National Nature Reserves in Scotland

National Nature Reserves in Scotland

National Nature Reserves in Scotland are established by Scottish Natural Heritage. [1]

Until 2004 there were 73 National Nature Reserves in Scotland, as per the list below. However, a review carried out in that year resulted in a significant number of sites losing their NNR status.

Contents

List of National Nature Reserves in Scotland

Northern Isles

Western Isles

Highlands and Skye

Grampian Highlands

Tayside and Fife

West Highlands

Central Belt

South of Scotland

Former NNRs, de-declared since 2004

See also

References

  1. ^ "Scottish Natural Heritage". http://www.nnr-scotland.org.uk/findnnr.asp. 

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