Tralee Bay

Tralee Bay

Country:
Ireland
Site number:
440
Area:
861.0 ha
Designation date:
10-07-1989
Coordinates:
52°15'16"N 09°48'16"W

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Tralee Bay. 10/07/89; Kerry; 861 ha; 52°16'N 009°48'W. Special Protection Area EC Directive; Nature Reserve. A shallow embayment fringed by sandy beaches and protected from the sea by a rocky promontory and sand spits. The site includes a compound spit of a series of pebble beaches and sand dunes and extensive saltmarsh and mudflats. This complex of habitats is of considerable geomorphological and botanical interest. The mudflats support one of the four largest areas of Zostera (Z. noltii and Z. angustifolia) in Ireland. In winter the reserve supports internationally important numbers of the goose Branta bernicla hrota and various other waterbirds. Ramsar site no. 440.
Administrative region: Kerry
National legal designation:
  • nature reserve
Regional (international) legal designations:
  • EU Natura 2000
Last publication date: 10-07-1989
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)