Designated and Proposed Ramsar sites in Scotland

 
Details of new Ramsar sites for designation are submitted to the Ramsar Secretariat on Ramsar Information Sheets (RIS), in accordance with the Explanatory notes and guidelines for completing the Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands. The hyperlinks within each Ramsar site code in the table below link to a PDF file (size < 170kb) of the relevant RIS, as submitted to the Ramsar Secretariat. RIS are not available for proposed sites.
 
The RIS were updated during 2004, and revised data was submitted ahead of the 9th Ramsar Conference of Parties (CoP) held in November 2005. 
 
Ramsar sites 31 August 2007
Name New
Site Code		 Old
Site Code
Country &
Territories
 Area (ha)    Latitude       Longitude   Status
Bridgend Flats, Islay UK13001 7UK038 Scotland 331.16 55 46 22 N 06 16 05 W Designated
Cairngorm Lochs UK13002 7UK014 Scotland 172.99 57 04 08 N 03 47 27 W Designated
Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands UK13003 7UK130 Scotland 143502.79 58 20 10 N 03 56 15 W Designated
Caithness Lochs UK13004 7UK118 Scotland 1378.57 58 31 22 N 03 35 60 W Designated
Cameron Reservoir UK13005 7UK072 Scotland 68.76 56 17 32 N 02 51 12 W Designated
Castle Loch, Lochmaben UK13006 7UK099 Scotland 107.6 55 07 12 N 03 25 50 W Designated
Claish Moss UK13007 7UK016 Scotland 568.29 56 44 30 N 05 43 50 W Designated
Coll UK13008 7UK086 Scotland 2208.52 56 39 16 N 06 30 05 W Designated
Cromarty Firth UK13009 7UK134 Scotland 3746.95 57 41 00 N 04 12 00 W Designated
Din Moss ? Hoselaw Loch UK13010 7UK040 Scotland 50.59 55 34 33 N 02 18 30 W Designated
Dornoch Firth and Loch Fleet UK13011 7UK111 Scotland 7836.6 57 51 00 N 04 02 30 W Designated
East Sanday Coast UK13013 7UK114 Scotland 1514.88 59 16 00 N 02 34 00 W Designated
Eilean na Muice Duibhe (Duich Moss), Islay UK13014 7UK037 Scotland 576.42 55 43 20 N 06 15 20 W Designated
Fala Flow UK13015 7UK041 Scotland 318.04 55 49 00 N 02 54 20 W Designated
Firth of Forth UK13017 7UK153 Scotland 6313.68 56 01 00 N 02 53 00 W Designated
Firth of Tay & Eden Estuary UK13018 7UK144 Scotland 6918.42 56 24 30 N 03 05 00 W Designated
Gladhouse Reservoir UK13021 7UK039 Scotland 186.41 55 47 10 N 03 06 00 W Designated
Greenlaw Moor UK13022 7UK098 Scotland 247.6 55 44 06 N 02 27 06 W Designated
Gruinart Flats, Islay UK13023 7UK036 Scotland 3260.69 55 50 42 N 06 19 33 W Designated
Inner Clyde Estuary UK13024 7UK146 Scotland 1824.92 55 56 50 N 04 38 00 W Designated
Inner Moray Firth UK13025 7UK135 Scotland 2339.25 57 29 70 N 04 21 15 W Designated
Kintyre Goose Roosts UK13027 7UK126 Scotland 312.19 55 31 00 N 05 37 00 W Designated
Lewis Peatlands UK13028 7UK151 Scotland 58984.23 58 15 00 N 06 35 00 W Designated
Loch an Duin UK13029 7UK044 Scotland 2621.13 57 38 30 N 07 08 50 W Designated
Loch Eye UK13031 7UK030 Scotland 205.14 57 47 30 N 03 58 00 W Designated
Loch Ken and River Dee Marshes UK13032 7UK055 Scotland 769.11 54 59 28 N 04 01 00 W Designated
Loch Leven UK13033 7UK007 Scotland 1611.8 56 11 48 N 03 22 30 W Designated
Loch Lomond UK13034 7UK008 Scotland 236.9 56 03 45 N 04 30 30 W Designated
Loch Maree UK13035 7UK080 Scotland 3173.67 57 41 10 N 05 28 15 W Designated
Loch of Inch and Torrs Warren UK13037 7UK131 Scotland 2111.39 54 50 30 N 04 52 30 W Designated
Loch of Kinnordy UK13038 7UK074 Scotland 85.09 56 40 30 N 03 02 40 W Designated
Loch of Lintrathen UK13039 7UK015 Scotland 216.81 56 40 40 N 03 11 00 W Designated
Loch of Skene UK13040 7UK029 Scotland 120.9 57 09 30 N 02 21 30 W Designated
Loch of Strathbeg UK13041 7UK093 Scotland 615.94 57 37 24 N 01 53 00 W Designated
Loch Ruthven UK13042 7UK101 Scotland 201.15 57 19 54 N 04 16 48 W Designated
Loch Spynie UK13043 7UK056 Scotland 93.62 57 41 00 N 03 16 42 W Designated
Montrose Basin UK13046 7UK082 Scotland 984.62 56 42 40 N 02 30 20 W Designated
Moray and Nairn Coast UK13048 7UK107 Scotland 2412.27 57 38 54 N 03 43 48 W Designated
Muir of Dinnet UK13049 7UK136 Scotland 157.6 57 05 00 N 02 55 00 W Designated
North Uist Machair and Islands UK13050 7UK137 Scotland 4704.92 57 32 00 N 07 22 45 W Designated
Rannoch Moor UK13051 7UK013 Scotland 1519.43 56 39 20 N 04 35 40 W Designated
Rinns of Islay UK13052 7UK094 Scotland 3570.75 55 50 36 N 06 23 15 W Designated
River Spey ? Insh Marshes UK13053 7UK106 Scotland 1158.77 57 05 24 N 03 59 48 W Designated
Ronas Hill ? North Roe and Tingon UK13054 7UK113 Scotland 5470.2 60 33 00 N 01 25 00 W Designated
Silver Flowe UK13055 7UK017 Scotland 619.54 55 07 03 N 04 24 08 W Designated
Sléibhtean agus Cladach Thiriodh (Tiree Wetlands and Coast) UK13056 7UK154 Scotland 1938.59 56 30 00 N 06 52 00 W Designated
South Tayside Goose Roosts UK13057 7UK062 Scotland 331.01 056 15 54 N 003 50 00 W Designated
South Uist Machair and Lochs UK13058 7UK115 Scotland 5019.05 57 18 50 N 07 20 00 W Designated
Upper Solway Flats and Marshes UK11079 7UK058 England/Scotland 43636.73 54 54 20 N 03 25 27 W Designated
Westwater UK13060 7UK095 Scotland 49.77 55 45 30 N 03 24 30 W Designated
Ythan Estuary and Meikle Loch UK13061 7UK122 Scotland 314.17 57 20 30 N 01 57 30 W Designated
 
 
Many designated sites are on private land: the listing of a site in these pages does not imply any right of public access.