HC Deb 08 November 1995 vol 265 cc1005-9W
Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each designated(a) special area

Name Region District Area (ha) Qualifying species
Abernethy Forest Highland Badenoch and Strathspey 5,796 Scottish crossbill
Capercaillie
Ailsa Craig Strathclyde Kyle and Carrick 105 Gannet
Bridgend Flats, Islay Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 331 Greenland barnacle goose
Cameron Reservoir Fife North East Fife 64 Pink-footed goose
Coll Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 2,177 Greenland barnacle goose
Greenland white-fronted goose
Copinsay Orkney 152 Great black-backed gull
Kittiwake
Guillemot
Eilean na Muice Duibhe, Islay Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 574 Greenland white-fronted goose
Fair Isle Shetland 592 Fair Isle Wren
Arctic Tern
Fulmar
Shag
Arctic skua
Great skua
Kittiwake
Guillemot
Razorbill
Puffin
Fala Flow Lothian Midlothian 323 Pink-footed goose
Fetlar Shetland 2,639 Red-necked phalarope
Arctic tern
Fulmar
Whimbrel
Arctic Skua
Great Skua
Black guillemot
Few Lochain Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 384 Greenland white-fronted goose
Flannan Isles Western Isles 81 Leach's petrel
Guillemot
Razorbill
Puffin
Forth Islands Lothian/Fife East Lothian 92 Sandwich tern
City of Edinburgh Roseate tern
North East Fife Common tern
Gannet
Cormorant
Shag
Lesser Black-backed gull
Kittiwake
Guillemot
Razorbill
Puffin
Fowlsheug Grampian Kincardine and Deeside 8 Kittiwake
Guillemot
Razorbill
Glac na Criche Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 265 Greenland white-fronted goose
Gladhouse Reservoir Lothian Midlothian 187 Pink-footed goose
Glen Tanar Grampian Kincardine and Deeside 4,185 Scottish crossbill
Hen harrier
Osprey
Capercallie
Gruinart Flats Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 3,170 Greenland barnacle goose
Greenland white-fronted goose
Whooper swan
Light-bellied brent goose
Ringed plover
Handa Highland Sutherland 363 Arctic Skua
Great Skua
Kittiwake
Guillemot
Razorbill
Hemaness and Saxa Vord Shetland 1,039 Fulmar
Gannet
of conservation, (b) special protection area in Scotland the (i) name of the site, (ii) local authority, (iii) size and (iv) species in question. [41852]

Mr. Kynoch

No special areas of conservation under the EC habitats directive have yet been designated. The information requested for special protection areas designated under the EC birds directive is shown in the table:

Name Region District Area (ha) Qualifying species
Great skua
Guillemot
Puffin
Hoselaw Loch Borders Roxburgh 46 Pink-footed goose
Icelandic greylag goose
Laggan Peninsula and Bay Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 1,270 Greenland barnacle goose
Greenland white-fronted goose
Lochs Druidibeg, a'Machair and Western Isles North Scottish greylag goose
Stilligarry 1,677
Loch Eye Highland Ross and Cromarty 195 Icelandic greylag goose
Whooper swan
Loch Ken-River Dee Marshes Drumfries and Galloway Stewartry 773 Greenland white-fronted goose
Loch Maree Highland Ross and Cromarty 3,100 Black-throated diver
Loch of Kinnordy Tayside Angus 86 Icelandic greylag goose
Pink-footed goose
Loch of Lintrathen Tayside Angus 189 Icelandic greylag goose
Loch of Skene Grampian Gordon 125 Icelandic greylag goose
Loch Spynie Grampian Moray 93 Icelandic greylag goose
Loch Vaa Highland Badenoch and Strathspey 45 Slavonian grebe
Goldeneye
Marwick Head Orkney 9 Kittiwake
Guillemot
Mingulay and Berneray Western Isles 819 Fulmar
Shag
Kittiwake
Guillemot
Razorbill
Monach Isles Western Isles 577 Greenland barnacle goose
Common tern
Little tern
Black guillemot
Montrose Basin Tayside Angus 987 >20,000 waterfowl
Pink-footed goose
Icelandic greylag goose
Redshank
Priest Island Highland Ross and Cromarty 138 Storm petrel
Rum Highland Lochaber 10,684 Manx shearwater
St. Kilda Western Isles 853 Leach's petrel
Storm petrel
Fulmar
Manx shearwater
Gannet
Kittiwake
Guillemot
Razorbill
Puffin
Shiant Isles Western Isles 202 Greenland barnacle goose
Fulmar
Shag
Guillemot
Razorbill
Puffin
South Tayside Goose Roosts Tayside Perth and Kinross 409 Icelandic greylag goose
Pink-footed goose
Sule Stack and Sule Skerry Orkney 19 Storm petrel
Leach's petrel
Gannet
Shag
Puffin
Treshnish Isles Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 208 Storm petrel
Greenland barnacle goose
Upper Solway Flats and Marshes Dumfries and Galloway Annandale and Eskdale 29,950 Whooper swan
Nithsdale Svalbard barnacle goose
Stewartry Golden Plover
Pink-footed goose
Pintail
Scaup
Oystercatcher
Knot
Bar-tailed godwit
Curlew
Redshank