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Sheltered estuary and enclosed bay with narrow opening to sea. A Special Area of Conservation surrounded by Special Protection Areas. Beautiful.
Ballyness Bay is a beautiful shallow tidal bay with sand bars and river channels, rocky and sandy shorelines, surrounded by a variety of habitats including meadows, small reedbeds, saltmarsh, heath, trees machair and grey dunes. Various access and viewing points around the bay. Magnificent scenery and seascapes. Otters and seals. Among the birds that have been seen here are Δαχτυλιδόχηνα, (Βουβός) Κύκνος, Αγριόκυκνος, Βαρβάρα, (Ευρωπαϊκό) Σφυριχτάρι, (Ευρωπαϊκό) Κιρκίρι, (Κοινή) Πουπουλόπαπια, Θαλασσοπρίστης, (Ευρωπαϊκός) Κούκος, Ορτυκομάνα, (Ευρωπαϊκός) Στρειδοφάγος, (Ευρωπαϊκό) Βροχοπούλι, (Ευρωπαϊκή) Καλημάνα, Αμμοσφυριχτής, Σιγλίγουρος, (Ευρασιατική) Τουρλίδα, Θαλασσολιμόζα, Χαλικοκυλιστής, Λευκοσκαλίδρα, Λευκοσκαλίδρα, Ακτίτης, Πρασινοσκέλης, Κοκκινοσκέλης, Αετοληστόγλαρος, Black Guillemot, Χιονογλάρονο, Ποταμογλάρονο, Χειμωνογλάρονο, Παγοβούτι, Σούλα (του Βορά), (Κοινός) Λευκοτσικνιάς, Νανόμπουφος, Βραχοκιρκίνεζο Νανογέρακο, Πετρίτης, Κοκκινοκαλιακούδα, (Κοινός) Κόρακας, Ελατοπαπαδίτσα, (Κοινή) Σιταρήθρα, Καλαμοποταμίδα, Θαμνοτριλιστής, Μαυροσκούφης, Χρυσοβασιλίσκος, Βουνοδεντροβάτης, Μαυρολαίμης, Σταχτοπετρόκλης, Σταχτοσουσουράδα, Λιβαδοκελάδα ,Θαλασσοκελάδα, Pied Wagtail, Χειμωνόσπινος, (Κοινός) Πύρρουλας, (Ευρωπαϊκός) Φλώρος, (Κοινό) Φανέτο, Lesser Redpoll, (Κοινή) Καρδερίνα, (Κοινό) Λούγαρο, Χιονοτσίχλονο, Χρυσοτσίχλονο and (Μεγάλο) Καλαμοτσίχλονο
Access by foot, car parking at several points around the bay.
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