Mullet/Blacksod Bay Complex SAC

Site Details

Site code

000470

Designation

Special Area of Conservation (SAC)

County

Mayo

Coordinates

Latitude: 54.1463
Longitude: -10.0159

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

Large shallow inlets and bays [1160]

Reefs [1170]

Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand [1310]

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

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

Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea) [2150]

Machairs (* in Ireland) [21A0]

Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition - type vegetation [3150]

Alkaline fens [7230]

Lutra lutra (Otter) [1355]

Petalophyllum ralfsii (Petalwort) [1395]

Title:	Coastal Monitoring Project 2004-2006 [2.7 MB]
Year:	2009
Author:	Ryle, T.; Murray, A.; Connolly, C.; Swann, M.
Series:	Unpublished Report

Title:	Surveys of sensitive sublittoral benthic communities in Mullet/Blacksod Bay Complex SAC, Rutland Island and Sound SAC & Mulroy Bay SAC [7.9 MB]
Year:	2008
Author:	MERC
Series:	Unpublished Report

Title:	Saltmarsh Monitoring Project 2007-2008. Volume 4 [11.3 MB]
Year:	2009
Author:	McCorry, M.; Ryle, T.
Series:	Unpublished Report

Title:	Mullet Blacksod Bay Complex SAC (000470) Conservation objectives supporting document - Coastal habitats [Version 1] [12.4 MB]
Year:	2014
Author:	NPWS
Series:	Unpublished Report

Title:	Mullet Blacksod Bay Complex SAC (000470) Conservation objectives supporting document - Marine habitats [Version 1] [1.3 MB]
Year:	2014
Author:	NPWS
Series:	Unpublished Report

Title:	Habitats Directive Annex I Lake Habitats, A working interpretation for the purposes of site-specific conservation objectives and Article 17 reporting [2.1 MB]
Year:	2015
Author:	O Connor, Á., NPWS
Series:	Unpublished Report