§ Mr. Ennalsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will now list the 15 wetland sites now being considered for designation under the criteria listed in his answer on 30 March, Official Report, c. 46, and if he will be specific in respect of the sites in the Broads in Norfolk and Suffolk.
§ Mr. MonroThe 15 wetland sites on which consultations with interested parties are taking place are shown in the following list. These sites are among those which have been identified as of international importance. They also qualify under the Heiligenhafen criteria 1–3, and the revised criteria recommended at the Cagliari conference, November 1980.
No sites in Norfolk and Suffolk are in the 15, but sites in these counties may be selected for consultation in the future.
Following are the sites:
- Abberton Reservoir, Essex
- Burry Inlet, Dyfed and West Glamorgan
- Chesil Beach and The Fleet, Dorset
- Malham Tarn, North Yorkshire
- Moor House, Cumbria
- New Grounds, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
- Ribble Estuary, Lancashire and Merseyside
- Rostherne Mere, Cheshire
- The Swale, North Kent Marshes, Kent
- Cairngorm Lochs, Grampian
- Claish Moss, Strathclyde
- Insh Marshes, Highland
- Loch Lintrathen, Tayside
- Silver Flowe, Dumfries and Galloway
- Upper Solway Flats and Marshes, Cumbria and Dumfries and Galloway