UNITED KINGDOM · NORTHERN IRELAND · DESIGNATIONS · NORTHERN IRELAND
Marine protected and proposed sites (Northern Ireland)
What this layer shows
Marine sites in Northern Ireland’s marine plan area, including inshore and offshore sites and proposed SPAs. In the source’s Type field, pSPA means a proposed Special Protection Area. Check the current designation status with DAERA before relying on it.
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · services-eu1.arcgis.com
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Facts shown for each feature
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In these presets
Botanical
Built for a botanical survey or NVC walkover: every priority grassland, heathland and the Botanical Value Map, with SSSI and ancient woodland for context. These are the habitats where the species list is the point: unimproved calcareous and acid grassland, lowland meadows, upland hay meadows, purple moor grass and rush pasture, and the heaths. Turn it on before a site visit to see which compartments deserve the most time on the ground.
Coastal
The intertidal and soft-cliff suite: saltmarsh, sand dunes, vegetated shingle, maritime cliff and slope, mudflats and saline lagoons: plus Heritage Coast, Marine Conservation Zones, Scottish MPAs, and the SPA and Ramsar designations that nearly always sit over an estuary. The Coast Path is included because access and designation overlap constantly on this kind of site.
Other layers in this group
- ASSI (Northern Ireland)
- Special Area of Conservation (Northern Ireland)
- Special Protection Area (Northern Ireland)
- Ramsar Site (Northern Ireland)
- National Nature Reserve (Northern Ireland)
- AONB (Northern Ireland)
- World Heritage Site (Northern Ireland)
- Sites & Monuments Record (NI)
- Historic Buildings (NI)
- Scheduled Zones (NI)
- Historic Parks & Gardens (NI)
- Areas of Archaeological Potential (NI)