Designated and Proposed Ramsar sites in Wales

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 29 November 2011

Name	New Site Code	Old Site Code	Country & Territories	Area (ha)	Latitude	Longitude	Status
Burry Inlet	UK14001	7UK054	Wales	6627.99	51 38 55 N	04 10 37 W	Designated
Cors Caron	UK14003	7UK057	Wales	865.56	52 15 35 N	03 55 00 W	Designated
Cors Fochno and Dyfi	UK14004	7UK001	Wales	2492.24	52 32 21 N	03 59 52 W	Designated
Corsydd Môn a Llyn/ Anglesey and Llyn Fens	UK14005	7UK117	Wales	624.9	53 18 45 N	04 17 44 W	Designated
Crymlyn Bog	UK14006	7UK064	Wales	264.18	51 38 08 N	03 53 16 W	Designated
Llyn Idwal	UK14007	7UK047	Wales	13.51	53 06 55 N	04 01 29 W	Designated
Llyn Tegid	UK14008	7UK048	Wales	478.08	52 53 04 N	03 37 28 W	Designated
Midland Meres and Mosses Phase 2	UK11080	7UK108	England/Wales	1588.24	52 55 20 N	02 45 43 W	Designated
Severn Estuary	UK11081	7UK088	England/Wales	24662.98	51 13 29 N	03 02 57 W	Designated
The Dee Estuary	UK11082	7UK020	England/Wales	14302.02	053 18 08 N	03 12 56 W	Designated