Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
An extended coastal site in County Donegal, which covers the mainland coastline from Bloody Foreland in the north to Muckross Head in the south, and also includes the western edge of Aranmore Island. A number of other IBAs occur within this area but are treated separately. Information on land-use and threats is incomplete.
This area is important for
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, and good numbers of breeding seabirds and wintering geese also occur.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
For the survival of
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax at this site, it is vital that low-intensity farming along the cliff-tops is maintained. The site overlaps with three proposed candidate Special Areas for Conservation (Slieve League; Slieve Tooey/Tormore Island/Loughros Beg Bay; West of Ardara/Maas road; areas not known).
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: West Donegal coast (Ireland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/west-donegal-coast-iba-ireland on 23/11/2024.
