Site Details
Site code
000212
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Galway
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.0839
Longitude: -9.60694
Longitude: -9.60694
Features of Interest
Reefs [1170]
Perennial vegetation of stony banks [1220]
Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts [1230]
Embryonic shifting dunes [2110]
Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes) [2120]
Machairs (* in Ireland) [21A0]
European dry heaths [4030]
Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) [6210]
Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) [6510]
Limestone pavements [8240]
Site Documents
Download Conservation Objectives
CO000212.pdf [3.23 MB]
Download Natura2000 form
NF000212.pdf [91 KB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY000212.pdf [142 KB]
Related Publications
| Title: | Marine communities of Kilkieran Bay, the Aran Islands and the Skerd Rocks and an assessment of their nature conservation importance [4.21 MB] |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Author: | Sides, E.M., Picton, B.E., Emblow, C.S., Morrow, C.C., Costello, M.J. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Coastal Monitoring Project 2004-2006 [2.67 MB] |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Author: | Ryle, T.; Murray, A.; Connolly, C.; Swann, M. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Inishmaan Island SAC (000212) Conservation objectives supporting document - Marine habitats [Version 1] [531 KB] |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Inishmaan Island SAC (000212) Conservation objectives supporting document - Coastal habitats [Version 1] [771 KB] |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |