List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Tweeddale and Ettrick and Lauderdale
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The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the Tweeddale
and Ettrick and Lauderdale
Area of Search
. For other areas, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.
Tweeddale
Tweeddale is a committee area and lieutenancy area in the Scottish Borders with a population of 17,394 at the latest census in 2001 it is the second smallest of the 5 committee areas in the Borders. It is the traditional name for the area drained by the upper reaches of the River Tweed...
and Ettrick and Lauderdale
Ettrick and Lauderdale
Ettrick & Lauderdale 1975-96Ettrick and Lauderdale was one of four local government districts in the Borders region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996....
Area of Search
Area of Search
Areas of Search are geographical areas used in the selection of Sites of Special Scientific Interest. In England these are largely based on the 1974–1996 administrative counties...
. For other areas, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.
- Airhouse Wood
- Akermoor Loch
- Ashkirk Loch
- Auchencorth Moss
- Avenel Hill and Gorge
- Bemersyde MossBemersyde MossBemersyde Moss is a Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest at Bemersyde in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.-See also:*Site of Special Scientific Interest...
- Blind Moss
- Catshawhill
- Clarilaw Grasslands
- Colmsliehill Junipers
- Craigdilly
- Craigengar
- Dolphinton - West Linton Fens and Grassland
- Dunhog Moss
- Faldonside Loch
- Gattonside Moss
- Glenkinnon Burn
- Gordon MossGordon MossGordon Moss is a nature reserve near Gordon, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Berwickshire.The moss is situated one mile west of Gordon village, south of the Gordon - Earlston road...
- Grieston Quarry
- Henderland Bank
- Hermanlaw and Muckra Cleuchs
- Kingside Loch
- Kirkhope Linns
- Lammer Law
- LindeanLindeanLindean is a village north of Selkirk and the Ettrick Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.-External links:*****...
Reservoir - Lynslie Burn
- Makerstoun - Corbie Craigs to Trows' Craigs
- Moffat HillsMoffat HillsThe Moffat hills are a range of hills in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. They form a distinctly triangular shape with a west facing side, a north facing side, and a south-east facing side. It is 17 kilometres from east to west across this triangle and some 16 kilometres north to south...
- Moorfoot HillsMoorfoot HillsThe Moorfoot Hills are a range of hills south of Edinburgh in east central Scotland, UK, one of the ranges which collectively form the Southern Uplands.The Hills run from Peebles, Scottish Borders, in a north easterly direction to Tynehead, Midlothian....
- Mount Bog
- Newhall Glen
- Newtown St Boswells Woods
- North Esk Valley
- Nut Wood
- Plora Wood
- Riskinhope
- River TweedRiver TweedThe River Tweed, or Tweed Water, is long and flows primarily through the Borders region of Great Britain. It rises on Tweedsmuir at Tweed's Well near where the Clyde, draining northwest, and the Annan draining south also rise. "Annan, Tweed and Clyde rise oot the ae hillside" as the Border saying...
- Selkirk Racecourse Moss
- St Mary's LochSt Mary's LochSt Mary's Loch is the largest natural loch in the Scottish Borders, and is situated on the A708 road between Selkirk and Moffat, about south of Edinburgh. It is long and wide, and was created by glacial action during the last ice age...
- Thornylee Quarry
- Threepwood Moss
- Tweedsmuir Hills
- Tweedwood - Gateheugh
- Westwater ReservoirWestwater ReservoirWestwater Reservoir is an artificial reservoir in the Pentland Hills, Scottish Borders, 3 km west of West Linton, and 26 km south west of Edinburgh...
- Whim Bog
- Whitlaw Mosses
- Whitlaw Rig
- Whitmuirhall Loch
- Williamhope
- Windy Gowl/Carlops Dean