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 . 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 UK13001 Cairngorm Lochs Aberdeenshire / Highland / Moray 1981-07-24 173 UK13002 Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands Highland 1999-02-02 143,503 UK13003 Caithness Lochs Highland 1998-02-02 1,379 UK13004 Cameron Reservoir Fife 1994-03-14 69 UK13005 Castle Loch, Lochmaben Dumfries and Galloway 1996-03-15 108 UK13006 Claish Moss Highland 1981-07-24 568 UK13007 Coll Argyll and Bute 1995-03-31 2,209 UK13008 Cromarty Firth Highland 1999-07-22 3,747 UK13009 Din Moss - Hoselaw Loch Scottish Borders 1988-07-14 51 UK13010 Dornoch Firth and Loch Fleet Highland 1997-03-24 7,837 UK13011 East Sanday Coast Orkney 1997-08-11 1,515 UK13013 Eilean na Muice Duibhe (Duich Moss), Islay Argyll and Bute 1988-07-14 576 UK13014 Fala Flow Midlothian 1990-04-25 318 UK13015 Firth of Forth Clackmannanshire / East Lothian / Edinburgh / Falkirk / Fife / Stirling / West Lothian 2001-10-30 6,314 UK13017 Firth of Tay & Eden Estuary Angus / Dundee / Fife / Perth and Kinross 2000-07-28 6,918 UK13018 Gladhouse Reservoir Midlothian 1988-07-14 186 UK13021 Greenlaw Moor Scottish Borders 1996-03-15 248 UK13022 Gruinart Flats, Islay Argyll and Bute 1988-07-14 3,261 UK13023 Inner Clyde Estuary East Dunbartonshire / Inverclyde / Renfrewshire / West Dunbartonshire 2000-09-05 1,825 UK13024 Inner Moray Firth Highland 1999-07-22 2,339 UK13025 Kintyre Goose Roosts Argyll and Bute 1998-10-28 312 UK13027 Lewis Peatlands Na h-Eileanan Siar 2000-12-22 58,984 UK13028 Loch an Duin Na h-Eileanan Siar 1990-04-25 2,621 UK13029 Loch Eye Highland 1986-10-01 205 UK13031 Loch Ken and River Dee Marshes Dumfries and Galloway 1992-08-31 769 UK13032 Loch Leven Perth and Kinross 1976-01-05 1,612 UK13033 Loch Lomond Stirling / West Dunbartonshire 1976-01-05 237 UK13034 Loch Maree Highland 1994-09-19 3,174 UK13035 Loch of Inch and Torrs Warren Dumfries and Galloway 1999-02-02 2,111 UK13037 Loch of Kinnordy Angus 1994-03-29 85 UK13038 Loch of Lintrathen Angus 1981-07-24 217 UK13039 Loch of Skene Aberdeenshire 1986-10-01 121 UK13040 Loch of Strathbeg Aberdeenshire 1995-11-27 616 UK13041 Loch Ruthven Highland 1996-08-16 201 UK13042 Loch Spynie Moray 1992-08-31 94 UK13043 Montrose Basin Angus 1995-02-03 985 UK13046 Moray and Nairn Coast Highland / Moray 1997-02-02 2,412 UK13048 Muir of Dinnet Aberdeenshire 1999-07-22 158 UK13049 North Uist Machair and Islands Na h-Eileanan Siar 1999-07-22 (extended 2000-11-03) 4,705 UK13050 Rannoch Moor Perth and Kinross 1976-01-05 1,519 UK13051 Rinns of Islay Argyll and Bute 1990-04-25 3,571 UK13052 River Spey – Insh Marshes Highland 1997-02-02 1,159 UK13053 Ronas Hill – North Roe and Tingon Shetland 1997-08-11 5,470 UK13054 Silver Flowe Dumfries and Galloway 1981-07-24 620 UK13055 Sléibhtean agus Cladach Thiriodh (Tiree Wetlands and Coast) Argyll and Bute 2001-11-16 1,939 UK13056 South Tayside Goose Roosts Perth and Kinross 1993-04-22 331 UK13057 South Uist Machair and Lochs Na h-Eileanan Siar 1976-01-05 5,019 UK13058 Upper Solway Flats and Marshes Dumfries and Galloway / Cumbria 1986-10-01 43,637 UK11079 Westwater Scottish Borders 1995-11-27 50 UK13060 Ythan Estuary and Meikle Loch Aberdeenshire 1998-03-30 314 UK13061

See also Ramsar Convention List of Ramsar sites worldwide

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