Galway Bay Complex SAC
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code IE0000268)
- Under Habitats Directive
- Since Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 CEST 1999
- Country: Ireland
- Administrative region: Border, Midland and Western (IE01)
- Surface area: 144 km2 (14402.77 ha)
- Marine area: 90%
- Located in Atlantic biogeographical region
- It protects 27 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 15 habitat types of the Habitats Directive
Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form
Species
List
Gallery
Species summary
Nature directives' species in this site (27)Species group | Number |
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Birds | 25 |
Mammals | 2 |
Habitat types
Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
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1140 | Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide | 744.291 |
1150 | Coastal lagoons | 76.6713 |
1160 | Large shallow inlets and bays | 10824.5 |
1170 | Reefs | 2772.7 |
1220 | Perennial vegetation of stony banks | 0.6241 |
1230 | Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic Coasts | 18.85 |
1310 | Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand | 1.3484 |
1330 | Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae) | 263.797 |
1410 | Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi) | 19.8893 |
3180 | Turloughs | 63.3081 |
5130 | Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands | 1.4149 |
6210 | Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) | 144.09 |
7210 | Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae | 144.09 |
7230 | Alkaline fens | 144.09 |
8240 | Limestone pavements | 125.844 |
Designation information
NATURA 2000 site under
Birds Directive 2009/147/EC (SPA) |
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Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) |
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Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 CEST 1999 |
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Not available |
Date of Standard data form update | Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 CEST 2020 |
Other resources
Natura 2000 map viewer | Interactive map designed for showing and querying Natura 2000 sites. Other information such as Nationally designated areas and LIFE projects are also available. |
Protected planet map viewer | Interactive map showing the World Database on Protected Areas |
European protected sites map viewer | Simple interactive map showing Natura 2000 sites and Nationally designated areas |
Data download | The Natura 2000 dataset is available from the European Environment Agency website |