Loch of Skene

Loch of Skene

Country:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Site number:
339
Area:
121.0 ha
Designation date:
01-10-1986
Coordinates:
57°09'28"N 02°21'26"W

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Loch of Skene. 01/10/86; Scotland; 121 ha; 57°09'N 002°21'W. Special Protection Area EC Directive; SSSI. A shallow, nutrient-rich, freshwater lake fringed by reedbeds and Betula-Salix carr. The macrophyte flora has been somewhat depleted by a growth of algae but the deeper water still retains a dense and diverse macrophyte community. Wintering waterbirds include internationally important numbers of roosting swans and geese and nationally important numbers of Bucephala clangula and Mergus merganser. Ramsar site no. 339. Most recent RIS information: 2006.
Administrative region: Scotland
National legal designation:
  • sssi
Regional (international) legal designations:
  • EU Natura 2000
Last publication date: 01-01-2006
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)