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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 január 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 bernikľa tmavá, labuť veľká, labuť spevavá, kazarka pestrá, kačica hvizdárka, kačica chrapka, kajka morská, potápač prostredný, kukučka obyčajná, chrapkáč poľný, lastúrničiar strakatý, kulík zlatý, cibík chochlatý, kulík piesočný, hvizdák malý, hvizdák veľký, brehár hrdzavý, kamenár strakatý, pobrežník belavý, pobrežník belavý, kalužiačik malý, kalužiak sivý, kalužiak červenonohý, pomorník veľký, svišťúň zrkadlový, rybár dlhochvostý, rybár riečny, rybár sivý, potáplica veľká, sula biela, beluša malá, myšiarka ušatá, sokol myšiar (pustovka) sokol kobec, sokol sťahovavý, čavka červenozobá, krkavec čierny, sýkorka uhliarka, škovránok poľný, trsteniarik bahenný, svrčiak zelenkavý, penica čiernohlavá, králik zlatohlavý, kôrovník dlhoprstý, pŕhľaviar čiernohlavý, skaliarik sivý, trasochvost horský, ľabtuška lúčna ,ľabtuška skalná, Pied Wagtail, pinka severská (ikavec), hýľ obyčajný, zelienka obyčajná, stehlík konôpka, stehlík hnedkavý, stehlík obyčajný, stehlík čížik, snehuľka severská, strnádka obyčajná and strnádka trstinová

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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