River Shannon Callows SAC

Site Details

Site code
000216
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Counties
Galway
Offaly
Roscommon
Tipperary
Westmeath
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.2535
Longitude: -8.0216

Qualifying Interests

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

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

Alkaline fens [7230]

Limestone pavements [8240]

Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) [91E0]

Lutra lutra (Otter) [1355]

Site Documents

Download Conservation Objectives

CO000216.pdf [6.0 MB]

Download Site Synopsis

SY000216.pdf [263 KB]

Statutory Instrument

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2021/si/473/made/en/pdf

Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)

MAP000216.pdf [25.6 MB]

Related Publications

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Title: A Preliminary Study of the Upper Shannon Floodplain [40.0 MB]
Year: 2002
Author: Browne Dunne Roche
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Semi natural grassland survey of counties Roscommon and Offaly [3.1 MB]
Year: 2007
Author: Martin, J.R.; Gabbett, M.; Perrin, P.M.; Delaney, A.M.
Series: Unpublished Report