Killala Bay/Moy Estuary SAC
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code IE0000458)
- Under Habitats Directive
- Since Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 CEST 1999
- Country: Ireland
- Administrative region: Border, Midland and Western (IE01)
- Surface area: 22 km2 (2187.73 ha)
- Marine area: 82%
- Located in Atlantic biogeographical region
- It protects 23 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 10 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 (23)Species group | Number |
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Birds | 20 |
Fishes | 1 |
Invertebrates | 1 |
Mammals | 1 |
Habitat types
Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
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1130 | Estuaries | 736.944 |
1140 | Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide | 1332.34 |
1210 | Annual vegetation of drift lines | 0.5817 |
1230 | Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic Coasts | 27.35 |
1310 | Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand | 0.545 |
1330 | Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae) | 50.367 |
2110 | Embryonic shifting dunes | 1.5552 |
2120 | Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria ('white dunes') | 12.7521 |
2130 | Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation ('grey dunes') | 259.452 |
2190 | Humid dune slacks | 5.0879 |
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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Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 CEST 1999 |
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Not available |
Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) | Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 CET 2020 |
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 |