National Nature Reserves in Scotland
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National Nature Reserves in Scotland are established by Scottish Natural Heritage
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Until 2004 there were 73 National Nature Reserve
s in Scotland
, as per the list below. However, a review carried out in that year resulted in a significant number of sites losing their NNR status.
Scottish Natural Heritage
Scottish Natural Heritage is a Scottish public body. It is responsible for Scotland's natural heritage, especially its natural, genetic and scenic diversity. It advises the Scottish Government and acts as a government agent in the delivery of conservation designations, i.e...
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Until 2004 there were 73 National Nature Reserve
National Nature Reserve
For details of National nature reserves in the United Kingdom see:*National Nature Reserves in England*National Nature Reserves in Northern Ireland*National Nature Reserves in Scotland*National Nature Reserves in Wales...
s in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, as per the list below. However, a review carried out in that year resulted in a significant number of sites losing their NNR status.
Western Isles
- RonaNorth RonaRona 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 SgeirSula SgeirSula Sgeir is a small, uninhabited Scottish island in the North Atlantic, west of North Rona... - St KildaSt Kilda, ScotlandSt Kilda is an isolated archipelago west-northwest of North Uist in the North Atlantic Ocean. It contains the westernmost islands of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The largest island is Hirta, whose sea cliffs are the highest in the United Kingdom and three other islands , were also used for...
- Monach IslandsMonach IslandsNot to be confused with Heysker/Hyskeir or HaskeirThe Monach Islands, also known as Heisker , are an island group west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland...
- Loch Druidibeg
Highlands and Skye
- Loch a' Mhuilinn
- InchnadamphInchnadamphInchnadamph is a hamlet in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland. The name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Innis nan Damh meaning 'meadow of the stags'...
delisted as a national nature reserve in 2009 - Knockan CragKnockan CragKnockan Crag is a line of cliffs in Assynt, Scotland north of Ullapool. The name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic Creag a' Chnocain meaning 'crag of the small hill'....
(part of the former InverpollyInverpollyInverpolly 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...
NNR) - Loch FleetLoch FleetLoch 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:...
- Corrieshalloch GorgeCorrieshalloch GorgeCorrieshalloch Gorge is situated on the Droma River 20 km S of Ullapool in the Scottish Highlands. It is 1.5 km long, 60m deep and formed at the end of the last ice age by rapid erosion caused by meltwater. The 46m Falls of Measach can be viewed from a viewing platform and a Victorian...
- Ben WyvisBen WyvisBen Wyvis is a mountain located in Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty, Highland, in northern Scotland, north-west of Dingwall. It forms an undulating ridge running roughly north-south for about 5 km, the highest summit of which is Glas Leathad Mòr...
- Loch Maree IslandsLoch MareeLoch 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 ....
- Beinn EigheBeinn EigheBeinn Eighe is a complex mountain massif in the Torridon area of the Highlands of Scotland. It forms a long ridge with many spurs and summits, two of which are classified as Munros. The name Beinn Eighe comes from the Scottish Gaelic meaning File Mountain...
- Rassal Ashwood
- Glen AffricGlen Affricright|300px|thumb|Glen AffricGlen Affric is a glen south-west of the village of Cannich in the Highland region of Scotland, some to the west of Loch Ness. The River Affric runs along its length, passing through Loch Affric and Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin .It used to be part of the lands of the Clan...
- Craigellachie
- Abernethy ForestAbernethy ForestAbernethy 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...
- Insh MarshesInsh MarshesInsh Marshes are 10 square kilometres of the River Spey floodplain between Kingussie and Kincraig in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland...
- Creag MeagaidhCreag MeagaidhCreag 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...
- RumRùmRùm , a Scottish Gaelic name often anglicised to Rum) is one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides, in the district of Lochaber, Scotland...
- Glen RoyGlen RoyGlen Roy in the Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland is a National Nature Reserve and is noted for the geological puzzle of the three roads ....
- Claish MossClaish MossClaish Moss is an upland blanket bog on the south side of Loch Shiel, in the Sunart district of the west highlands of Scotland. A National Nature Reserve managed by Scottish Natural Heritage, the Moss is also designated as a Ramsar site of international importance , a Special Area of Conservation ,...
- Ariundle Oakwood
- Glencripesdale
Grampian Highlands
- ForvieForvieForvie was a village in what is now the Forvie National Nature Reserve, located at the modern location of Rockend some fourteen miles north of Aberdeen. It was one of several settlements in north-east Scotland that have been overcome by sand dunes....
- Glen Tanar
- St Cyrus
- Muir of DinnetMuir of DinnetMuir 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....
Tayside and Fife
- Corrie FeeCorrie FeeCorrie Fee is a National Nature Reserve at the head of Glen Clova in the Angus Glens of Scotland. It lies within the Cairngorms National Park. This is one of the most important sites for arctic-alpine plants in Britain . Corrie Fee itself is one of the best examples of a glacial corrie in the...
(part of the former CaenlochanCaenlochanCaenlochan is a glen in the Grampian Mountains, in the National Nature Reserves in Scotland. Under EU Natura 2000 legislation it is a Special Area of Conservation for botanical reasons, containing plant communities found nowhere else in the UK...
NNR) - Ben LawersBen LawersBen Lawers is one of the highest mountains in the southern part of the Scottish Highlands. It lies to the north side of Loch Tay, and is the highest point of a long ridge that includes seven Munros. Ben Lawers was long thought to be over 4,000 ft in height; accurate measurement in the 1870s...
- Tentsmuir
- Loch LevenLoch LevenLoch 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...
- Isle of MayIsle of MayThe Isle of May is located in the north of the outer Firth of Forth, approximately off the coast of mainland Scotland. It is 1.8 km long and less than half a kilometre wide...
West Highlands
- Glasdrum Wood
- StaffaStaffaStaffa from the Old Norse for stave or pillar island, is an island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The Vikings gave it this name as its columnar basalt reminded them of their houses, which were built from vertically placed tree-logs....
- Glen Nant
- Ben LuiBen LuiBen Lui is a mountain in the southern Highlands of Scotland, at the head of Glen Fyne. It has five well-defined ridges radiating out from the summit...
- Moine Mhor
- Taynish
- Loch LomondLoch LomondLoch 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...
South of Scotland
- St Abb's HeadSt Abb's HeadSt. 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...
- Whitlaw Mosses
- Cragbank Woods
- Silver Flowe
- Cairnsmore of FleetCairnsmore of FleetCairnsmore of Fleet is a mountain in the Scottish Lowlands, on the edges of Galloway Forest Park. It is home to the most extensive area of open moorland in Galloway, and has been designated as a biosphere reserve.-Topography:...
- Kirkconnell Flow
- CaerlaverockCaerlaverock NNRCaerlaverock NNR is a National Nature Reserve covering part of the Solway Firth and the land south of Dumfries, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland...
Former NNRs, de-declared since 2004
- Morrone BirkwoodMorroneMorrone is a Scottish hill immediately southwest of the village of Braemar in Aberdeenshire.- Geography and topography :The hill reaches a height of 859 metres and qualifies as a Corbett and a Marilyn, although with a topographic prominence of 155 metres, it only just meets the prominence...
- Eilean Na Muice Duibhe, IslayIslay-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...
- Meddarroch
- Silver Flowe
- Tynron Juniper Wood
- Morton LochsMorton LochsMorton Lochs is a National Nature Reserve located near Tayport, in the north east of Fife, Scotland. It consists of three small lochs important for a variety of waterfowl species...
- InverpollyInverpollyInverpolly 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...
- Rannoch MoorRannoch MoorRannoch Moor is a large expanse of around 50 square miles of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch, in Perth and Kinross and Lochaber, Highland, partly northern Argyll and Bute, Scotland...
- NiggNigg BayNigg Bay is a large relatively shallow sandy bay, consisting of mudflat, saltmarsh and wet grassland, located at the north east coast of the Cromarty Firth and is 5 miles to the east of Invergordon, in the district of Ross and Cromarty and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.During low...
and Udale bays
See also
- National Nature ReserveNational Nature ReserveFor details of National nature reserves in the United Kingdom see:*National Nature Reserves in England*National Nature Reserves in Northern Ireland*National Nature Reserves in Scotland*National Nature Reserves in Wales...
- National Nature Reserves in EnglandNational Nature Reserves in EnglandNational Nature Reserves in England are managed by Natural England and are key places for wildlife and natural features in England. They were established to protect the most important areas of habitat and of geological formations...
- National Nature Reserves in WalesNational Nature Reserves in WalesNational Nature Reserves in Wales are administered by the Countryside Council for Wales. There are 67 reserves.-North Wales:*Allt y Benglogro*Ceunant Cynfal*Ceunant Llennurch*Coed Camlyn*Coed Cymerau...
- National Nature Reserves in Northern IrelandNational Nature Reserves in Northern IrelandNature reserves in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom are designated and maintained by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.-List of Nature Reserves:*Altikeeragh Nature Reserve*Annagarriff Nature Reserve*Ballymaclary Nature Reserve...