Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Scottish Wildlife Trust has well over 46,000 members. [1] The Scottish Wildlife Trust acquired its first wildlife reserve in 1966 and now has more than 120 reserves throughout Scotland with visitor centres at Loch of the Lowes (Perth and Kinross), Montrose Basin (Angus), and the Falls of Clyde (South Lanarkshire). As well as providing homes ...
The basin is protected by a number of designations; it is managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust as a Wildlife Reserve, [3] as well as being designated as a Local Nature Reserve, [4] Site of Special Scientific Interest, [2] a Special Protection Area [5] and a Ramsar Site. [1]
The Scottish Wildlife Trust operates a visitor centre on the western side of the loch. There are three observation hides offering views over the loch, and are situated close to the osprey nest. The visitor centre is one of four visitor centres operated by the Scottish Wildlife Trust, the other three being at Montrose Basin , Falls of Clyde and ...
This page was last edited on 16 December 2023, at 20:59 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
Balgavies Loch (Scottish Wildlife Trust) Ballachuan Hazel Wood (Scottish Wildlife Trust) Ballagan Glen (Scottish Wildlife Trust) Ballalough Reedbeds (Manx Wildlife Trust) Balloo Wetland (Ulster Wildlife Trust) Balloo Woodland (Ulster Wildlife Trust) Balls Wood (Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust) Ballynahone Bog (Ulster Wildlife Trust)
The loch was designated a National Nature Reserve (NNR) in 1998, and is managed by a partnership between NatureScot, the Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) and Sutherland Estates. The NNR extends to 1058 hectares, including the Loch Fleet tidal basin, sand dunes, shingle ridges and the adjacent pine woods, including Balbair Wood and Ferry Wood. [ 4 ]
The Scottish Wildlife Trust is a leading voluntary conservation organisation, working to protect Scotland's natural environment. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland is a learned society and registered charity that maintains Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park (a safari park and zoo near Kingussie , which specialises in native fauna).
National nature reserves were first created under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. [4] In 1996 the public body responsible for Scotland's natural heritage, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH – since renamed NatureScot), undertook a review of NNR policy that took account of the availability of other designations conferring legal protection, such as site of special ...