For Special Protection Areas (SPA),
Proposed Sites for Community Importance (pSCI),
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
• 6. SITE MANAGEMENT
• 7. MAP OF THE SITE

1. SITE IDENTIFICATION

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1.1 Type

B

1.2 Site code

IE0000090

1.3 Site name

Glengarriff Harbour and Woodland SAC

1.4 First Compilation date

1995-08

1.5 Update date

2020-10

1.6 Respondent:

Name/Organisation:	National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Address:
Email:	datadelivery@chg.gov.ie

1.7 Site indication and designation / classification dates

Date site proposed as SCI:	1998-05
Date site confirmed as SCI:	No information provided
Date site designated as SAC:	2019-09
National legal reference of SAC designation:	475/2019

2. SITE LOCATION

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2.1 Site-centre location [decimal degrees]:

Longitude:	-9.560452
Latitude:	51.752720

2.2 Area [ha]

1295.1753

2.3 Marine area [%]

27.8210

2.4 Sitelength [km] (optional):

No information provided

2.5 Administrative region code and name

NUTS level 2 code	Region Name
IE02	Southern and Eastern

2.6 Biogeographical Region(s)

Atlantic

(0.00 %)

3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION

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3.1 Habitat types present on the site and assessment for them

Annex I Habitat types						Site assessment
Code	PF	NP	Cover [ha]	Cave [number]	Data quality	A|B|C|D	A|B|C
						Representativity	Relative Surface	Conservation	Global
91A0			127.485	0.00	M	A	B	A	A
91E0			13.06	0.00	M	B	B	B	B

• PF: for the habitat types that can have a non-priority as well as a priority form (6210, 7130, 9430) enter "X" in the column PF to indicate the priority form.
• NP: in case that a habitat type no longer exists in the site enter: x (optional)
• Cover: decimal values can be entered
• Caves: for habitat types 8310, 8330 (caves) enter the number of caves if estimated surface is not available.
• Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation)

3.2 Species referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EC and listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43/EEC and site evaluation for them

Species					Population in the site						Site assessment
G	Code	Scientific Name	S	NP	T	Size		Unit	Cat.	D.qual.	A|B|C|D	A|B|C
						Min	Max				Pop.	Con.	Iso.	Glo.
I	1024	Geomalacus maculosus			p				P	DD	B	B	C	B
M	1355	Lutra lutra			p				P	DD	C	A	C	B
M	1365	Phoca vitulina			p	226	226	i		G	B	A	C	A
M	1303	Rhinolophus hipposideros			w	114	114	i		G	C	A	B	A
M	1303	Rhinolophus hipposideros			r	228	228	i		G	C	A	B	A
B	A194	Sterna paradisaea			r	6	6	p		G	C	B	C	C

• Group: A = Amphibians, B = Birds, F = Fish, I = Invertebrates, M = Mammals, P = Plants, R = Reptiles
• S: in case that the data on species are sensitive and therefore have to be blocked for any public access enter: yes
• NP: in case that a species is no longer present in the site enter: x (optional)
• Type: p = permanent, r = reproducing, c = concentration, w = wintering (for plant and non-migratory species use permanent)
• Unit: i = individuals, p = pairs or other units according to the Standard list of population units and codes in accordance with Article 12 and 17 reporting (see reference portal)
• Abundance categories (Cat.): C = common, R = rare, V = very rare, P = present - to fill if data are deficient (DD) or in addition to population size information
• Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation); VP = 'Very poor' (use this category only, if not even a rough estimation of the population size can be made, in this case the fields for population size can remain empty, but the field "Abundance categories" has to be filled in)

3.3 Other important species of flora and fauna (optional)

Species					Population in the site				Motivation
Group	CODE	Scientific Name	S	NP	Size		Unit	Cat.	Species Annex		Other categories
					Min	Max		C|R|V|P	IV	V	A	B	C	D
P		Bromus racemosus						P			X
I		Calyopteryx virgo						P						X
P		Cephalanthera longfolia						P			X
I		Cimbex connata						P						X
B		Cinclus cinclus hibernicus						P				X
I		Cordulia aenea						P						X
I		Hybonutra mohlfeldi						P						X
I		Laptura aurilenta						P						X
I		Lasius fulignosis						P						X
M		Meles meles						P			X
I		Microdon analis						P						X
I		Stethophyma grossum						P						X
I		Strangalia aurulenta						P						X
I		Tabanus sudeticus						P						X

• Group: A = Amphibians, B = Birds, F = Fish, Fu = Fungi, I = Invertebrates, L = Lichens, M = Mammals, P = Plants, R = Reptiles
• CODE: for Birds, Annex IV and V species the code as provided in the reference portal should be used in addition to the scientific name
• S: in case that the data on species are sensitive and therefore have to be blocked for any public access enter: yes
• NP: in case that a species is no longer present in the site enter: x (optional)
• Unit: i = individuals, p = pairs or other units according to the standard list of population units and codes in accordance with Article 12 and 17 reporting, (see reference portal)
• Cat.: Abundance categories: C = common, R = rare, V = very rare, P = present
• Motivation categories: IV, V: Annex Species (Habitats Directive), A: National Red List data; B: Endemics; C: International Conventions; D: other reasons

4. SITE DESCRIPTION

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4.1 General site character

Habitat class	% Cover
N22	6.00
N14	1.00
N16	21.00
N02	1.00
N07	2.00
N10	5.00
N20	15.00
N01	42.00
N05	1.00
N08	3.00
N06	3.00
Total Habitat Cover	100

Other Site Characteristics

A wooded glacial valley opening out into a sheltered bay with rocky islets. Underlying rock is Old Red Sandstone, with soils varying from acid brown earths to alluvial brown earths and peat. Hyper-oceanic climate. Site supports a complex mosaic of terrestrial habitats, mostly old oak woodland, conifer plantations and complexes of rock outcrop, heath and scrub, blanket bog, Molinia grassland and rivers and streams. The sheltered bay is highly indented with many islets and a rocky shoreline.

4.2 Quality and importance

Exceptional diversity of high quality semi-natural and natural habitats. Extensive hyper-oceanic oak woods, with Arbutus unedo and Taxus baccata, have well developed bryophyte and lichen floras, and support important, species-rich invertebrate fauna, including Geomalacus maculosus and several rarities. Good examples of alluvial forests occur along the Glengarriff and Coomarkane rivers. Rocky islets in the harbour support one of the largest colonies of Phoca vitulina in Ireland, and contain a small breeding colony of Sterna paradisaea. The site supports a population of Lutra lutra. The site is one of the most important in the south-west for Rhinolophus hipposideros and includes three summer and three winter roosts, the numbers at one of which exceed the summer and winter thresholds for international importance. The quality and extent of the oakwoods, and the diversity of habitats and species, including many rarities, make the site of international importance.

4.3 Threats, pressures and activities with impacts on the site

The most important impacts and activities with high effect on the site

4.4 Ownership (optional)

No information provided

4.5 Documentation (optional)

Fitzgerald, R. (1990-94). National Parks and Wildlife Service Protected and Threatened Flora Survey. Unpublished report to National Parks and Wildlife Service, Dublin. Goodwillie, R.N. (1986). Report on Areas of Scientifice Interest in County Cork. Unpublished report to Cork County Council, CAAS, Dublin. Kelleher, C. (1999). Lesser Horseshoe Bat Summer Roost Survey Cork/Kerry Region, Ireland 1999. Internal Report to The Vincent Wildlife Trust, unpublished. Kelly, D.L. and Iremonger, S.F. (1997). Irish wetland Woods: the plant communities and their ecology. Biology and the Environment, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 97B: 1-32. O' Sullivan, P. (1994). Bats in Ireland. Irish Naturalists' Journal Special Zoological Supplement, 21pp. Scannell, M.J.P. and O'Donnell, D. (1994). West Cork (r.c.H3). 5th-6th June - Report of Field Meeting, BSBI News 66: 53-54. Shorten, M.G.M. (1992). Areas of Scientific Interest For Birds in Cork. Unpublished report to Cork County Council. Irish Wildbird Conservancy. Summers, C.F., Warner, P.J., Nairn, R.G.W., Curry, M.G. and Flynn, J. (1980). An Assessment of the Status of the Common Seal, Phoca vitulina vitulina in Ireland, Biological Conservation 17: 115-123. Warner, P. (1984). Report on the Census of Common Seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina) in the Republic of Ireland During 1984. Unpublished report to the Forest and Wildlife Service, Dublin. Warner, P.J. (1983). An Assessment of the Breeding Population of Common Seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina L.) In The Republic Of Ireland During 1979, Irish Natualists' Journal 21: 24-26. Whilde, A. (1985). The All Ireland Tern Survey 1984. Unpublished report to IWC, RSPB, FWS (R. of I.), DoE (NI).

5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS

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5.1 Designation types at national and regional level (optional):

Code	Cover [%]
IE01	41.00

5.2 Relation of the described site with other sites (optional):

Designated at national or regional level:

Type code	Site name	Type	Cover [%]
IE01	Glengarriff Wood Nature Reserve	+	41.00

5.3 Site designation (optional)

No information provided

6. SITE MANAGEMENT

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6.1 Body(ies) responsible for the site management:

No information provided

6.2 Management Plan(s):

An actual management plan does exist:

	Yes
	No, but in preparation
X	No

6.3 Conservation measures (optional)

No information provided

 

7. MAP OF THE SITE

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Map delivered as PDF in electronic format (optional)

Yes X No

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