Black Head-Poulsallagh Complex SAC

Site Details

Site code
000020
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Clare
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.1006
Longitude: -9.26822

Qualifying Interests

Reefs [1170]

Perennial vegetation of stony banks [1220]

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

Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation [3260]

Alpine and Boreal heaths [4060]

Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands [5130]

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

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

Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion) [7220]

Limestone pavements [8240]

Submerged or partially submerged sea caves [8330]

Petalophyllum ralfsii (Petalwort) [1395]

Site Documents

Download Conservation Objectives

CO000020.pdf [5.9 MB]

Download Site Synopsis

SY000020.pdf [137 KB]

Statutory Instrument

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2021/si/758/made/en/pdf

Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)

MAP000020.pdf [16.7 MB]