic_Unpublished_Report.jpg)
Title: | Rutland Island and Sound SAC (002283) Conservation objectives supporting document - coastal habitats [Version 1] [199 KB] |
Year: | 2013 |
Author: | NPWS |
Series: | Unpublished Report |
![Cover image](/sites/all/themes/dahg/images/generic-cover.jpg)
Title: | National survey and assessment of the conservation status of Irish sea cliffs [4.2 MB] |
Year: | 2011 |
Author: | Barron, S.J.; Delaney, A.; Perrin, P.M.; Martin, J.R.; O’Neill, F.H. |
Series: | Irish Wildlife Manual |
![Cover image](/sites/default/files/publications/coverimage/Generic_Unpublished_Report.jpg)
Title: | Coastal Monitoring Project 2004-2006 [2.7 MB] |
Year: | 2009 |
Author: | Ryle, T.; Murray, A.; Connolly, C.; Swann, M. |
Series: | Unpublished Report |
![Cover image](/sites/default/files/publications/coverimage/Generic_Unpublished_Report.jpg)
Title: | Surveys of sensitive sublittoral benthic communities in Mullet/Blacksod Bay Complex SAC, Rutland Island and Sound SAC & Mulroy Bay SAC [7.9 MB] |
Year: | 2008 |
Author: | MERC |
Series: | Unpublished Report |