Sheephaven SAC
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code IE0001190)
- Under Habitats Directive
- Since June 1999
- Country: Ireland
- Administrative region: Border, Midland and Western (IE01)
- Surface area: 18 km2 (1841.18 ha)
- Marine area: 56%
- Located in Atlantic biogeographical region
- It protects 15 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 9 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 (15)Species group | Number |
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Birds | 13 |
Invertebrates | 1 |
Mosses & Liverworts | 1 |
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 | 765.741 |
1310 | Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand | 21.5 |
1330 | Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae) | 49.0506 |
1410 | Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi) | 17.2507 |
2120 | Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria ('white dunes') | 5.4639 |
2130 | Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation ('grey dunes') | 257.887 |
2190 | Humid dune slacks | 3.191 |
21A0 | Machairs (* in Ireland) | 55.26 |
91A0 | Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles | 4.0894 |
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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June 1999 |
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Not available |
Date of Standard data form update | September 2018 |
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 |