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Ballyness Bay

County Donegal  >  Ireland

Sheltered estuary and enclosed bay with narrow opening to sea. A Special Area of Conservation surrounded by Special Protection Areas. Beautiful.

Added* by Elsmer
Most recent update 16 јануари 2023

Description

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 Brent Goose, црвеноклун лебед, жолтоклун лебед, гусковидна патка, патка свиркач, патка берија, Common Eider, среден северен нуркач, кукавица, крекс, остригар, златно блатарче, калуѓерка, среден пескар, шарен српоклун свиркач, голем српоклун свиркач, Bar-tailed Godwit, камењарче, бел свиркач, бел свиркач, речна тринга, зеленонога тринга, црвенонога тринга, Great Skua, Black Guillemot, Arctic Tern, речна чигра, тенкоклуна чигра, голем морски нуркач, Northern Gannet, мала бела чапја, ушест був, Обична (Црнонокна) ветрушка мал сокол, сив сокол, црвеноклуна галка, гавран, елова сипка, полска чучулига, трскар рогозар, полски трскар, црноглаво грмушарче, жолтоглаво кралче, обичен ползач, планинско ливадарче, обично камењарче, планинска тресиопашка, ливадска трепетилка ,Rock Pipit, Pied Wagtail, северна ѕвингалка, зимовка, обична зелентарка, конопјарче, Lesser Redpoll, билбилче, елова зелентарка, Snow Bunting, жолтогрла стрнарка and Мочварна овесарка

Details

Access

Access by foot, car parking at several points around the bay.

Terrain and Habitat

Scattered trees and bushes , Grassland , Moors/heathland , River , Sea , Beach , Dunes , Mud flats , Reedbeds , Agriculture , City/village

Conditions

Sandy , Flat , Hilly , Rocky , High water possible

Circular trail

No

Is a telescope useful?

Can be useful

Good birding season

All year round

Best time to visit

Autumn migration , Spring

Route

Wide path

Difficulty walking trail

Easy

Accessible by

Foot

Birdwatching hide / platform

No

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