Latest changes to the SPA site list

Site extended

^{Please note: This information was submitted on 5 September 2011 and formally ratified by Defra 14 September 2011}

New Site - for Golden Eagle**

^{** Please note that the Cairngorms Massif overlaps with seven previously classified SPAs, most notably with the site classified as "the Cairngorms". The totality of the Cairngorms Massif SPA area has been identified on a robust, scientific basis purely for golden eagle; such an area is not "a most suitable territory" for the other 6 species of the original Cairngorms SPA and it is therefore inappropriate to extend the original site to address the substantially greater area required for golden eagle. An integrated, overarching SPA for golden eagle is considered the most appropriate means of applying the extended requirements of the Birds Directive yet maintaining the requisite area focus for the remaining 6 species. (Information supplied by Scottish Natural Heritage).}