Site Details
Site code
000534
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Mayo
Coordinates
Latitude: 54.0247
Longitude: -9.70111
Longitude: -9.70111
Features of Interest
Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae) [3110]
Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds [3160]
Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation [3260]
Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix [4010]
Alpine and Boreal heaths [4060]
Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands [5130]
Blanket bogs (* if active bog) [7130]
Transition mires and quaking bogs [7140]
Salmo salar (Salmon) [1106]
Lutra lutra (Otter) [1355]
Drepanocladus vernicosus (Slender Green Feather-moss) [1393]
Saxifraga hirculus (Marsh Saxifrage) [1528]
Site Documents
Download Conservation Objectives
CO000534.pdf [5.49 MB]
Download Natura2000 form
NF000534.pdf [97 KB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY000534.pdf [145 KB]
Related Publications

| 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: | The status of Red Grouse in Ireland and the effects of land use, habitat and habitat quality on their distribution. Irish Wildlife Manuals No. 50 [10.72 MB] |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Author: | Cummins, S.; Bleasdale, A.; Douglas, C.; Newton, S.; O'Halloran, J.; Wilson, H.J. |
| Series: | Irish Wildlife Manual |

| Title: | The effects of blanket bog management on ground beetles (Carabidae) with particular reference to the threatened Carabus clatratus L. Irish Wildlife Manuals No. 47 [3.33 MB] |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Author: | Williams, C.D.; Gormally, M.J. |
| Series: | Irish Wildlife Manual |

| Title: | Owenduff/Nephin Complex SAC [10.72 MB] |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Conservation Plan |

| Title: | Owenduff/Nephin Complex SAC Conservation objectives supporting document - blanket bogs and associated habitats [Version 1] [453 KB] |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Published |
