Boyne Coast and Estuary SAC

Site Details

Site code
001957
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Counties
Louth
Meath
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.7289
Longitude: -6.25819

Qualifying Interests

Estuaries [1130]

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

Annual vegetation of drift lines [1210]

Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand [1310]

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

Embryonic shifting dunes [2110]

Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes) [2120]

Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes) [2130]

Site Documents

Download Conservation Objectives

CO001957.pdf [1.9 MB]

Download Site Synopsis

SY001957.pdf [136 KB]

Statutory Instrument

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2021/si/433/made/en/pdf

Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)

MAP001957.pdf [6.1 MB]

Related Publications

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Title: Boyne Estuary and Coast SAC 001957 coastal support document [3.5 MB]
Year: 2012
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Boyne Estuary SPA (004080) Conservation objectives supporting document [Version 1] [5.1 MB]
Year: 2013
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Coastal Monitoring Project 2004-2006 [2.7 MB]
Year: 2009
Author: Ryle, T.; Murray, A.; Connolly, C.; Swann, M.
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Saltmarsh Monitoring Project 2007-2008. Volume 4 [11.3 MB]
Year: 2009
Author: McCorry, M.; Ryle, T.
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Saltmarsh Monitoring Project 2007-2008. Volume 3 [14.1 MB]
Year: 2009
Author: McCorry, M.; Ryle, T.
Series: Unpublished Report