St. John's Point SAC

Site Details

Site code
000191
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Donegal
Coordinates
Latitude: 54.5743
Longitude: -8.46243

Qualifying Interests

Large shallow inlets and bays [1160]

Reefs [1170]

Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts [1230]

Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) [6210]

Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae) [6410]

Alkaline fens [7230]

Limestone pavements [8240]

Submerged or partially submerged sea caves [8330]

Euphydryas aurinia (Marsh Fritillary) [1065]

Tursiops truncatus (Common Bottlenose Dolphin) [1349]

Site Documents

Download Conservation Objectives

CO000191.pdf [1.6 MB]

Download Site Synopsis

SY000191.pdf [272 KB]

Download Amendment Notification

AN000191.pdf [639 KB]

Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)

MAP000191.pdf [3.2 MB]

Related Publications

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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
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Title: St. John's Point SAC (000191) Conservation objectives supporting document - Marine habitats [Version 1] [709 KB]
Year: 2015
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report