Editing County Mayo (section)

===Flora and fauna===
A survey of the terrestrial and freshwater algae of Clare Island was made between 1990 and 2005 and published in 2007. A record of ''[[Gunnera]] tinctoria'' is also noted.<ref>Guiry, M. D., John, D. M., Rindi, F. and McCarthy, T. K., eds. (2007) ''New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 6: The Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae.'' Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. {{ISBN|978-1-904890-31-7}}</ref>

Consultants working for the [[Corrib gas project]] have carried out extensive surveys of wildlife [[flora]] and [[fauna]] in [[Kilcommon]] Parish, [[Erris]] between 2002 and 2009. This information is published in the Corrib Gas Proposal [[Environmental impact statement]]s 2009 and 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corribgaspipelineabpapplication.ie/.|title=From the latest E.I.S. submitted in June 2010 click 'Further Information'. then select 'Volume 2 of 3 Appendices Books 1-6' then select 'Volume 2 Book 3 of 6' where will be found eleven extensive tomes dealing with the wildlife, marine, freshwater and terrestrial flora and fauna of a small area of Kilcommon parish.|access-date=13 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721123227/http://www.corribgaspipelineabpapplication.ie/|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>