List of Ramsar sites in Scotland facts for kids
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). 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 | Council area | Designated | Area (hectares) | Coordinates | Site code | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgend Flats, Islay | Argyll and Bute | 1988-07-14 | 331 | 55°46′0″N 6°16′0″W / 55.76667°N 6.26667°W | UK13001 | |
| Cairngorm Lochs | Aberdeenshire / Highland / Moray | 1981-07-24 | 173 | 57°4′0″N 3°47′0″W / 57.06667°N 3.78333°W | UK13002 |  |
| Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands | Highland | 1999-02-02 | 143,503 | 58°20′0″N 3°56′0″W / 58.33333°N 3.93333°W | UK13003 |  |
| Caithness Lochs | Highland | 1998-02-02 | 1,379 | 58°29′0″N 3°20′0″W / 58.48333°N 3.33333°W | UK13004 |  |
| Cameron Reservoir | Fife | 1994-03-14 | 69 | 56°18′0″N 2°51′0″W / 56.30000°N 2.85000°W | UK13005 |  |
| Castle Loch, Lochmaben | Dumfries and Galloway | 1996-03-15 | 108 | 55°7′0″N 3°26′0″W / 55.11667°N 3.43333°W | UK13006 |  |
| Claish Moss | Highland | 1981-07-24 | 568 | 56°44′0″N 5°44′0″W / 56.73333°N 5.73333°W | UK13007 | |
| Coll | Argyll and Bute | 1995-03-31 | 2,209 | 56°39′0″N 6°30′0″W / 56.65000°N 6.50000°W | UK13008 |  |
| Cromarty Firth | Highland | 1999-07-22 | 3,747 | 57°41′0″N 4°12′0″W / 57.68333°N 4.20000°W | UK13009 |  |
| Din Moss - Hoselaw Loch | Scottish Borders | 1988-07-14 | 51 | 55°35′0″N 2°18′0″W / 55.58333°N 2.30000°W | UK13010 | |
| Dornoch Firth and Loch Fleet | Highland | 1997-03-24 | 7,837 | 57°51′0″N 4°2′0″W / 57.85000°N 4.03333°W | UK13011 |  |
| East Sanday Coast | Orkney | 1997-08-11 | 1,515 | 59°16′0″N 2°34′0″W / 59.26667°N 2.56667°W | UK13013 | |
| Eilean na Muice Duibhe (Duich Moss), Islay | Argyll and Bute | 1988-07-14 | 576 | 55°43′0″N 6°15′0″W / 55.71667°N 6.25000°W | UK13014 | |
| Fala Flow | Midlothian | 1990-04-25 | 318 | 55°49′0″N 2°54′0″W / 55.81667°N 2.90000°W | UK13015 | |
| Firth of Forth | Clackmannanshire / East Lothian / Edinburgh / Falkirk / Fife /Stirling / West Lothian | 2001-10-30 | 6,314 | 56°1′0″N 2°53′0″W / 56.01667°N 2.88333°W | UK13017 | .jpg) |
| Firth of Tay & Eden Estuary | Angus / Dundee / Fife / Perth and Kinross | 2000-07-28 | 6,918 | 56°24′0″N 3°5′0″W / 56.40000°N 3.08333°W | UK13018 |  |
| Gladhouse Reservoir | Midlothian | 1988-07-14 | 186 | 55°47′0″N 3°6′0″W / 55.78333°N 3.10000°W | UK13021 |  |
| Greenlaw Moor | Scottish Borders | 1996-03-15 | 248 | 55°44′0″N 2°27′0″W / 55.73333°N 2.45000°W | UK13022 | |
| Gruinart Flats, Islay | Argyll and Bute | 1988-07-14 | 3,261 | 55°51′0″N 6°20′0″W / 55.85000°N 6.33333°W | UK13023 |  |
| Inner Clyde Estuary | East Dunbartonshire / Inverclyde / Renfrewshire / West Dunbartonshire | 2000-09-05 | 1,825 | 55°57′0″N 4°38′0″W / 55.95000°N 4.63333°W | UK13024 | |
| Inner Moray Firth | Highland | 1999-07-22 | 2,339 | 56°50′0″N 4°21′0″W / 56.83333°N 4.35000°W | UK13025 |  |
| Kintyre Goose Roosts | Argyll and Bute | 1998-10-28 | 312 | 55°31′0″N 5°37′0″W / 55.51667°N 5.61667°W | UK13027 |  |
| Lewis Peatlands | Na h-Eileanan Siar | 2000-12-22 | 58,984 | 58°15′0″N 6°35′0″W / 58.25000°N 6.58333°W | UK13028 | |
| Loch an Duin | Na h-Eileanan Siar | 1990-04-25 | 2,621 | 57°38′0″N 7°9′0″W / 57.63333°N 7.15000°W | UK13029 | |
| Loch Eye | Highland | 1986-10-01 | 205 | 57°47′0″N 3°58′0″W / 57.78333°N 3.96667°W | UK13031 |  |
| Loch Ken and River Dee Marshes | Dumfries and Galloway | 1992-08-31 | 769 | 54°59′0″N 4°1′0″W / 54.98333°N 4.01667°W | UK13032 |  |
| Loch Leven | Perth and Kinross | 1976-01-05 | 1,612 | 56°12′0″N 3°23′0″W / 56.20000°N 3.38333°W | UK13033 |  |
| Loch Lomond | Stirling / West Dunbartonshire | 1976-01-05 | 237 | 56°4′0″N 4°30′0″W / 56.06667°N 4.50000°W | UK13034 | Jan2000.jpg) |
| Loch Maree | Highland | 1994-09-19 | 3,174 | 57°41′0″N 5°28′0″W / 57.68333°N 5.46667°W | UK13035 |  |
| Loch of Inch and Torrs Warren | Dumfries and Galloway | 1999-02-02 | 2,111 | 54°50′0″N 4°52′0″W / 54.83333°N 4.86667°W | UK13037 | |
| Loch of Kinnordy | Angus | 1994-03-29 | 85 | 56°40′0″N 3°3′0″W / 56.66667°N 3.05000°W | UK13038 |  |
| Loch of Lintrathen | Angus | 1981-07-24 | 217 | 56°41′0″N 3°11′0″W / 56.68333°N 3.18333°W | UK13039 | |
| Loch of Skene | Aberdeenshire | 1986-10-01 | 121 | 57°9′0″N 2°21′0″W / 57.15000°N 2.35000°W | UK13040 |  |
| Loch of Strathbeg | Aberdeenshire | 1995-11-27 | 616 | 57°37′0″N 1°53′0″W / 57.61667°N 1.88333°W | UK13041 |  |
| Loch Ruthven | Highland | 1996-08-16 | 201 | 57°20′0″N 4°17′0″W / 57.33333°N 4.28333°W | UK13042 |  |
| Loch Spynie | Moray | 1992-08-31 | 94 | 57°41′0″N 3°17′0″W / 57.68333°N 3.28333°W | UK13043 |  |
| Montrose Basin | Angus | 1995-02-03 | 985 | 56°43′0″N 2°30′0″W / 56.71667°N 2.50000°W | UK13046 |  |
| Moray and Nairn Coast | Highland / Moray | 1997-02-02 | 2,412 | 57°39′0″N 3°44′0″W / 57.65000°N 3.73333°W | UK13048 | |
| Muir of Dinnet | Aberdeenshire | 1999-07-22 | 158 | 57°5′0″N 2°55′0″W / 57.08333°N 2.91667°W | UK13049 |  |
| North Uist Machair and Islands | Na h-Eileanan Siar | 1999-07-22 (extended 2000-11-03) | 4,705 | 57°32′0″N 7°23′0″W / 57.53333°N 7.38333°W | UK13050 | |
| Rannoch Moor | Perth and Kinross | 1976-01-05 | 1,519 | 56°39′0″N 4°36′0″W / 56.65000°N 4.60000°W | UK13051 |  |
| Rinns of Islay | Argyll and Bute | 1990-04-25 | 3,571 | 55°51′0″N 6°23′0″W / 55.85000°N 6.38333°W | UK13052 |  |
| River Spey – Insh Marshes | Highland | 1997-02-02 | 1,159 | 57°5′0″N 4°0′0″W / 57.08333°N 4.00000°W | UK13053 |  |
| Ronas Hill – North Roe and Tingon | Shetland | 1997-08-11 | 5,470 | 60°33′0″N 1°25′0″W / 60.55000°N 1.41667°W | UK13054 | .jpg) |
| Silver Flowe | Dumfries and Galloway | 1981-07-24 | 620 | 55°7′0″N 4°24′0″W / 55.11667°N 4.40000°W | UK13055 |  |
| Sléibhtean agus Cladach Thiriodh (Tiree Wetlands and Coast) | Argyll and Bute | 2001-11-16 | 1,939 | 56°30′0″N 6°52′0″W / 56.50000°N 6.86667°W | UK13056 | |
| South Tayside Goose Roosts | Perth and Kinross | 1993-04-22 | 331 | 56°16′0″N 3°50′0″W / 56.26667°N 3.83333°W | UK13057 | |
| South Uist Machair and Lochs | Na h-Eileanan Siar | 1976-01-05 | 5,019 | 57°19′0″N 7°20′0″W / 57.31667°N 7.33333°W | UK13058 | |
| Upper Solway Flats and Marshes | Dumfries and Galloway / Cumbria | 1986-10-01 | 43,637 | 54°54′0″N 3°25′0″W / 54.90000°N 3.41667°W | UK11079 | |
| Westwater | Scottish Borders | 1995-11-27 | 50 | 55°45′0″N 3°24′0″W / 55.75000°N 3.40000°W | UK13060 |  |
| Ythan Estuary and Meikle Loch | Aberdeenshire | 1998-03-30 | 314 | 57°20′0″N 1°57′0″W / 57.33333°N 1.95000°W | UK13061 |  |
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