Site-specific conservation objectives aim to define favourable conservation condition for Habitats Directive Annex I habitats, Annex II species at a site level and the SPA special conservation interest "wetlands and waterbirds". This project relates to the following Annex I habitats and Annex II species at specific SAC sites and SPA special conservation interest "wetlands and waterbirds"at specific SPA sites:
- Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time (1110)
- Estuaries (1130)
- Mudflats and sandflats not covered by sea water at low tide (1140)
- Coastal lagoons (1150)
- Large shallow inlets and bays (1160)
- Reefs (1170)
- Annual vegetation of drift lines (1210)
- Perennial vegetation of stony banks (1220)
- Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts (1230)
- Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand (1310)
- Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae) (1330)
- Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimae) (1410)
- Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi) (1420)
-Embryonic shifting dunes (2110)
- Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria ('white dunes') (2120)
- Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation ('grey dunes') (2130)
- Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum (2140)
- Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea) (2150)
- Dunes with Salix repens ssp. argentea (Salicion arenariae) (2170)
- Humid dune slacks (2190)
- Machairs ( in Ireland) (21A0)
- Turloughs (3180)
- Watercourses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation (3260)
- European dry heaths (4030)
- Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands (5130)
- Calaminarian grasslands of the Violetalia calaminariae (6130)
- Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion) (7220)
- Active raised bogs (7110)
- Limestone Pavements (8240)
- Submerged or partially submerged sea caves (8330)
- Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles (91A0)
- Bog woodland (91D0)
- Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) (91E0)
- Taxus baccata woods of the British Isles (91J0)
- Marine Community Types
- Geyer's Whorl Snail - Vertigo geyeri (1013)
- Narrow-Mouthed Whorl Snail - Vertigo angustior (1014)
- Desmoulins Whorl Snail - Vertigo moulinsiana (1016)
- Freshwater Pearl Mussel - Margaritifera margaritifera (1029)
- White Clawed Crayfish - Austropotamobius pallipes (1092)
- Sea Lamprey - Petromyzon marinus (1095)
- Brook Lamprey - Lampetra planeri (1096)
- River Lamprey - Lampetra fluviatilis (1099)
- Lesser Horseshoe Bat - Rhinolophus hipposideros (1303)
- Bottlenose Dolphin - Tursiops truncatus (1349)
- Harbour Porpoise - Phocoena phocoena (1351)
- Otter - Lutra lutra (1355)
- Grey Seal - Halichoerus grypus (1364)
- Common / Harbour Seal - Phoca vitulina (1365)
- Petalwort - Petalophyllum ralfsii (1395)
- Killarney Fern - Trichomanes speciosum (1421)
- Slender Naiad - Najas flexilis (1833)
- Nore Freshwater Pearl Mussel - Margaritifera durrovensis (1990)
Favourable conservation condition of a habitat is achieved when:
- its natural range, and area it covers within that range, is stable or increasing, and
- the ecological factors that are necessary for its long-term maintenance exist and are likely to continue to exist for the
foreseeable future, and
- the conservation condition of its typical species is favourable
Habitat mapping is used to help define the area and range parameters for conservation objectives
Favourable conservation condition of a species is achieved when:
- population dynamics data on the species concerned indicate that it is maintaining itself on a long term basis as a viable component of its natural habitats, and
- the natural range of the species is neither being reduced nor is likely to be reduced for the foreseeable future, and
- there is, and will probably continue to be, a sufficiently large habitat to maintain its populations on a long-term basis
Mapping of species distribution and suitable habitat is used to help define distribution, population and range parameters for conservation objectives
This is a national dataset.