Dundalk Bay SPA

Site Details

Site code
004026
Designation
Special Protection Area (SPA)
County
Louth
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.9402
Longitude: -6.30083

Qualifying Interests

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) [A005]

Greylag Goose (Anser anser) [A043]

Light-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla hrota) [A046]

Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) [A048]

Teal (Anas crecca) [A052]

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) [A053]

Pintail (Anas acuta) [A054]

Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) [A065]

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) [A069]

Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) [A130]

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) [A137]

Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) [A140]

Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) [A141]

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) [A142]

Knot (Calidris canutus) [A143]

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) [A149]

Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) [A156]

Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) [A157]

Curlew (Numenius arquata) [A160]

Redshank (Tringa totanus) [A162]

Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) [A179]

Common Gull (Larus canus) [A182]

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) [A184]

Wetland and Waterbirds [A999]

Site Documents

Download Conservation Objectives

CO004026.pdf [2.4 MB]

Download Site Synopsis

SY004026.pdf [14 KB]

Statutory Instrument

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2012/en/si/0310.html

Related Publications

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Title: Dundalk Bay SPA (004026): Conservation objectives supporting document [Version 1] [5.0 MB]
Year: 2011
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Dundalk Bay SAC (000455) Conservation objectives supporting document - Coastal Habitats [Version 1] [3.0 MB]
Year: 2011
Author: NPWS
Series: Species Action Plan
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Title: Dundalk Bay SAC (000455) Conservation objectives supporting document - Marine Habitats [Version 1] [526 KB]
Year: 2011
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report