Site Details
Site code
000627
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Sligo
Coordinates
Latitude: 54.3215
Longitude: -8.58275
Longitude: -8.58275
Qualifying Interests
Estuaries [1130]
Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide [1140]
Embryonic shifting dunes [2110]
Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes) [2120]
Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes) [2130]
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]
Vertigo angustior (Narrow-mouthed Whorl Snail) [1014]
Petromyzon marinus (Sea Lamprey) [1095]
Lampetra fluviatilis (River Lamprey) [1099]
Phoca vitulina (Harbour Seal) [1365]
Site Documents
Related Publications
| Title: | Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) SAC (000627)Conservation objectives supporting document - marine habitats [Version 1] [1.1 MB] |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) SAC (000627)Conservation objectives supporting document - coastal habitats [Version 1] [1.8 MB] |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Cummeen Strand SPA (004035) Conservation objectives supporting document [Version 1] [2.6 MB] |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Cummeen Strand SPA (004035) Conservation objectives supporting document [Version 1] [2.6 MB] |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Drumcliff Bay SPA (004013) Conservation objectives supporting document [Version 1] [2.1 MB] |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | The conservation status of juniper formations in Ireland [7.1 MB] |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Author: | Cooper, F., Stone, R.E., McEvoy, P., Wilkins, T., Reid, N. |
| Series: | Irish Wildlife Manual |
| Title: | National survey and assessment of the conservation status of Irish sea cliffs [4.2 MB] |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Author: | Barron, S.J.; Delaney, A.; Perrin, P.M.; Martin, J.R.; O’Neill, F.H. |
| Series: | Irish Wildlife Manual |
| Title: | Coastal Monitoring Project 2004-2006 [2.7 MB] |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Author: | Ryle, T.; Murray, A.; Connolly, C.; Swann, M. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Saltmarsh Monitoring Project 2007-2008. Volume 4 [11.3 MB] |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Author: | McCorry, M.; Ryle, T. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |