Inner Galway Bay SPA

Site Details

Site code
004031
Designation
Special Protection Area (SPA)
Counties
Clare
Galway
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.2001
Longitude: -9.03899

Qualifying Interests

Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica) [A002]

Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) [A003]

Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) [A017]

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) [A028]

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

Wigeon (Anas penelope) [A050]

Teal (Anas crecca) [A052]

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) [A069]

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) [A137]

Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) [A140]

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) [A142]

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) [A149]

Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) [A157]

Curlew (Numenius arquata) [A160]

Redshank (Tringa totanus) [A162]

Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) [A169]

Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) [A179]

Common Gull (Larus canus) [A182]

Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) [A191]

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) [A193]

Wetland and Waterbirds [A999]

Site Documents

Download Conservation Objectives

CO004031.pdf [2.2 MB]

Download Site Synopsis

SY004031.pdf [80 KB]

Statutory Instrument

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2019/si/515/made/en

Related Publications

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Title: Inner Galway Bay SPA (004031)Conservation objectives supporting document - [Version 1] [11.6 MB]
Year: 2013
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Galway Bay Complex SAC (000268) Conservation objectives supporting document - turlough habitats [1.6 MB]
Year: 2013
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Galway Bay Complex SAC (000268) Conservation objectives supporting document_lagoon habitats [Version 1] [2.6 MB]
Year: 2013
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report
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Title: Galway Bay Complex (000268) Conservation objectives supporting document - marine habitats [Version 1} [2.4 MB]
Year: 2013
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report
Cover image
Title: Inner Galway Bay SPA (004031) Conservation objectives supporting document - [Version 1] [11.6 MB]
Year: 2013
Author: NPWS
Series: Unpublished Report