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

UK0030277

1.3 Site name

Slieve Gullion

1.4 First Compilation date

2000-10

1.5 Update date

2015-12

1.6 Respondent:

Name/Organisation:	Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Address:
Email:

1.7 Site indication and designation / classification dates

Date site proposed as SCI:	2000-10
Date site confirmed as SCI:	2004-12
Date site designated as SAC:	2005-05
National legal reference of SAC designation:	Regulations 6-7 and 10-12 of The Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1995/380/contents/made) as amended by The Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/435/contents/made).

2. SITE LOCATION

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2.1 Site-centre location [decimal degrees]:

Longitude:	-6.435000
Latitude:	54.127778

2.2 Area [ha]

612.7000

2.3 Marine area [%]

0.0000

2.4 Sitelength [km] (optional):

No information provided

2.5 Administrative region code and name

NUTS level 2 code	Region Name
UKN0	Northern Ireland

2.6 Biogeographical Region(s)

Atlantic

(100.00 %)

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
4010			30.64	0.00	M	D
4030			490.16	0.00	G	A	C	B	B
7130			30.64	0.00	M	D
7140			0.8	0.00	G	D

• 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

No species are reported for the site

3.3 Other important species of flora and fauna (optional)

No information provided

4. SITE DESCRIPTION

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4.1 General site character

Habitat class	% Cover
N06	1.00
N07	9.00
N08	85.00
N10	5.00
Total Habitat Cover	100

Other Site Characteristics

1 Terrestrial: Soil & Geology: nutrient-poor,granite,basalt,peat,igneous,acidic 2 Terrestrial: Geomorphology and landscape: crags/ledges,slope,hilly,upland

4.2 Quality and importance

European dry heaths for which this is considered to be one of the best areas in the United Kingdom.

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)

Conservation Objectives - the DOENI link below provides access to the Conservation Objectives for this site. See also the 'UK Approach' document for more information (link via the JNCC website).

Link(s):http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/Natura2000_StandardDataForm_UKApproach_Dec2015.pdf
https://www.doeni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/doe/land-information-slieve-gullion-conservation-objectives-2015.pdf

5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS

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

Code	Cover [%]
UK04	100.00

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

No information provided

5.3 Site designation (optional)

No information provided

6. SITE MANAGEMENT

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6.1 Body(ies) responsible for the site management:

Organisation:	Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Address:
Email:

6.2 Management Plan(s):

An actual management plan does exist:

	Yes
	No, but in preparation
X	No

6.3 Conservation measures (optional)

For available information, including on Conservation Objectives, see Section 4.5.

 

7. MAP OF THE SITE

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