Mointeach Scadabhaigh

Site details

UK map showing location of Mointeach Scadabhaigh Special Area of Conservation/Site of Community Importance.
Location of Mointeach Scadabhaigh SAC/SCI/cSAC
Country Scotland
Unitary Authority  Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Centroid* NF849686
Latitude 57 35 50 N
Longitude 07 16 30 W
SAC EU code UK0019816
Status Designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Area (ha) 3320.06
* This is the approximate central point of the SAC. In the case of large, linear or composite sites, this may not represent the location where a feature occurs within the SAC.

General site character

Inland water bodies (standing water, running water) (20%)
Bogs. Marshes. Water fringed vegetation. Fens (78%)
Heath. Scrub. Maquis and garrigue. Phygrana (2%)


Boundary map and associated biodiversity information on the NBN Gateway.

Natura 2000 data form for this site as submitted to Europe (PDF format, size 30kb).

 

Note:

When undertaking an appropriate assessment of impacts at a site, all features of European importance (both primary and non-primary) need to be considered.

Annex I habitats that are a primary reason for selection of this site

7130 Blanket bogs  * Priority feature
Mointeach Scadabhaigh in the Outer Hebrides represents the largest expanse in the UK of Blanket bogs containing ombrotrophic vegetation with black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans, a species which is normally dependent upon mineral-enriched groundwater. Bogs of this type have a very limited distribution in the UK and represent the extreme western fringe of Blanket bogs in Europe. There are only three known examples of this type, the others being on Islay and in Sutherland, and the surface at this site is the most clearly ombrotrophic of the three. The undamaged nature of this site is indicated by the widespread occurrence of Sphagnum imbricatum, S. magellanicum and S. fuscum.

Annex I habitats present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for selection of this site

3130 Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the Isoëto-Nanojuncetea
3160 Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds
7150 Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion

Annex II species that are a primary reason for selection of this site

Not applicable.

Annex II species present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for site selection

Not applicable.


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