Clew Bay Complex SAC

Site Details

Site code
001482
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Mayo
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.8523
Longitude: -9.65294

Qualifying Interests

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

Coastal lagoons [1150]

Large shallow inlets and bays [1160]

Annual vegetation of drift lines [1210]

Perennial vegetation of stony banks [1220]

Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae) [1330]

Embryonic shifting dunes [2110]

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

Machairs (* in Ireland) [21A0]

Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles [91A0]

Lutra lutra (Otter) [1355]

Phoca vitulina (Harbour Seal) [1365]

Site Documents

Download Conservation Objectives

CO001482.pdf [6.2 MB]

Download Site Synopsis

SY001482.pdf [267 KB]

Statutory Instrument

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2022/si/65/made/en/pdf

Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)

MAP001482.pdf [25.1 MB]