Site Details
Site code
000054
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Clare
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.0631
Longitude: -9.13194
Longitude: -9.13194
Features of Interest
Turloughs [3180]
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]
Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion) [7220]
Limestone pavements [8240]
Euphydryas aurinia (Marsh Fritillary) [1065]
Rhinolophus hipposideros (Lesser Horseshoe Bat) [1303]
Site Documents
Download Conservation Objectives
CO000054.pdf [136 KB]
Download Natura2000 form
NF000054.pdf [76 KB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY000054.pdf [133 KB]
Related Publications
| Title: | Galway Bay Complex SAC (000268) Conservation objectives supporting document - turlough habitats [1.56 MB] |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Galway Bay Complex SAC (000268) Conservation objectives supporting document_lagoon habitats [Version 1] [2.63 MB] |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Galway Bay Complex SAC (000268) Conservation objectives sopporting document - coastal habitats [Version 1] [5.40 MB] |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Galway Bay Complex (000268) Conservation objectives supporting document - marine habitats [Version 1} [2.42 MB] |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | The conservation status of juniper formations in Ireland [7.14 MB] |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Author: | Cooper, F., Stone, R.E., McEvoy, P., Wilkins, T., Reid, N. |
| Series: | Irish Wildlife Manual |
| Title: | A survey of bryophytes and metallophyte vegetation of metalliferous mine spoil in Ireland [1.21 MB] |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Author: | Holyoak, D.T.; Lockhart, N. |
| Series: | Published |
| Title: | Bryophytes and metallophyte vegetation on metalliferous mine-waste in Ireland [1.55 MB] |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Author: | Holyoak, D. T |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |