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Bathing Water Profile - Drumnatinny (2016) Bathing Water Profile - Drumnatinny (2016) Bathing Water: Drumnatinny Bathing Water Code: IENWBWC100_0000_0200 Local Authority: Donegal County Council River Basin District: North Western Monitoring Point: 194472E, 435095N 1. Profile Details: Profile Id: BWPR00331 Toilets Available: No Year Of Profile: 2016 Car Parking Available: Yes Year Of Identification 1992 Disabled Access: No Version Number: 1 First Aid Available: No Sensitive Area: Yes Dogs Allowed: Yes Lifesaving Facilities: No Figure 1: Bathing Water 2. Bathing Water Details: Map 1: Bathing Water Location & Extent Bathing Water location and Drumnatinny (Droim na Tine) Beach is located in a rural area on the North Coast of the Donegal, extent: approximately 3 km from the town of Falcarragh. It is located in the Northwestern Atlantic Seaboard Coastal waterbody (NW_100_0000) within the North Western River Basin District. The designated bathing area is approx. 1.317km2 and the extent along the water is approximately is 4250m Main features of the Bathing Type of Bathing Water: Drumnatinny beach consists of a long sandy beach; confined by Ballyness Bay Water: to the West and by Crockagarran and a small series of headlands to the East. The beach is North facing into the Atlantic Ocean and gets a strong wash of water from the rough sea directly onto the beach. Flora/Fauna, Riparian Zone: The beach and catchment make up a large area. The riparian zone is natural with two towns and scattered on-off housing development in the catchment. One of the largest unvegetated sand dune sites in the country occurs here and includes the two Annex I habitats, shifting dunes along the coastline and embryonic shifting dunes. These are backed on the landward side by vegetated dunes, which are vegetated by Marram Grass. Humid dune slacks occur landward of the fixed dunes on the Drumnatinny dune system. The vegetation of this habitat is characterised by grass species including Creeping Bent and Crested Dog’s Tail, and sedge species. The dune slacks provide feeding habitat for Greenland Whitefronted Geese and Barnacle Geese, and roosting habitat for other waders and wildfowl in bad weather. Long sandy coastal beaches occur on the seaward side of the dune systems.BallynessBayexposes extensive mud flats and sand flats at low tides. These flats have a rich invertebrate fauna and Lugworm casts cover the surface. There are several small Eelgrass beds. The intertidal areas provide important feeding and roosting habitat for wintering and resident seabirds and waterfowl. Permanent water channels, which flow though the bay, represent the estuarine habitat on the site. Other habitats within the site include small areas of saltmarsh, lowland dry grassland, heath, scrub, woodland, bedrock shore, lowland wet grassland, drainage ditch, reedbed and exposed rock. These habitats fringe the bay. Several rivers and streams also flow into the site. The site is used by over-wintering and resident waders and wildfowl, including Red-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Whooper Swan, Barnacle Goose, Greenland White-fronted Geese, and Golden Plover which are listed in Annex I of the EU Birds Directive. Other Annex I species recorded in the site include Chough, Sandwich Tern, Little Tern, Peregrine and Merlin. Grey Plover and Sanderling occur in nationally important numbers. Common Seal and Otter, which are both listed in Annex II of the EU Habitats Directive, use the site. The Irish Hare, which is listed as ‘Internationally Important’ in the Irish Red Data Book also use the site. Water Depth: There is an evenly sloped gradient off the beach getting to a depth of 1m approximately 10m out from the water line. Tidal Range: The water line within the designated area is approximately 4250 meters. Tidal ranges are in the mesotidal range (2-4m) in normal tidal conditions. Main features of the Bathing Water: Land Use: Land use immediately surrounding the designated bathing area consists of sand dunes and rural countryside between the beach and the town. Because of the size of the catchment there is a wide variety of land uses in the area. These are categorised below in the Land Use section. Local Sites of Interest: Drumnatinny is situated approx. 3km from Falcarragh town, which has all the usual modern facilities. Within the catchment are numerous local walks and the Errigal andMuckishMountains, which are a particular tourist attraction for the breathtaking panoramic views of surrounding Donegal. There are a number of historic sites in the area including megalithic tombs, a Church and cross, ballaun stone, holy well, plantation house, promontory fort and a fulacht fia. Additional Information: Drumnatinny is a surfing beach getting great swell as it is fully exposed to the North Atlantic. Drumnatinny Beach receives the Green Coast Award from An Taisce. This is a symbol of excellence, which recognises; excellent water quality, high environmental standards, good management and community involvement.Green Coast beaches are ideal for those wishing to enjoy a beach experience far removed from the intrusions normally associated with the traditional and more urban seaside beaches. Activities available at the Facilities: Parking is available at the entrance to the beach. For all other facilities Falcarragh and Bathing Water: Gortahork (3km & 6km) have shops, pubs, hotels, toilets, banks, restaurants, recycling facilities in Falcarragh beside the parish hall and along the Main Street in Gortahork etc. Other facilities are also present at Killahoey Blue Flag Beach (beside Dunfanaghy, 11km drive) such lifeguards (seasonal), car park, toilets (seasonal), information boards, refuse and recycling facilities. Visitor Numbers: Visitor numbers to the beach vary throughout the season. The maximum number of visitors to the beach during a high season day has been estimated at approximately 200 people with a large proportion if users walking and using the water for surfing and a variety of recreational water sports. Throughout the season approximately 5,000 people have been estimated to visit the beach. Visitor numbers are representative of the visitors observed by the water quality samplers and from local information. Activities: Activities at Drumnatinny beach include swimming, kayaking, boating, surfing, windsurfing, sailing, power boating and other land based activities on the beach with the majority of users walking along the long shore. A surf school is run from Drumnatinny Beach during the summer months. Contributing catchment Drumnatinny Beach is located in a rural area near Falcarragh on the North Coast of Donegal facing North details: into the Atlantic Ocean. The beach itself has a large catchment area as there are 3 major river systems and a number of smaller systems and lakes in the catchment. Contributing Catchment: The contributing catchment of the designated bathing area for Drumnatinny Beach is approximately 129.5km2 in area. Water Bodies draining to Bathing Area: There are a number of designated river and lake waterbodies within the catchment area for Drumnatinny Beach, including the Tullaghobegley River, Ray River, Lough Agher River, Lough Altan, Lough Feeane and Ballynes Bay. Land Cover and Land Use: Topography: The catchment consists of some upland area from the Muckish and Errigal Mountains to the East and South and a large low lying drainage area to Ray River, Tullaghobegley River and Glenna River as well as the smaller rivers of Owentully and Owenawillen. There are a number of lakes in the catchment including Lough Lagha, Lough Agannive, Lough Altan, Lough Aluirg, Lough Agher and Derryreel Lough as well as other smaller lakes. Falcarragh and Gortahork are the main population centres with on-off housing scattered throughout the remainder of the catchment. Land Use: Land attributed to peat bog accounts for 47%, pastures 22% and sparsely vegetated areas 10%, which accounts for the largest portion of the catchment. Soils, Subsoils, Bedrock: The catchment bedrock is predominantly comprised of Falcarragh Pelite formation (23%), Lower Ards Quartzite formation (21%) and Sessiagh-Clanmass Formation (13%). The main soil and subsoil types for the catchment area are blanket peat (62%) in both categories as this is by far the most predominant soil type in the area. Formal Designations: Drumnatinny bathing water catchment contains the Glenveagh National Park Special Protection Area (SPA) (Code 004039),MuckishMountain proposed National Heritage Area (NHA) and Special Area of Conservation (SAC) (Code 001179), the Cloughernagore andGlenveaghNational Park pNHA and SAC (Code 002047), theBallynessBay pNHA and SAC (Code 001090) and the Corveen Bog NHA (Code 001108). The site is also beside the Inishbofin (Donegal) pNHA (Code 000150), the Inishbofin, Inishdooey and Inishbeg SPA (Code 004083), the Horn Head and Rinclevan pNHA and SAC (Code 000147) and the Horn Head to Fanad Head SPA (Code 004194). Population Centres: The towns of Falcarragh and Gortahork are the nearest centres of population to the beach, but including the larger catchment area, there are approximately 3,747 people throughout the Contributing catchment details: catchment (CSO. 2011). Rainfall: The closest weather station to the designated beach is at Malin Head Weather Station (IC 418 575), which is approximately 55km as the crow flies from the beach. During the bathing water season (2013-2015), the average rainfall (mm) for May, June, July, August and September is 108.7, 63.4, 91.7, 99.6 and 40.8 respectively. Details of the rainfall data can be obtained through www.met.ie Monitoring
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