For Special Protection Areas (SPA)
For Sites Eligible for identification as sites of community importance (SCI) and
For Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• 1. SITE IDENTIFICATION
• 2. SITE LOCATION
• 3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
• 4. SITE DESCRIPTION
• 5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS AND RELATION WITH CORINE BIOTOPES
• 6. IMPACTS AND ACTIVITIES IN AND AROUND THE SITE
• 7. MAP OF THE SITE

1. SITE IDENTIFICATION

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1.1 TYPE

E

1.2 SITE CODE

IE0000770

1.3 COMPILATION DATE

01-Aug-1995

1.5 RELATION WITH OTHER NATURA 2000 SITES

IE0002162

1.6 RESPONDENT(S)

National Parks & Wildlife Service of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. 7 Ely Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

1.7 SITE NAME

Blackstairs Mountains

1.8 SITE INDICATION AND DESIGNATION/CLASSIFICATION DATES

DATE SITE PROPOSED AS ELIGIBLE AS SCI	DATE CONFIRMED AS SCI
01-May-1998	No data
DATE SITE CLASSIFIED AS SPA	DATE SITE DESIGNATED AS SAC
No data	No data

2. SITE LOCATION

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2.1 SITE CENTRE LOCATION

Longitude	-6.770278
Latitude	52.617500

positive values = decimal degrees W/ negative values = decimal degrees E (Greenwich)

2.2 AREA (HA)

5052.9500

2.4 ALTITUDE (M)

Minimum	90
Maximum	795
Mean	366

2.5 ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

Nuts Code	IE024
Region Name	South-East (IRL)
% Cover	100.00

2.6 BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION

Atlantic

3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION

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NOTE: Protected species are shown with red background.

3.1 HABITAT TYPES PRESENT ON THE SITE AND ASSESSMENT FOR THEM

ANNEX I HABITAT TYPES

CODE	% COVER	REPRESENTATIVITY	RELATIVE SURFACE	CONSERVATION STATUS	GLOBAL ASSESSMENT
4030	77.00	A	B	A	B
4010	8.00	C	C	C	C

3.2. SPECIES
Covered by Article 4 of Directive 79/409/EEC and
listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43/EEC and
site assessment for them

3.2.A. BIRDS listed on Annex I of Council directive 79/409/EEC

3.2.B. Regularly occurring Migratory Birds not listed on Annex I of Council directive 79/409/EEC

3.2.C. MAMMALS listed on Annex II of Council directive 92/43/EEC

3.2.D. AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES listed on Annex II of Council directive 92/43/EEC

3.2.E. FISHES listed on Annex II of Council directive 92/43/EEC

3.2.F. INVERTEBRATES listed on Annex II of Council directive 92/43/EEC

3.2.G. PLANTS listed on Annex II of Council directive 92/43/EEC

3.3 OTHER IMPORTANT SPECIES OF FLORA AND FAUNA

GROUP	SCIENTIFIC NAME	POPULATION	MOTIVATION
P	Ornithopus perpusillus	1-10	A

(B=Birds, M= Mammals, A=Amphibians, R=Reptiles, F=Fish, I=Invertebrates, P=Plants)

4. SITE DESCRIPTION

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4.1 GENERAL SITE CHARACTER

Habitat Classes	% Cover
Inland water bodies (Standing water, Running water)	1.00
Bogs, Marshes, Water fringed vegetation, Fens	5.00
Heath, Scrub, Maquis and Garrigue, Phygrana	82.00
Dry grassland, Steppes	2.00
Broad-leaved deciduous woodland	1.00
Inland rocks, Screes, Sands, Permanent Snow and ice	8.00
Other land (including Towns, Villages, Roads, Waste places, Mines, Industrial sites)	1.00
TOTAL HABITAT COVER	100 %

4.2 QUALITY AND IMPORTANCE

4.3 VULNERABILITY

4.4 SITE DESIGNATION

4.5 OWNERSHIP

4.6 DOCUMENTATION

5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS AND RELATION WITH CORINE BIOTOPES

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5.2 RELATION OF THE DESCRIBED SITE WITH OTHER SITES

6. IMPACTS AND ACTIVITIES IN AND AROUND THE SITE

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6.1 GENERAL IMPACTS AND ACTIVITIES AND PROPORTION OF THE SURFACE OF THE SITE AFFECTED

Impacts and activities within the site

CODE	INTENSITY	% OF SITE	INFLUENCE
140	C	90.00	0
151	C	1.00	-
160	C	1.00	-
180	C	1.00	-
230	C	10.00	-
501	C	1.00	0
590	C	1.00	0
810	C	1.00	-
900	C	2.00	-
951	C	5.00	+

Impacts and activities around the site

CODE	INTENSITY	INFLUENCE
120	C	-
140	C	-
160	A	-
403	C	0
502	C	0

7. MAP OF THE SITE

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SITE DISPLAY