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Lewis Peatlands (Scottish Gaelic: mòinteach Leòdhais) is a large area of blanket bog covering more than one third of the Isle of Lewis, off the west coast of Scotland. With a total area of 58,984 hectares, it is one of the largest and most intact known areas of blanket bog in the world, [ 2 ] and is the second largest Ramsar site in Scotland.
Area of Search Number of sites Sites list Biological Geological Both Total Avon: 38 39 9 86 List of SSSIs in Avon: Bedfordshire: 35 5 0 40 List of SSSIs in Bedfordshire: Berkshire: 63 8 0 71 List of SSSIs in Berkshire: Buckinghamshire: 55 10 0 65 List of SSSIs in Buckinghamshire: Cambridgeshire: 90 10 1 101 List of SSSIs in Cambridgeshire ...
Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands has been recognised as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, [2] and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Special Protection Area and a Special Area of Conservation. [4] [1] [5] 154 km 2 of the area is also designated as the Forsinard Flows national nature ...
Around 1500 km 2 of the Flow Country is protected as both a Special Protection Area and Special Area of Conservation under the name Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands. [10] [11] The Flow Country was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2024. It is one of three World Heritage natural landscapes in the United Kingdom.
Forsinard Flows is a national nature reserve (NNR) covering much of the area surrounding Forsinard in the Highland council area of Scotland. It lies at the heart of the Flow Country, a large, rolling expanse of peatland and wetland area of Caithness and Sutherland that makes up almost 5% of the world's blanket bog. [3]
There are hundreds of long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom designated in publications from public authorities, guidebooks and OS maps. [1] They are mainly used for hiking and walking, but some may also be used, in whole or in part, for mountain biking and horse riding.
The peatlands currently store 400 million tonnes of carbon. [7] The project say that damaged peat in the area releases 3.7 million tonnes of carbon annually, [8] about 1% of UK greenhouse gas emissions. [7] The programme includes a restoration and conservation plan which will make a significant contribution to the UK’s carbon sequestration ...
A'Mhòine sits within both a Special Protection Area and a Special Area of Conservation titled the Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands, [5] [10] [11] and is home to golden eagles, greylag geese, dunlin and other wading birds, as well as "rare water-dependent plants, dwarf shrubs and alpine heath". [5] [8]