Marine and Coastal SACs By County

Clare

Cork

Donegal

Dublin

Galway

Kerry

Limerick

Louth

Mayo

Meath

Sligo

Waterford

Wexford

Wicklow

County Clare – SACs (back to top)

Black Head - Poulsallagh Complex

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1170	Reefs
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
5130	Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands
6210	Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco Brometalia)(*important orchid sites)
6510	Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)
7220	Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion)
8240	Limestone pavements
8330	Submerged or partly submerged sea caves

Carrowmore Dunes

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1014	Vertigo angustior
1170	Reefs
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)

Carrowmore Point to Spanish Point and Islands

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1150	Coastal lagoons
1170	Reefs
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
7220	Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion)

Dromore Woods and Loughs

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1303	Rhinolophus hipposideros
1355	Lutra lutra
3150	Natural euthrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition-type vegetation
6430	Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels
8240	Limestone pavements

Galway Bay Complex

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1150	Coastal lagoons
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1365	Phoca vitulina
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
3180	Turloughs
6210	Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco Brometalia)(*important orchid sites)
7210	Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae
7230	Alkaline fens

Inagh River Estuary

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)

Kilkee Reefs

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs

Lower River Shannon

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1095	Petromyzon marinus
1096	Lampetra planeri
1099	Lampetra fluviatilis
1106	Salmo salar
1110	Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1150	Coastal lagoons
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1349	Tursiops truncatus
1355	Lutra lutra
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation
6410	Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clavey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae)
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)

Moneen Mountain

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1065	Euphydryas aurinia
1303	Rhinolophus hipposideros
3180	Turloughs
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
5130	Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands
6130	Calaminarian grasslands of the Violetalia calaminariae
6210	Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco Brometalia)(*important orchid sites)
7220	Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion)
8240	Limestone pavements

Moyree River System

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1303	Rhinolophus hipposideros
1355	Lutra lutra
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation
7230	Alkaline fens
8240	Limestone pavements
8310	Caves not open to the public

County Cork – SACs (back to top)

Ballymacoda (Clonpriest and Pillmore)

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)

Barley Cove to Ballyrisode Point

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
4030	European dry heaths

Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford)

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
91J0	Taxus baccata woods of the British Isles
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1092	Austropotamobius pallipes
1095	Petromyzon marinus
1096	Lampetra planeri
1099	Lampetra fluviatilis
1102	Alosa alosa
1103	Alosa fallax
1106	Salmo salar
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
1421	Trichomanes speciosum
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation

Cleanderry Wood

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
1421	Trichomanes speciosum
4010	Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
4030	European dry heaths

Clonakilty Bay

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2150	Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea)

Courtmacsherry Estuary

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)

Dunbeacon Shingle

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
1150	Coastal lagoons
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
4030	European dry heaths

Farranamanagh Lough

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1150	Coastal lagoons
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks

Glengarriff Harbour and Woodland

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
1024	Geomalacus maculosus
1303	Rhinolophus hipposideros
1355	Lutra lutra
1365	Phoca vitulina

Great Island Channel

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)

Kenmare River

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1014	Vertigo angustior
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
1303	Rhinolophus hipposideros
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
4030	European dry heaths
8330	Submerged or partly submerged sea caves

Kilkeran Lake and Castlefreke Dunes

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1150	Coastal lagoons
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)

Lough Hyne Nature Reserve and Environs

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
8330	Submerged or partly submerged sea caves

Reen Point Shingle

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1150	Coastal lagoons
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
4030	European dry heaths

Roaringwater Bay and Islands

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
1351	Phocoena phocoena
1355	Lutra lutra
1364	Halichoerus grypus
4030	European dry heaths
8330	Submerged or partly submerged sea caves

Sheep's Head

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1024	Geomalacus maculosus
4010	Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
4030	European dry heaths

The Gearagh

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1355	Lutra lutra
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)

Three Castle Head to Mizen Head

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
4030	European dry heaths

County Donegal – SACs (back to top)

Aran Island (Donegal) Cliffs

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
4030	European dry heaths
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
8210	Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation
8220	Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

Ballyhoorisky Point to Fanad Head

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
1833	Najas flexilis
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)
3140	Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp.

Ballyness Bay

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2190	Humid dune slacks

Donegal Bay (Murvagh)

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1365	Phoca vitulina
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2190	Humid dune slacks

Durnesh Lough

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1150	Coastal lagoons
6410	Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clavey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae)

Gweedore Bay and Islands

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1150	Coastal lagoons
1170	Reefs
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1355	Lutra lutra
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
1833	Najas flexilis
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2140	Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum
2150	Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea)
2170	Dunes with Salix repens ssp.argentea (Salix arenariae)
2190	Humid dune slacks
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)
4030	European dry heaths
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
5130	Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands

Horn Head and Rinclevan

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1364	Halichoerus grypus
1833	Najas flexilis
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2170	Dunes with Salix repens ssp.argentea (Salix arenariae)
2190	Humid dune slacks

Inishtrahull

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts

Kindrum Lough

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1833	Najas flexilis
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)

Lough Nagreany Dunes

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1833	Najas flexilis
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2140	Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum
2150	Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea)
2170	Dunes with Salix repens ssp.argentea (Salix arenariae)

Lough Swilly

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1130	Estuaries
1150	Coastal lagoons
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles

Muckish Mountain

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)
4010	Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
4030	European dry heaths
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)
8110	Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani)
8220	Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

Mulroy Bay

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1355	Lutra lutra

North Inishowen Coast

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1014	Vertigo angustior
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
1355	Lutra lutra
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
4030	European dry heaths

Rathlin O'Birne Island

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1170	Reefs

Rutland Island and Sound

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1150	Coastal lagoons
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2190	Humid dune slacks

Sessiagh Lough

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1833	Najas flexilis
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)

Sheephaven

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)

Slieve League

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1170	Reefs
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
4010	Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)
8210	Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation
8220	Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

Slieve Tooey/Tormore Island/Loughros Beg Bay

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1014	Vertigo angustior
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
1355	Lutra lutra
1364	Halichoerus grypus
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2140	Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum
2150	Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea)
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)

St. John's Point

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
6210	Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco Brometalia)(*important orchid sites)
6410	Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clavey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae)
7230	Alkaline fens
8240	Limestone pavements
8330	Submerged or partly submerged sea caves

Termon Strand

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1150	Coastal lagoons

Tory Island Coast

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1150	Coastal lagoons
1170	Reefs
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts

Tranarossan and Melmore Lough

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2140	Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum
2170	Dunes with Salix repens ssp.argentea (Salix arenariae)
3140	Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp.
4030	European dry heaths
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths

West of Ardara/Maas Road

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1013	Vertigo geyeri
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1065	Euphydryas aurinia
1106	Salmo salar
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1365	Phoca vitulina
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
1833	Najas flexilis
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2140	Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum
2150	Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea)
2170	Dunes with Salix repens ssp.argentea (Salix arenariae)
2190	Humid dune slacks
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)
4010	Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
4030	European dry heaths
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
5130	Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands
6210	Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco Brometalia)(*important orchid sites)
6410	Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clavey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae)
6510	Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)
7150	Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion
7230	Alkaline fens

County Dublin – SACs (back to top)

Baldoyle Bay

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)

Howth Head

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
4030	European dry heaths

Ireland's Eye

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts

Lambay Island

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
1364	Halichoerus grypus

Malahide Estuary

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)

North Dublin Bay

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2190	Humid dune slacks

Rogerstown Estuary

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)

South Dublin Bay

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide

County Galway – SACs (back to top)

Connemara Bog Complex

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
1065	Euphydryas aurinia
1106	Salmo salar
1150	Coastal lagoons
1355	Lutra lutra
1833	Najas flexilis
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)
3160	Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation
4010	Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
4030	European dry heaths
6410	Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clavey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae)
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)
7140	Transition mires and quaking bogs
7150	Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion
7230	Alkaline fens

Cregduff Lough

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1833	Najas flexilis
7140	Transition mires and quaking bogs

Dog's Bay

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
-->2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
4030	European dry heaths

Galway Bay Complex

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1150	Coastal lagoons
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1365	Phoca vitulina
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
3180	Turloughs
6210	Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco Brometalia)(*important orchid sites)
7210	Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae
7230	Alkaline fens

Inishbofin and Inishshark

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1150	Coastal lagoons
1364	Halichoerus grypus

Inisheer Island

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1150	Coastal lagoons
1170	Reefs
4030	European dry heaths
6210	Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco Brometalia)(*important orchid sites)
6510	Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)
8240	Limestone pavements

Inishmaan Island

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1170	Reefs
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
4030	European dry heaths
6210	Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco Brometalia)(*important orchid sites)
6510	Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)
8240	Limestone pavements

Inishmore Island

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1014	Vertigo angustior
1150	Coastal lagoons
1170	Reefs
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2170	Dunes with Salix repens ssp.argentea (Salix arenariae)
2190	Humid dune slacks
4030	European dry heaths
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
6210	Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco Brometalia)(*important orchid sites)
6510	Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)
8240	Limestone pavements
8330	Submerged or partly submerged sea caves

Kilkieran Bay and Islands

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1150	Coastal lagoons
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
6510	Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)

Kingstown Bay

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays

Maumturk Mountains

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1106	Salmo salar
1833	Najas flexilis
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)
4010	Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)
7150	Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion
8220	Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

Murvey Machair

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii

Omey Island Machair

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii
3140	Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp.

Rosroe Bog

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)
7150	Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion

Rusheenduff Lough

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1833	Najas flexilis
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)

Slyne Head Islands

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1170	Reefs
1364	Halichoerus grypus

Slyne Head Peninsula

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1150	Coastal lagoons
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
1833	Najas flexilis
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)
3140	Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp.
4030	European dry heaths
5130	Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands
6210	Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco Brometalia)(*important orchid sites)
6410	Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clavey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae)
6510	Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)
7230	Alkaline fens

The Twelve Bens/Garraun Complex

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1106	Salmo salar
1355	Lutra lutra
1833	Najas flexilis
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)
7150	Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion
8110	Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani)
8210	Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation
8220	Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

Tully Lough

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1833	Najas flexilis
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)

Tully Mountain

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)
4030	European dry heaths
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)

County Kerry – SACs (back to top)

Akeragh, Banna and Barrow Harbour

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2190	Humid dune slacks
4030	European dry heaths

Ballinskelligs Bay and Inny Estuary

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)

Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford)

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
91J0	Taxus baccata woods of the British Isles
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1092	Austropotamobius pallipes
1095	Petromyzon marinus
1096	Lampetra planeri
1099	Lampetra fluviatilis
1102	Alosa alosa
1103	Alosa fallax
1106	Salmo salar
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
1421	Trichomanes speciosum
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation

Blasket Islands

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1170	Reefs
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
1351	Phocoena phocoena
1364	Halichoerus grypus
4030	European dry heaths
8330	Submerged or partly submerged sea caves

Castlemaine Harbour

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1095	Petromyzon marinus
1099	Lampetra fluviatilis
1106	Salmo salar
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2170	Dunes with Salix repens ssp.argentea (Salix arenariae)
2190	Humid dune slacks
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)

Drongawn Lough

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1150	Coastal lagoons

Kenmare River

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1014	Vertigo angustior
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
1303	Rhinolophus hipposideros
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
4030	European dry heaths
8330	Submerged or partly submerged sea caves

Kerry Head Shoal

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1170	Reefs

Lough Yganavan and Lough Nambrackdarrig

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1024	Geomalacus maculosus
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)

Lower River Shannon

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1095	Petromyzon marinus
1096	Lampetra planeri
1099	Lampetra fluviatilis
1106	Salmo salar
1110	Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1150	Coastal lagoons
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1349	Tursiops truncatus
1355	Lutra lutra
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation
6410	Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clavey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae)

Magharee Islands

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1170	Reefs

Mount Brandon

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
1421	Trichomanes speciosum
3130	Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the Isoëto-Nanojuncetea
4010	Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)
8210	Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation
8220	Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

Mucksna Wood

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles

Tralee Bay and Magheree Peninsula, West to Cloghane

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1150	Coastal lagoons
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2170	Dunes with Salix repens ssp.argentea (Salix arenariae)
2190	Humid dune slacks

Valencia Harbour/Portmagee Channel

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs

County Limerick – SACs (back to top)

Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford)

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
91J0	Taxus baccata woods of the British Isles
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1092	Austropotamobius pallipes
1095	Petromyzon marinus
1096	Lampetra planeri
1099	Lampetra fluviatilis
1102	Alosa alosa
1103	Alosa fallax
1106	Salmo salar
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
1421	Trichomanes speciosum
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation

Lower River Shannon

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1095	Petromyzon marinus
1096	Lampetra planeri
1099	Lampetra fluviatilis
1106	Salmo salar
1110	Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1150	Coastal lagoons
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1349	Tursiops truncatus
1355	Lutra lutra
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation
6410	Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clavey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae)

County Louth – SACs (back to top)

Boyne Coast and Estuary

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD_Description
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)

Carlingford Mountain

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD_Description
8110	Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani)
8210	Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation
8220	Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

Carlingford Shore

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD_Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)

Clogher Head

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD_Description
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
4030	European dry heaths

Dundalk Bay

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD_Description
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)

River Boyne and River Blackwater

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD_Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
1099	Lampetra fluviatilis
1106	Salmo salar
1355	Lutra lutra
7230	Alkaline fens

County Mayo – SACs (back to top)

Achill Head

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs

Bellacragher Saltmarsh

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)

Broadhaven Bay

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
8330	Submerged or partly submerged sea caves

Clare Island Cliffs

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
8210	Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation
8220	Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

Clew Bay Complex

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1150	Coastal lagoons
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1365	Phoca vitulina
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)

Corraun Plateau

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)
4010	Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
4030	European dry heaths
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
5130	Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)

Croaghaun/Slievemore

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)
3130	Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the Isoëto-Nanojuncetea
4010	Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
4030	European dry heaths
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)

Cross Lough (Killadoon)

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1150	Coastal lagoons
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
6410	Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clavey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae)

Doogort Machair/Lough Doo

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)

Duvillaun Islands

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1170	Reefs
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
1364	Halichoerus grypus

Erris Head

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths

Glenamoy Bog Complex

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1106	Salmo salar
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
1393	Drepanocladus vernicosus
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii
3160	Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds
4010	Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
5130	Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)
7140	Transition mires and quaking bogs
7150	Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion

Inishkea Islands

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1364	Halichoerus grypus
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii

Keel Machair/Menaun Cliffs

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths

Killala Bay/Moy Estuary

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1014	Vertigo angustior
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2190	Humid dune slacks

Lackan Saltmarsh and Kilcummin Head

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)

Lough Cahasy, Lough Baun and Roonah Lough

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1150	Coastal lagoons
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)

Lough Gall Bog

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)
7150	Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion

Mullet/Blacksod Bay Complex

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1355	Lutra lutra
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2150	Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea)
3150	Natural euthrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition-type vegetation
7230	Alkaline fens

Mweelrea/Sheeffry/Erriff Complex

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1106	Salmo salar
1150	Coastal lagoons
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
1833	Najas flexilis
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2150	Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea)
2170	Dunes with Salix repens ssp.argentea (Salix arenariae)
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)
3130	Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the Isoëto-Nanojuncetea
3160	Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation
4010	Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
4030	European dry heaths
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
5130	Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)
7140	Transition mires and quaking bogs
7150	Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion
7220	Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion)
7230	Alkaline fens
8210	Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation
8220	Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

Newport River

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1106	Salmo salar
4010	Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)

Oldhead Wood

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
4030	European dry heaths

Owenduff/Nephin Complex

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1106	Salmo salar
1355	Lutra lutra
1393	Drepanocladus vernicosus
1528	Saxifraga hirculus
3110	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)
3130	Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the Isoëto-Nanojuncetea
3160	Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation
4010	Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
5130	Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)
7140	Transition mires and quaking bogs

River Moy

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
1092	Austropotamobius pallipes
1095	Petromyzon marinus
1106	Salmo salar
1355	Lutra lutra
7110	Active raised bogs
7120	Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration
7150	Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion

County Meath – SACs (back to top)

Boyne Coast and Estuary

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)

River Boyne and River Blackwater

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
1099	Lampetra fluviatilis
1106	Salmo salar
1355	Lutra lutra
7230	Alkaline fens

County Sligo – SACs (back to top)

Ballysadare Bay

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1014	Vertigo angustior
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1365	Phoca vitulina
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2190	Humid dune slacks

Bunduff Lough and Machair/Trawalua/Mullaghmore

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
21A0	Machairs (* in Ireland)
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1395	Petalophyllum ralfsii
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
6210	Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco Brometalia)(*important orchid sites)
7230	Alkaline fens

Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay)

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1014	Vertigo angustior
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1365	Phoca vitulina
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
7220	Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion)

Killala Bay/Moy Estuary

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1014	Vertigo angustior
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2190	Humid dune slacks

River Moy

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
1092	Austropotamobius pallipes
1095	Petromyzon marinus
1106	Salmo salar
1355	Lutra lutra
7110	Active raised bogs
7120	Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration
7150	Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion

Streedagh Point Dunes

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1014	Vertigo angustior
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)

County Waterford – SACs (back to top)

Ardmore Head

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
4030	European dry heaths

Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford)

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
91J0	Taxus baccata woods of the British Isles
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1092	Austropotamobius pallipes
1095	Petromyzon marinus
1096	Lampetra planeri
1099	Lampetra fluviatilis
1102	Alosa alosa
1103	Alosa fallax
1106	Salmo salar
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
1421	Trichomanes speciosum
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation

Helvick Head

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
4030	European dry heaths

Lower River Suir

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
91J0	Taxus baccata woods of the British Isles
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1092	Austropotamobius pallipes
1095	Petromyzon marinus
1096	Lampetra planeri
1099	Lampetra fluviatilis
1102	Alosa alosa
1103	Alosa fallax
1106	Salmo salar
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation
6430	Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels

River Barrow and River Nore

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
1016	Vertigo moulinsiana
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1092	Austropotamobius pallipes
1095	Petromyzon marinus
1096	Lampetra planeri
1099	Lampetra fluviatilis
1102	Alosa alosa
1103	Alosa fallax
1106	Salmo salar
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
1421	Trichomanes speciosum
1990	Margaritifera durrovensis
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation
4030	European dry heaths
6430	Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels
7220	Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion)

Tramore Dunes and Backstrand

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)

County Wexford – SACs (back to top)

Ballyteige Burrow

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1150	Coastal lagoons
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
1420	Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi)
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2150	Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea)

Bannow Bay

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
1420	Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi)
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)

Cahore Polders and Dunes

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)

Carnsore Point

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1170	Reefs

Hook Head

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts

Kilmuckridge-Tinnaberna Sandhills

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)

Kilpatrick Sandhills

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2150	Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea)

Lady's Island Lake

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1150	Coastal lagoons
1170	Reefs
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks

Long Bank

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1110	Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time

Raven Point Nature Reserve

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2170	Dunes with Salix repens ssp.argentea (Salix arenariae)
2190	Humid dune slacks

River Barrow and River Nore

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1016	Vertigo moulinsiana
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1092	Austropotamobius pallipes
1095	Petromyzon marinus
1096	Lampetra planeri
1099	Lampetra fluviatilis
1102	Alosa alosa
1103	Alosa fallax
1106	Salmo salar
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1310	Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1320	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1355	Lutra lutra
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
1421	Trichomanes speciosum
1990	Margaritifera durrovensis
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation
4030	European dry heaths
6430	Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels
7220	Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion)
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)

Saltee Islands

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays
1170	Reefs
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
1364	Halichoerus grypus
8330	Submerged or partly submerged sea caves

Slaney River Valley

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1095	Petromyzon marinus
1096	Lampetra planeri
1099	Lampetra fluviatilis
1102	Alosa alosa
1103	Alosa fallax
1106	Salmo salar
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1355	Lutra lutra
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation

Tacumshin Lake

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1150	Coastal lagoons
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)

County Wicklow – SACs (back to top)

Bray Head

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts
4030	European dry heaths
6210	Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco Brometalia)(*important orchid sites)

Buckroney-Brittas Dunes and Fen

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2150	Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea)
2170	Dunes with Salix repens ssp.argentea (Salix arenariae)
2190	Humid dune slacks
7230	Alkaline fens

Magherabeg Dunes

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes)
2150	Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea)
7220	Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion)

Slaney River Valley

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
1029	Margaritifera margaritifera
1095	Petromyzon marinus
1096	Lampetra planeri
1099	Lampetra fluviatilis
1102	Alosa alosa
1103	Alosa fallax
1106	Salmo salar
1130	Estuaries
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1355	Lutra lutra
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation

The Murrough Wetlands

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks
1330	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
1410	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
7210	Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae
7230	Alkaline fens

Wicklow Mountains

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
91A0	Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in British Isles
1355	Lutra lutra
3130	Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the Isoëto-Nanojuncetea
3160	Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds
4010	Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
4030	European dry heaths
4060	Alpine and Boreal heaths
6230	Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on siliceous substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas, in Continental Europe)
7130	Blanket bog (*active only)
8110	Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani)
8210	Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation
8220	Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

Wicklow Reef

Qualifying Interests

HD Code	HD Description
1170	Reefs