Trawbreaga Bay

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Trawbreaga Bay

  • Country: 
    Ireland
  • Site number: 
    841
  • Area: 
    1,003 ha
  • Designation date: 
    07-06-1996
  • Coordinates: 
    55°16'N 07°15'W
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Overview

Trawbreaga Bay. 11/06/96; Donegal; 1,003 ha; 55°17'N 007°15'W. Special Protection Area EC Directive. A sheltered sea bay with no large rivers entering it. The sandy mud supports relatively small numbers of birds but there is a large variety in species including (518) Barnacle geese Branta leucopsis, (210) Brent geese B. bernicla hrota, and Charadrius hiaticula. Ramsar site no. 841.

Administrative region: 
Donegal

  • National legal designation: 
    • wildfowl sanctuary
  • Regional (international) legal designations: 
    • EU Natura 2000
  • Last publication date: 
    07-06-1996

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