List of Special Protection Areas in Scotland
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List of Special Protection Areas in Scotland is a list of Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in Scotland
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Site name
Site code
Country
Area (ha)
Co-ordinates
Status
Abernethy Forest
UK9002561
S
5793.46
57°13′22"N 03°18′10"W
Classified
Achanalt Marshes
UK9001701
S
208.25
57°36′10"N 04°53′30"W
Classified
Ailsa Craig
UK9003091
S
99.94
55°15′15"N 05°07′00"W
Classified
Aird and Borve, Benbecula
UK9001751
S
361
57°27′20"N 07°23′30"W
Classified
Anagach Wood
UK9020297
S
Potential
Arran Moors
UK9003341
S
10736.51
55°32′40"N 05°13′30"W
Classified
Assynt Lochs
UK9001591
S
1156.43
58°10′00"N 05°00′00"W
Classified
Auskerry
UK9002381
S
101.97
59°02′00"N 02°34′00"W
Classified
Ballochbuie
UK9002781
S
1881.73
56°59′30"N 03°19′06"W
Classified
Beinn Dearg
UK9001631
S
5567.59
57°48′00"N 04°55′00"W
Classified
Ben Alder
UK9002551
S
2860.21
56°50′25"N 04°29′45"W
Classified
Ben Wyvis
UK9001641
S
2174.54
57°41′00"N 04°34′30"W
Classified
Black Cart
UK9003221
S
56.3
55°52′45"N 04°26′20"W
Classified
Bridgend Flats, Islay
UK9003052
S
331.16
55°46′22"N 06°16′05"W
Classified
Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast
UK9002491
S
208.62
57°26′20"N 01°48′30"W
Classified
Caenlochan
UK9004011
S
5975.28
56°52′54"N 03°17′30"W
Classified
Cairngorms
UK9002241
S
50903.74
57°04′30"N 03°38′30"W
Classified
Caithness Lochs
UK9001151
S
145516.75
58°20′10"N 03°56′15"W
Classified
Caithness
and Sutherland
Peatlands
UK9001171
S
1378.45
58°29′30"N 03°20′00"W
Classified
Calf of Eday
UK9002431
S
238.03
59°14′24"N 02°43′48"W
Classified
Cameron Reservoir
UK9004131
S
68.76
56°17′32"N 02°51′12"W
Classified
Canna
and Sanday
UK9001431
S
1341.27
57°04′00"N 06°30′00"W
Classified
Cape Wrath
UK9001231
S
1019.18
58°36′00"N 04°53′30"W
Classified
Castle Loch, Lochmaben
UK9003191
S
107.6
55°07′12"N 03°25′50"W
Classified
Cnuic agus Cladach Mhuile
UK9003311
S
29248.97
56°26′30"N 06°00′20"W
Classified
Coll
(corncrake)
UK9003031
S
2321.88
56°39′16"N 06°30′05"W
Classified
Coll
UK9003033
S
371.13
56°36′10"N 06°37′15"W
Classified
Copinsay
UK9002151
S
125.42
58°54′00"N 02°40′30"W
Classified
Craigmore Wood
UK9001801
S
654.09
57°17′00"N 03°37′00"W
Classified
Creag Meagaidh
UK9002161
S
2872.64
56°57′00"N 04°35′00"W
Classified
Cromarty Firth
UK9001623
S
3746.95
57°41′00"N 04°12′00"W
Classified
Cuillins
UK9001781
S
29490.01
57°14′39"N 06°08′45"W
Classified
Darnaway and Lethen Forest
UK9020292
S
1828.61
57°32′45"N 03°41′45"W
Classified
Din Moss - Hoselaw Loch
UK9004291
S
50.59
55°34′33"N 02°18′30"W
Classified
Dornoch Firth
and Loch Fleet
UK9001622
S
7836.33
57°51′00"N 04°02′30"W
Classified
Drumochter Hills
UK9002301
S
9445.56
56°51′54"N 04°14′48"W
Classified
East Caithness Cliffs
UK9001182
S
442.62
58°16′49"N 03°20′21"W
Classified
East Sanday Coast
UK9002331
S
1515.23
59°16′00"N 02°34′00"W
Classified
Eilean na Muice Duibhe (Duich Moss), Islay
UK9003054
S
576.42
55°43′20"N 06°15′20"W
Classified
Eoligarry, Barra
UK9001761
S
144.04
57°02′50"N 07°25′48"W
Classified
Fair Isle
UK9002091
S
561.27
59°32′15"N 01°37′00"W
Classified
Fala Flow
UK9004241
S
318.04
55°49′00"N 02°54′20"W
Classified
Fetlar
UK9002031
S
2594.91
60°36′35"N 00°51′20"W
Classified
Firth of Forth
UK9004411
S
6313.72
56°01′00"N 02°53′00"W
Classified
Firth of Tay
and Eden Estuary
UK9004121
S
6923.29
56°24′30"N 03°05′00"W
Classified
Flannan Isles
UK9001021
S
58.87
58°17′20"N 07°35′30"W
Classified
Forest of Clunie
UK9004381
S
19349.38
56°40′00"N 03°35′00"W
Classified
Forth Islands
UK9004171
S
106.01
56°11′10"N 02°33′20"W
Classified
Foula
UK9002061
S
1323.31
60°08′20"N 02°05′00"W
Classified
Fowlsheugh
UK9002271
S
10.15
56°54′45"N 02°11′45"W
Classified
Gladhouse Reservoir
UK9004231
S
186.41
55°47′10"N 03°06′00"W
Classified
Glas Eileanan
UK9003211
S
1.43
56°29′48"N 05°42′50"W
Classified
Glen App and Galloway Moors
UK9003351
S
8942.38
55°00′20"N 04°56′30"W
Classified
Glen Tanar
UK9002771
S
4180.09
57°01′10"N 02°53′30"W
Classified
Greenlaw Moor
UK9004281
S
247.59
55°44′06"N 02°27′06"W
Classified
Gruinart Flats
, Islay
UK9003051
S
3261.32
55°50′42"N 06°19′33"W
Classified
Handa
UK9001241
S
367.49
58°23′00"N 05°11′12"W
Classified
Hermaness
, Saxa Vord and Valla Field
UK9002011
S
1662.92
60°49′19"N 00°54′00"W
Classified
Hoy
UK9002141
S
9499.7
58°51′30"N 03°19′10"W
Classified
Imperial Dock Lock, Leith
UK9004451
S
0.11
55°59′00"N 03°10′15"W
Potential
Inner Clyde Estuary
UK9003061
S
1826.02
55°56′50"N 04°38′00"W
Classified
Inner Moray Firth
UK9001624
S
2339.23
56°50′25"N 04°21′15"W
Classified
Inverpolly
, Loch Urigill and nearby lochs
UK9001511
S
1986.3
58°04′30"N 05°11′00"W
Classified
Kilpheder to Smerclate, South Uist
UK9001083
S
380.63
57°02′40"N 07°23′24"W
Classified
Kintyre Goose Roosts
UK9003071
S
412.37
55°31′00"N 05°37′00"W
Classified
Kinveachy Forest
UK9002581
S
2849.36
57°14′15"N 03°54′00"W
Classified
Knapdale Lochs
UK9003301
S
112.39
55°51′30"N 05°35′00"W
Classified
Ladder Hills
UK9002951
S
4240.4
57°12′12"N 03°15′00"W
Potential
Laggan, Islay
UK9003053
S
1230.02
55°43′16"N 06°18′24"W
Classified
Lairg
and Strathbrora Lochs
UK9001611
S
286.3
58°04′45"N 04°24′40"W
Classified
Langholm
- Newcastleton Hills
UK9003271
S
7544.87
55°12′15"N 02°53′50"W
Classified
Lewis Peatlands
UK9001571
S
58984.23
58°15′00"N 06°35′00"W
Classified
Loch Ashie
UK9001554
S
162.29
57°22′44"N 04°17′00"W
Classified
Loch Eye
UK9001621
S
205.14
57°47′30"N 03°58′00"W
Classified
Loch Flemington
UK9001691
S
21
57°32′32"N 03°59′15"W
Classified
Loch Ken
and River Dee
marshes
UK9003111
S
769.11
54°59′28"N 04°01′00"W
Classified
Loch Knockie and Nearby Lochs
UK9001552
S
395.92
57°05′45"N 04°35′00"W
Classified
Loch Leven
UK9004111
S
1611.81
56°11′48"N 03°22′30"W
Classified
Loch Lomond
UK9003021
S
510.49
56°03′45"N 04°30′30"W
Classified
Loch Maree
UK9001531
S
3173.66
57°41′10"N 05°28′15"W
Classified
Loch of Inch and Torrs Warren
UK9003121
S
2111.04
54°50′30"N 04°52′30"W
Classified
Loch of Kinnordy
UK9004051
S
85.09
56°40′30"N 03°02′40"W
Classified
Loch of Lintrathen
UK9004061
S
186.4
56°40′40"N 03°11′00"W
Classified
Loch of Skene
UK9002261
S
120.89
57°09′30"N 02°21′30"W
Classified
Loch of Spiggie and Loch of Brow
UK9002211
S
615.94
57°37′24"N 01°53′00"W
Classified
Loch of Strathbeg
UK9001551
S
201.15
57°19′54"N 04°16′48"W
Classified
Loch Ruthven
UK9001721
S
2290.94
56°50′00"N 05°30′00"W
Classified
Loch Shiel
UK9002201
S
93.62
57°41′00"N 03°16′42"W
Classified
Loch Spynie
UK9002751
S
44.6
57°14′20"N 03°48′00"W
Classified
Loch Vaa
UK9002281
S
1431.28
56°56′30"N 03°16′00"W
Classified
Lochnagar
UK9002651
S
141.48
59°56′00"N 01°20′00"W
Classified
Marwick Head
UK9002121
S
8.7
59°06′20"N 03°21′00"W
Classified
Mingulay
and Berneray
UK9001121
S
911.07
56°48′18"N 07°38′33"W
Classified
Mointeach Scadabhaigh
UK9001501
S
4148.44
57°36′00"N 07°17′00"W
Classified
Monach Isles
UK9001071
S
595.74
57°31′30"N 07°36′30"W
Classified
Montrose Basin
UK9004031
S
984.61
56°42′40"N 02°30′20"W
Classified
Morangie Forest
UK9001791
S
3512.92
57°47′30"N 04°07′15"W
Classified
Moray
and Nairn
Coast
UK9001625
S
2410.25
57°38′54"N 03°43′48"W
Classified
Mousa
UK9002361
S
197.98
60°00′00"N 01°10′20"W
Classified
Muir of Dinnet
UK9002791
S
157.6
57°05′00"N 02°55′00"W
Classified
Muirkirk
and North Lowther Uplands
UK9003261
S
26330.31
55°30′35"N 04°04′35"W
Classified
Ness and Barvas
, Lewis
UK9001741
S
649.2
58°29′30"N 06°15′30"W
Classified
North Caithness Cliffs
UK9001181
S
557.73
58°39′00"N 03°24′30"W
Classified
North Colonsay and Western Cliffs
UK9003171
S
973.96
56°06′28"N 06°10′00"W
Classified
North Harris Mountains
UK9001572
S
13132.01
58°00′00"N 06°57′30"W
Classified
North Inverness Lochs
UK9001553
S
123.21
57°21′42"N 04°30′10"W
Classified
North Rona
and Sula Sgeir
UK9001011
S
138.81
59°07′18"N 05°49′30"W
Classified
North Sutherland Coastal Islands
UK9001211
S
221.11
58°33′30"N 04°21′00"W
Classified
North Uist Machair and Islands
UK9001051
S
4876.35
57°32′00"N 07°22′45"W
Classified
Noss
UK9002081
S
343.82
60°08′40"N 01°01′00"W
Classified
Novar
UK9020293
S
1054.65
57°41′30"N 04°20′10"W
Classified
Orkney Mainland Moors
UK9002311
S
4444.35
59°05′00"N 03°08′00"W
Classified
Otterswick
and Graveland
UK9002941
S
2241.41
60°33′35"N 01°06′30"W
Classified
Papa Stour
UK9002051
S
569.03
60°20′10"N 01°42′00"W
Classified
Papa Westray
(North Hill and Holm of Papa
)
UK9002111
S
245.71
59°22′40"N 02°52′45"W
Classified
Pentland Firth Islands
UK9001131
S
170.51
58°44′30"N 03°03′30"W
Classified
Priest Island
(Summer Isles
)
UK9001261
S
131.68
57°57′40"N 05°30′30"W
Classified
Ramna Stacks
and Gruney
UK9002021
S
11.59
60°39′10"N 01°18′10"W
Classified
Rannoch Lochs
UK9004021
S
1170.19
56°40′00"N 04°37′00"W
Classified
Renfrewshire Heights
UK9020295
S
Potential
Rinns of Islay
UK9003057
S
9407.46
55°46′55"N 06°21′00"W
Classified
River Spey
- Insh Marshes
UK9002231
S
1158.87
57°05′23"N 03°59′48"W
Classified
Ronas Hill
- North Roe
and Tingon
UK9002041
S
5470.2
60°33′00"N 01°25′00"W
Classified
Rousay
UK9002371
S
633.41
59°10′50"N 03°06′00"W
Classified
Rùm
UK9001341
S
10942.38
57°00′00"N 06°20′00"W
Classified
Shiant Isles
UK9001041
S
212.33
57°54′00"N 06°22′00"W
Classified
Sléibhtean agus Cladach Thiriodh(Tiree Wetlands and Coast)
UK9003032
S
1938.59
56°30′00"N 06°52′00"W
Classified
South Tayside Goose Roosts
UK9004401
S
331.01
56°15′54"N 03°50′00"W
Classified
South Uist Machair and Lochs
UK9001082
S
5017.23
57°18′50"N 07°20′00"W
Classified
St Abb's Head
to Fast Castle
UK9004271
S
250.88
55°55′00"N 02°10′00"W
Classified
St Kilda
UK9001031
S
865.51
57°49′00"N 08°35′00"W
Classified
Sule Skerry
and Sule Stack
UK9002181
S
18.9
59°05′05"N 04°24′15"W
Classified
Sumburgh Head
UK9002511
S
39.04
59°51′55"N 01°16′05"W
Classified
Switha
UK9002891
S
57.39
58°47′08"N 03°06′00"W
Classified
Tips of Corsemaul and Tom Mór
UK9002811
S
83.71
57°26′32"N 03°00′35"W
Classified
Tiree
(corncrake)
UK9003034
S
544.08
56°28′20"N 06°55′00"W
Classified
Treshnish Isles
UK9003041
S
240.67
56°29′30"N 06°25′10"W
Classified
Troup, Pennan and Lion`s Heads
UK9002471
S
172.11
57°41′00"N 02°15′05"W
Classified
Upper Solway Flats and Marshes
UK9005012
ES
43636.73
54°54′20"N 03°25′27"W
Classified
West Westray
UK9002101
S
350.62
59°17′40"N 03°00′45"W
Classified
Wester Ross Lochs
UK9001711
S
1980.26
57°45′00"N 05°27′00"W
Classified
Westwater
UK9004251
S
49.77
55°45′30"N 03°24′30"W
Classified
Ythan Estuary
, Sands of Forvie
and Meikle Loch
UK9002221
S
1016.24
57°20′30"N 01°57′30"W
Classified
Scotland
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Abernethy Forest
Abernethy Forest is a remnant of the Caledonian Forest near Aviemore, Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland. It is an RSPB reserve, close to Loch Garten Osprey Centre, which is also owned by the RSPB. There is approximately 4,000 hectares of forest within the reserve, and just under half of...
Ailsa Craig
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Benbecula
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Auskerry
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Beinn Dearg (Ullapool)
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Ben Alder
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Ben Wyvis
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Islay
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Caenlochan
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Cairngorms
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Caithness
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and Sutherland
Sutherland
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Peatlands
Calf of Eday
The Calf of Eday is an island in Orkney, Scotland, lying north east of Eday."Calf" is a name usually given to a small island alongside a larger one, e.g...
Canna, Scotland
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and Sanday
Sanday, Inner Hebrides
Sanday is one of the Small Isles, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is a tidal island linked to its larger neighbor, Canna, via sandbanks at low tide, and also connected to the larger island by a bridge...
Cape Wrath
Cape Wrath is a cape in Sutherland, Highland, in northern Scotland. It is the most northwesterly point on the island of Great Britain. The land between the Kyle of Durness and the lighthouse that is situated right at the tip, is known as the Parph, two hundred and seven square kilometers of...
Lochmaben
Lochmaben is a small town in Scotland, and site of a once-important castle. It lies four miles west of Lockerbie, in Dumfries and Galloway.-Notable people:*Angus Douglas - Scottish internationalist footballer...
Coll
Coll is a small island, west of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Coll is known for its sandy beaches, which rise to form large sand dunes, for its corncrakes, and for Breachacha Castle.-Geography and geology:...
(corncrake)
Coll
Coll is a small island, west of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Coll is known for its sandy beaches, which rise to form large sand dunes, for its corncrakes, and for Breachacha Castle.-Geography and geology:...
Copinsay
'Copinsay is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, lying off the east coast of the Orkney Mainland. The smaller companion island to Copinsay is called the Horse of Copinsay and lies to the north east to the main island. The island is now uninhabited and managed as a bird reserve...
Creag Meagaidh
Creag Meagaidh is a mountain on the northern side of Glen Spean in Scotland. It is a complex mountain, taking the form of a flat summit plateau from which five ridges radiate, and is most famed for the cliffs surrounding the corrie of Coire Ardair on the north-eastern face...
Cromarty Firth
The Cromarty Firth of Cromarty') is an arm of the North Sea in Scotland. It is the middle of the three sea lochs at the head of the Moray Firth: to the north lies the Dornoch Firth, and to the south the Beauly Firth....
Dornoch Firth
The Dornoch Firth is a firth on the east coast of Highland, in northern Scotland. It forms part of the boundary between Ross and Cromarty, to the south, and Sutherland, to the north....
and Loch Fleet
Loch Fleet
Loch Fleet is a sea loch on the east coast of Scotland, located between Golspie and Dornoch. It forms the estuary of the River Fleet, a small spate river that rises in the hills east of Lairg.-Geography and geology:...
Islay
-Prehistory:The earliest settlers on Islay were nomadic hunter-gatherers who arrived during the Mesolithic period after the retreat of the Pleistocene ice caps. In 1993 a flint arrowhead was found in a field near Bridgend dating from 10,800 BC, the earliest evidence of a human presence found so far...
Barra
The island of Barra is a predominantly Gaelic-speaking island, and apart from the adjacent island of Vatersay, to which it is connected by a causeway, is the southernmost inhabited island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland.-Geography:The 2001 census showed that the resident population was 1,078...
Fair Isle
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Fetlar
Fetlar is one of the North Isles of Shetland, Scotland, with a population of 86 at the time of the 2001 census. Its main settlement is Houbie on the south coast, home to the Fetlar Interpretive Centre...
Firth of Forth
The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotland's River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea, between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh and East Lothian to the south...
Firth of Tay
The Firth of Tay is a firth in Scotland between the council areas of Fife, Perth and Kinross, the City of Dundee and Angus, into which Scotland's largest river in terms of flow, the River Tay, empties....
and Eden Estuary
Flannan Isles
Designed by David Alan Stevenson, the tower was constructed for the Northern Lighthouse Board between 1895 and 1899 and is located near the highest point on Eilean Mòr. Construction was undertaken by George Lawson of Rutherglen at a cost of £6,914 inclusive of the building of the landing places,...
Foula
Foula in the Shetland Islands of Scotland is one of Great Britain’s most remote permanently inhabited islands. Owned since the turn of the 20th century by the Holbourn family, the island was the location for the film The Edge of the World...
Fowlsheugh
Fowlsheugh is a coastal nature reserve in Kincardineshire, northeast Scotland, known for its seventy metre high cliff formations and habitat supporting prolific seabird nesting colonies. Designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest by Scottish Natural Heritage, the property is owned by the...
Gladhouse Reservoir
Gladhouse Reservoir, formerly Moorfoot Loch, is a reservoir in Midlothian, Scotland, five miles south of Penicuik. It is the largest area of freshwater in the Lothians....
Gruinart Flats
The Gruinart Flats is a low lying landform on the western part of the isle of Islay in Scotland. The locale is an important conservation area, having been designated as an SSSI. Much of the Gruinart Flats is a marshy area operated by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds...
, Islay
Islay
-Prehistory:The earliest settlers on Islay were nomadic hunter-gatherers who arrived during the Mesolithic period after the retreat of the Pleistocene ice caps. In 1993 a flint arrowhead was found in a field near Bridgend dating from 10,800 BC, the earliest evidence of a human presence found so far...
Handa, Scotland
Handa is an island off the west coast of Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. It is and at its highest point.A small ferry sails to Handa from Tarbet on the mainland and boat trips operate to it from Fanagmore....
Hermaness
Hermaness is the northernmost headland of Unst, the northernmost inhabited island of Shetland, Scotland. It consists of sea cliffs and moorland.-Hermaness National Nature Reserve:...
, Saxa Vord and Valla Field
Hoy
Hoy is an island in Orkney, Scotland. With an area of it is the second largest in the archipelago after the Mainland. It is connected by a causeway called The Ayre to South Walls...
Leith
-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....
Inverpolly
Inverpolly is the name given to a large area of western Sutherland in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, north of Ullapool. The area contains several prominent hills, rising up from a rough landscape of bogs and lochans...
, Loch Urigill and nearby lochs
South Uist
South Uist is an island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. In the 2001 census it had a usually resident population of 1,818. There is a nature reserve and a number of sites of archaeological interest, including the only location in Great Britain where prehistoric mummies have been found. The...
Islay
-Prehistory:The earliest settlers on Islay were nomadic hunter-gatherers who arrived during the Mesolithic period after the retreat of the Pleistocene ice caps. In 1993 a flint arrowhead was found in a field near Bridgend dating from 10,800 BC, the earliest evidence of a human presence found so far...
Lairg
Lairg is a village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. It has a population of about 700and is situated at the south-eastern end of Lairg is a village in [[Sutherland]], [[Highland |Highland]], [[Scotland]]...
and Strathbrora Lochs
Langholm
Langholm , also known colloquially as the "Muckle Toon", is a burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on the River Esk and the A7 road.- History:...
- Newcastleton Hills
Loch Ken
Loch Ken is 9-mile long freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the Glenkens, where it is fed from the north by the Water of Ken and from the west by the Dee. It continues as the Dee south from Glenlochar, where the water is held back by the Glenlochar Barrage...
and River Dee
River Dee, Galloway
The River Dee, in south-west Scotland, flows from its source in Loch Dee amongst the Galloway Hills, firstly to Clatteringshaws Loch, then in to Loch Ken, where it joins the Water of Ken. From there, the Dee flows southwards to Kirkcudbright, and into Kirkcudbright Bay to reach the Solway. The...
marshes
Loch Leven
Loch Leven is a fresh water loch in Perth and Kinross council area, central Scotland.Roughly triangular, the loch is about 6 km at its longest. The burgh of Kinross lies at its western end. Loch Leven Castle lies on an island a short way offshore...
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond is a freshwater Scottish loch, lying on the Highland Boundary Fault. It is the largest lake in Great Britain by surface area. The lake contains many islands, including Inchmurrin, the largest fresh-water island in the British Isles, although the lake itself is smaller than many Irish...
Loch Maree
Loch Maree is a loch in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. At long and with a maximum width of , it is the fourth largest freshwater loch in Scotland; it is the largest north of Loch Ness. Its surface area is ....
Loch of Skene
The Loch of Skene is in Aberdeenshire, Scotland some 9 miles west of the city of Aberdeen, near the Kirkton of Skene village.Loch of Skene is home to the Aberdeen and Stonehaven Yachting Club....
Loch Ruthven
Loch Ruthven is a large loch which lies to the southeast of Loch Ness in the Highland region of Scotland. It is 2.25 miles long, extends over an area of 368 acres and is up to 42ft deep. The most important breeding site in the UK for Slavonian Grebes, it has one of the highest populations of this...
Loch Shiel
Loch Shiel is a 19.3 km2 freshwater loch, 120 m deep, situated 20 km west of Fort William in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland...
Lochnagar
Lochnagar or Beinn Chìochan is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about five miles south of the River Dee near Balmoral.-Names:...
Mingulay
Mingulay is the second largest of the Bishop's Isles in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Located south of Barra, it is known for its important seabird populations, including puffins, Black-legged Kittiwakes, and razorbills, which nest in the sea-cliffs, amongst the highest in the British...
and Berneray
Montrose Basin
The Montrose Basin is part of the estuary of the South Esk forming a tidal basin near to the town of Montrose, Angus, on the north-east coast of Scotland....
Moray
Moray is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.- History :...
and Nairn
Nairn
Nairn is a town and former burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness...
Coast
Mousa
Mousa is a small island in Shetland, Scotland, uninhabited since the nineteenth century. The island is known for the Broch of Mousa, an Iron Age round tower, and is designated as a Special Protection Area for storm-petrel breeding colonies.-Geography:...
Muir of Dinnet
Muir of Dinnet is an area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland designated as a National Nature Reserve because of its value as a habitat for flora and fauna, and important geomorphological features....
Muirkirk
Muirkirk is a small village in East Ayrshire, southwest Scotland. It is located on the north bank of the River Ayr, between Cumnock and Glenbuck on the A70...
and North Lowther Uplands
Barvas
Barvas is a settlement, community and civil parish on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.It developed around a road junction. North is the road to Ness; west takes the traveller to Carloway and the West Side; south runs the road to Stornoway...
, Lewis
Lewis
Lewis is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The total area of Lewis is ....
North Rona
Rona is a remote Scottish island in the North Atlantic. Rona is often referred to as North Rona in order to distinguish it from South Rona . It has an area of and a maximum height of...
and Sula Sgeir
Sula Sgeir
Sula Sgeir is a small, uninhabited Scottish island in the North Atlantic, west of North Rona...
Noss
Noss is a small, previously inhabited island in Shetland, Scotland. It is a sheep farm and has been a National Nature Reserve since 1955.-Geography:...
Novar
Novar may refer to:Companies:*Novar plc - the international conglomerate based in the United Kingdom, that was formerly Metal Box, MB Group, MB-Caradon and Caradon plc, and was acquired in 2005 by Honeywell....
Otterswick
Otterswick on the Isle of Yell in the Shetland Islands, on the inlet of Otters Wick. It is on the east side of the island. There is also an "Otterswick" on Sanday in the Orkney Islands....
and Graveland
Papa Stour
Papa Stour is one of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, with a population of under twenty people, some of whom immigrated after an appeal for residents in the 1970s. Located to the west of mainland Shetland and with an area of 828 hectares , Papa Stour is the eighth largest island in Shetland...
Papa Westray
Papa Westray, also known as Papay, is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, with a population of 65 at the time of the 2001 Census, now increased to 70 people...
(North Hill and Holm of Papa
Holm of Papa
The Holm of Papa is a very small uninhabited island in the Orkney islands. It is around 15 ha in size...
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Priest Island
Priest Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Summer Isles off the west coast of Scotland.-History:It is believed that the island was used by culdees for religious purposes, and has several stone circles.-Geography:...
(Summer Isles
Summer Isles
The Summer Isles are an archipelago lying in the mouth of Loch Broom, in the Highland region of Scotland.-Geography:The only inhabited isle, Tanera Mòr, is also the largest. It is home to an Atlantic salmon fish farm, some rental holiday homes, a café and a post office, which has operated its own...
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Ramna Stacks
The Ramna Stacks are a group of skerries in the Shetland islands. They are north of the northern tip of Mainland, and along with nearby Gruney they are a special protection area on account of their birdlife.From north to south they consist of:*Gaut Skerries...
and Gruney
Gruney
Gruney is a small, uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland. It lies north of the Northmavine peninsula of the Shetland Mainland, from which it is separated by the Gruney Sound....
Rinns of Islay
The Rinns of Islay is an area on the west of the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland....
River Spey
The River Spey is a river in the northeast of Scotland, the second longest and the fastest-flowing river in Scotland...
- Insh Marshes
Insh Marshes
Insh Marshes are 10 square kilometres of the River Spey floodplain between Kingussie and Kincraig in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland...
Ronas Hill
Ronas Hill is a Marilyn, the highest point of Mainland, Shetland, in Scotland. There is a Neolithic chambered cairn near the summit.-Location:...
- North Roe
North Roe
North Roe is a village, and protected area at the northern tip in the large Northmavine peninsula of the Mainland of Shetland, Scotland. It is a small village, with a school with less than a dozen pupils in 2011. North Roe is internationally recognised wetland site, and it is protected under the...
and Tingon
Rousay
Rousay is a small, hilly island about north of Orkney's Mainland, off the north coast of Scotland, and has been nicknamed "the Egypt of the north", due to its tremendous archaeological diversity and importance....
Rùm
Rùm , a Scottish Gaelic name often anglicised to Rum) is one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides, in the district of Lochaber, Scotland...
Shiant Isles
The Shiant Isles are a privately owned island group in the Minch, east of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They are five miles south east of Lewis.-Etymology:...
St Abb's Head
St. Abb's Head is a rocky promontory at the village of St. Abbs, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders, and a National Nature Reserve administered by the National Trust of Scotland...
to Fast Castle
Fast Castle
Fast Castle is the ruined remains of a coastal fortress in Berwickshire, south-east Scotland, in the Scottish Borders. It lies north west of the village of Coldingham, and just outside of the St Abb's Head National Nature Reserve, run by the National Trust for Scotland...
Sule Skerry
Sule Skerry is a remote skerry in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland.-Geography:Sule Skerry lies 60 kilometres west of the Orkney Mainland at . Sule Skerry's sole neighbour, Sule Stack, lies 10km to the southwest. The remote islands of Rona and Sula Sgeir lie approximately 80km...
and Sule Stack
Sule Stack
Sule Stack or Stack Skerry is an extremely remote island or stack in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland. It is formed of Lewisian gneiss.Sule Stack lies 66 kilometres west of the Orkney mainland at...
Sumburgh Head
Sumburgh Head is located at the southern tip of the Shetland Mainland in northernScotland. The head is a 100 m high rocky spur capped by the Sumburgh Head Lighthouse. The Old Norse name was Dunrøstar høfdi, it means "The Head onto the Thunderous Noise", referring to the noise of Sumburgh Roost...
Switha
Switha is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, south of Flotta, used for grazing sheep. There is no written record of the island ever being inhabited, but Neolithic standing stones and a cairn show that it was at least visited in prehistoric times....
Tiree
-History:Tiree is known for the 1st century BC Dùn Mòr broch, for the prehistoric carved Ringing Stone and for the birds of the Ceann a' Mhara headland....
(corncrake)
Treshnish Isles
The Treshnish Isles is an archipelago of small islands and skerries, lying west of Mull, in Scotland. They are part of the Inner Hebrides. From north to south, the larger islands include:* Cairn na Burgh Beag* Cairn na Burgh Mòr* Fladda...
Westwater Reservoir
Westwater Reservoir is an artificial reservoir in the Pentland Hills, Scottish Borders, 3 km west of West Linton, and 26 km south west of Edinburgh...
Ythan Estuary
The Ythan Estuary is the tidal component of the Ythan River, emptying into the North Sea approximately north of Aberdeen, Scotland. The estuary’s tidal action extends a full inland and has characteristic widths of between and . Besides the tidal channel there are several types of interfaces to...
, Sands of Forvie
Sands of Forvie
The Sands of Forvie is a nature reserve north of Newburgh in Aberdeenshire in the northeast of Scotland. Forvie National Nature Reserve has the fifth largest sand dune system in Britain, and the least disturbed by human activity. The dune system is an integral part of the Ythan Estuary and...
and Meikle Loch
Meikle Loch
Meikle Loch is designated – as part of the Ythan Estuary complex along with the Sands of Forvie – as a Special Protection Area for wildlife conservation purposes....