List of Ramsar sites in Scotland

This list includes all Ramsar sites in Scotland. Ramsar sites are internationally recognised wetland sites, protected under the terms of the Ramsar Convention, which was developed and adopted by participating nations at a meeting in Ramsar, Iran, on 2 February 1971. At the end of 2010, 160 states were contracting parties to the convention, and the worldwide total of sites was 1,920. The United Kingdom was one of 18 original signatories to the convention, and has since designated 168 Ramsar sites. 51 of these sites are within Scotland, including one site, the Upper Solway Flats and Marshes, which covers parts of both Scotland and England in the Solway Firth. The total area of all Ramsar sites in Scotland is approximately 313,500 hectares (775,000 acres).[1] All of Scotland's Ramsar sites form part of the European Natura 2000 network as either Special Protection Areas or Special Areas of Conservation, and many sites are further protected as Sites of Special Scientific Interest under UK legislation.

List of Ramsar sites in Scotland

Name[1] Council area Designated Area (hectares) Coordinates Site code Image
Bridgend Flats, IslayArgyll and Bute1988-07-1433155°46′0″N 6°16′0″WUK13001
Cairngorm LochsAberdeenshire / Highland / Moray1981-07-2417357°4′0″N 3°47′0″WUK13002
Caithness and Sutherland PeatlandsHighland1999-02-02143,50358°20′0″N 3°56′0″WUK13003
Caithness LochsHighland1998-02-021,37958°29′0″N 3°20′0″WUK13004
Cameron ReservoirFife1994-03-146956°18′0″N 2°51′0″WUK13005
Castle Loch, LochmabenDumfries and Galloway1996-03-1510855°7′0″N 3°26′0″WUK13006
Claish MossHighland1981-07-2456856°44′0″N 5°44′0″WUK13007
CollArgyll and Bute1995-03-312,20956°39′0″N 6°30′0″WUK13008
Cromarty FirthHighland1999-07-223,74757°41′0″N 4°12′0″WUK13009
Din Moss - Hoselaw LochScottish Borders1988-07-145155°35′0″N 2°18′0″WUK13010
Dornoch Firth and Loch FleetHighland1997-03-247,83757°51′0″N 4°2′0″WUK13011
East Sanday CoastOrkney1997-08-111,51559°16′0″N 2°34′0″WUK13013
Eilean na Muice Duibhe (Duich Moss), IslayArgyll and Bute1988-07-1457655°43′0″N 6°15′0″WUK13014
Fala FlowMidlothian1990-04-2531855°49′0″N 2°54′0″WUK13015
Firth of ForthClackmannanshire / East Lothian / Edinburgh / Falkirk / Fife /Stirling / West Lothian2001-10-306,31456°1′0″N 2°53′0″WUK13017
Firth of Tay & Eden EstuaryAngus / Dundee / Fife / Perth and Kinross2000-07-286,91856°24′0″N 3°5′0″WUK13018
Gladhouse ReservoirMidlothian1988-07-1418655°47′0″N 3°6′0″WUK13021
Greenlaw MoorScottish Borders1996-03-1524855°44′0″N 2°27′0″WUK13022
Gruinart Flats, IslayArgyll and Bute1988-07-143,26155°51′0″N 6°20′0″WUK13023
Inner Clyde EstuaryEast Dunbartonshire / Inverclyde / Renfrewshire / West Dunbartonshire2000-09-051,82555°57′0″N 4°38′0″WUK13024
Inner Moray FirthHighland1999-07-222,33956°50′0″N 4°21′0″WUK13025
Kintyre Goose RoostsArgyll and Bute1998-10-2831255°31′0″N 5°37′0″WUK13027
Lewis PeatlandsNa h-Eileanan Siar2000-12-2258,98458°15′0″N 6°35′0″WUK13028
Loch an DuinNa h-Eileanan Siar1990-04-252,62157°38′0″N 7°9′0″WUK13029
Loch EyeHighland1986-10-0120557°47′0″N 3°58′0″WUK13031
Loch Ken and River Dee MarshesDumfries and Galloway1992-08-3176954°59′0″N 4°1′0″WUK13032
Loch LevenPerth and Kinross1976-01-051,61256°12′0″N 3°23′0″WUK13033
Loch LomondStirling / West Dunbartonshire1976-01-0523756°4′0″N 4°30′0″WUK13034
Loch MareeHighland1994-09-193,17457°41′0″N 5°28′0″WUK13035
Loch of Inch and Torrs WarrenDumfries and Galloway1999-02-022,11154°50′0″N 4°52′0″WUK13037
Loch of KinnordyAngus1994-03-298556°40′0″N 3°3′0″WUK13038
Loch of LintrathenAngus1981-07-2421756°41′0″N 3°11′0″WUK13039
Loch of SkeneAberdeenshire1986-10-0112157°9′0″N 2°21′0″WUK13040
Loch of StrathbegAberdeenshire1995-11-2761657°37′0″N 1°53′0″WUK13041
Loch RuthvenHighland1996-08-1620157°20′0″N 4°17′0″WUK13042
Loch SpynieMoray1992-08-319457°41′0″N 3°17′0″WUK13043
Montrose BasinAngus1995-02-0398556°43′0″N 2°30′0″WUK13046
Moray and Nairn CoastHighland / Moray1997-02-022,41257°39′0″N 3°44′0″WUK13048
Muir of DinnetAberdeenshire1999-07-2215857°5′0″N 2°55′0″WUK13049
North Uist Machair and IslandsNa h-Eileanan Siar1999-07-22 (extended 2000-11-03)4,70557°32′0″N 7°23′0″WUK13050
Rannoch MoorPerth and Kinross1976-01-051,51956°39′0″N 4°36′0″WUK13051
Rinns of IslayArgyll and Bute1990-04-253,57155°51′0″N 6°23′0″WUK13052
River SpeyInsh MarshesHighland1997-02-021,15957°5′0″N 4°0′0″WUK13053
Ronas HillNorth Roe and TingonShetland1997-08-115,47060°33′0″N 1°25′0″WUK13054
Silver FloweDumfries and Galloway1981-07-2462055°7′0″N 4°24′0″WUK13055
Sléibhtean agus Cladach Thiriodh (Tiree Wetlands and Coast)Argyll and Bute2001-11-161,93956°30′0″N 6°52′0″WUK13056
South Tayside Goose RoostsPerth and Kinross1993-04-2233156°16′0″N 3°50′0″WUK13057
South Uist Machair and LochsNa h-Eileanan Siar1976-01-055,01957°19′0″N 7°20′0″WUK13058
Upper Solway Flats and MarshesDumfries and Galloway / Cumbria1986-10-0143,63754°54′0″N 3°25′0″WUK11079
WestwaterScottish Borders1995-11-275055°45′0″N 3°24′0″WUK13060
Ythan Estuary and Meikle LochAberdeenshire1998-03-3031457°20′0″N 1°57′0″WUK13061

See also

References

  1. "Ramsar List" (PDF). Ramsar.org. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
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