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  2. Firth of Forth - Wikipedia

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    The Firth of Forth Islands SPA (Special Protection Area) is home to more than 90,000 breeding seabirds every year. There is a bird observatory on the Isle of May. [15] A series of sand and gravel banks in the approaches to the firth have since 2014 been designated as a Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area under the name Firth of Forth ...

  3. Category:Islands of the Forth - Wikipedia

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    This category is for islands in the Firth of Forth on the east coast of Scotland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML;

  4. Islands of the Forth - Wikipedia

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    The Isle of May is in the north of the outer Firth of Forth, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) off the coast of mainland Fife. It is 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) long, less than 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) wide and has a total area of 45 hectares (110 acres) making it by far the largest of the Forth islands.

  5. Fidra - Wikipedia

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    Fidra as seen from Yellowcraigs beach Map of Fidra. Fidra (archaically Fidrey [5] or Fetheray [6]) is a currently uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth, 4 kilometres (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles) northwest of North Berwick, on the east coast of Scotland. The island is an RSPB Scotland nature reserve.

  6. List of islands of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    These groups are: Firth of Clyde, Islay, Firth of Lorn, Mull, Small Isles, Skye, Lewis and Harris, Uists and Barra, St Kilda, Orkney, Shetland and Firth of Forth. In a few cases where the island is part of either a recognisable smaller group or an archipelago, or is located away from the main groups, an archipelago, local authority or other ...

  7. Firth of Forth Banks Complex - Wikipedia

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    The name Firth of Forth Banks Complex refers to a complex of sand and gravel sea banks in the North Sea, lying at the mouth of the Firth of Forth in the seas off the east coast of Scotland. From south to north the banks are named the Berwick Bank , the Scalp Bank , the Wee Bankie and the Montrose Bank . [ 2 ]

  8. North Queensferry - Wikipedia

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    The reserve is also of interest because of its geology and is a good place to observe sea birds; fulmars nest on the old quarry cliffs at the north side of the reserve. [15] Killer whales or orcas have been known to come up the Firth of Forth as far as Queensferry and have been observed from the coastal path which passes through the reserve.

  9. Inchgarvie - Wikipedia

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    Inchgarvie beneath the Forth Bridge during the latter's maintenance. Inchgarvie or Inch Garvie [1] is a small, uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth. On the rocks around the island sit four caissons that make up the foundations of the Forth Bridge. Inchgarvie's fortifications pre-date the modern period.