Publication - Progress report
Report to the Scottish Parliament on Progress to Identify a Scottish Network of Marine Protected Areas
This reports on which sites are currently included in the MPA network and outlines progress on Nature Conservation MPAs, Historic MPAs, and Demonstration and Research MPAs.
Annex C Special Protection Areas ( SPAs)
Table 5.1 List of bird species dependent on the marine environment that are qualifying interests/notified features of SPAs and/or SSSIs in Scotland
| Species name | Species name |
|---|---|
| Arctic skua ( Stercorarius parasiticus) | Lesser black-backed gull ( Larus fuscus) |
| Arctic tern ( Sterna paradisaea) | Light-bellied brent goose ( Branta bernicla hrota) |
| Atlantic puffin ( Fratercula arctica) | Little tern ( Sternula albifrons) |
| Bar-tailed godwit ( Limosa lapponica) | Long-tailed duck ( Clangula hyemalis) |
| Black guillemot ( Cepphus grylle) | Manx shearwater ( Puffinus puffinus) |
| Black-headed gull ( Larus ridibundus) | Northern pintail ( Anas acuta) |
| Black-legged kittiwake ( Rissa tridactyla) | Oystercatcher ( Haematopus ostralegus) |
| Black-tailed godwit ( Limosa limosa) | Purple sandpiper ( Calidris maritima) |
| Black-throated diver ( Gavia arctica) | Razorbill ( Alca torda) |
| Common gull ( Larus canus) | Red-breasted merganser ( Mergus serrator) |
| Common scoter ( Melanitta nigra) | Red-necked phalarope ( Phalaropus lobatus) |
| Common tern ( Sterna hirundo) | Redshank ( Tringa tetanus) |
| Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax carbo) | Red-throated diver ( Gavia stellata) |
| Curlew ( Numenius arquata) | Ringed plover ( Charadrius hiaticula) |
| Dunlin ( Calidris alpina alpine) | Roseate tern ( Sterna dougallii) |
| Eider ( Somateria mollissima) | Sanderling ( Calidris alba) |
| Northern fulmar ( Fulmarus glacialis) | Sandwich tern ( Sterna sandvicensis) |
| Northern gannet ( Morus bassanus) | Scaup ( Aythya marila) |
| Golden plover ( Pluvialis apricaria) | Shag ( Phalacrocorax aristotelis) |
| Goldeneye ( Bucephala clangula) | Shelduck ( Tadorna tadorna) |
| Goosander ( Mergus merganser) | Slavonian grebe ( Podiceps auritus) |
| Great black-backed gull ( Larus marinus) | Storm petrel ( Hydrobates pelagicus) |
| Great crested grebe ( Podiceps cristatus) | Teal ( Anas crecca) |
| Great skua ( Stercorarius skua) | Turnstone ( Arenaria interpres) |
| Greenshank ( Tringa nebularia) | Velvet scoter ( Melanitta fusca) |
| Grey plover ( Pluvialis squatarola) | Whimbrel ( Numenius phaeopus) |
| Guillemot ( Uria aalge) | Wigeon ( Anas penelope) |
| Herring gull ( Larus argentatus) | Species assemblages - |
| Knot ( Calidris canutus) | Seabird assemblage |
| Leach's petrel ( Oceanodroma leucorhoa) | Waterfowl assemblage |
Table 5.2 Special Protection Areas ( SPAs) supporting bird species that are dependent upon Scotland's marine environment (marine associations/components)Sites marked with an * overlap with the Scottish marine protection area (x45 SPAs). These SPAs are either estuarine or truly coastal ( i.e. they contain intertidal habitats upon which one or more of the qualifying bird species depend) and, through ongoing processes, have been recommended for progression as OSPAR MPAs
| OSPAR Region | SPA | Features |
|---|---|---|
| II | Auskerry | Arctic tern (breeding), storm petrel (breeding) |
| II | Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast * | Fulmar (breeding), guillemot (breeding), herring gull (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), shag (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | Calf of Eday * | Cormorant (breeding), fulmar (breeding), great black-backed gull (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | Copinsay * | Fulmar (breeding), great black-backed gull (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | Cromarty Firth * | Bar-tailed godwit (non-breeding), common tern (breeding), curlew (non-breeding), dunlin (non-breeding), knot (non-breeding), northern pintail (non-breeding), oystercatcher (non-breeding), red-breasted merganser (non-breeding), redshank (non-breeding), scaup (non-breeding), wigeon (non-breeding), waterfowl assemblage (non-breeding) |
| II | Dornoch Firth and Loch Fleet * | Bar-tailed godwit (non-breeding), curlew (non-breeding), dunlin (non-breeding), oystercatcher (non-breeding), teal (non-breeding), wigeon (non-breeding), waterfowl assemblage (non-breeding) |
| II | East Caithness Cliffs * | Cormorant (breeding), fulmar (breeding), great black-backed gull (breeding), guillemot (breeding), herring gull (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), puffin (breeding), razorbill (breeding), shag (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | East Sanday Coast * | Bar-tailed godwit (non-breeding), purple sandpiper (non-breeding), turnstone (non-breeding) |
| II | Fair Isle * | Arctic skua (breeding), Arctic tern (breeding), fulmar (breeding), gannet (breeding), great skua (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), puffin (breeding), razorbill (breeding), shag (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | Fetlar * | Arctic skua (breeding), Arctic tern (breeding), dunlin (breeding), fulmar (breeding), great skua (breeding), red-necked phalarope (breeding), whimbrel (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | Firth of Forth * | Bar-tailed godwit (non-breeding), common scoter, cormorant (non-breeding), curlew (non-breeding), dunlin (non-breeding), eider (non-breeding), golden plover (non-breeding), goldeneye (non-breeding), great crested grebe (non-breeding), grey plover (non-breeding), knot (non-breeding), long-tailed duck (non-breeding), oystercatcher (non-breeding), red-breasted merganser (non-breeding), redshank (non-breeding), red-throated diver (non-breeding), ringed plover (non-breeding), sandwich tern (passage), scaup (non-breeding), shelduck (non-breeding), Slavonian grebe (non-breeding), turnstone (non-breeding), velvet scoter (non-breeding), wigeon (non-breeding), waterfowl assemblage (non-breeding) |
| II | Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary * | Bar-tailed godwit (non-breeding), black-tailed godwit (non-breeding), common scoter (non-breeding), cormorant (non-breeding), dunlin (non-breeding), eider (non-breeding), goldeneye (non-breeding), goosander (non-breeding), grey plover (non-breeding), little tern (breeding), long-tailed duck (non-breeding), oystercatcher (non-breeding), red-breasted merganser (non-breeding), redshank (non-breeding), sanderling (non-breeding), shelduck (non-breeding), velvet scoter (non-breeding), waterfowl assemblage (non-breeding) |
| II | Forth Islands * | Arctic tern (breeding), common tern (breeding), cormorant (breeding), fulmar (breeding), gannet (breeding), guillemot (breeding), herring gull (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), lesser black-backed gull (breeding), puffin (breeding), razorbill (breeding), roseate tern (breeding), sandwich tern (breeding), shag (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | Foula * | Arctic skua (breeding), Arctic tern (breeding), fulmar (breeding), great skua (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), Leach's petrel (breeding), puffin (breeding), razorbill (breeding), red-throated diver (breeding), shag (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | Fowlsheugh * | Fulmar (breeding), guillemot (breeding), herring gull (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), razorbill (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | Hermaness, Saxa Vord & Valla Field * | Fulmar (breeding), gannet (breeding), great skua (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), puffin (breeding), red-throated diver (breeding), shag (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | Hoy * | Arctic skua (breeding), fulmar (breeding), great black-backed gull (breeding), great skua (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), puffin (breeding), red-throated diver (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | Imperial Dock Lock, Leith | Common tern (breeding) |
| II | Inner Moray Firth * | Bar-tailed godwit (non-breeding), common tern (breeding), cormorant (non-breeding), curlew (non-breeding), goldeneye (non-breeding), goosander (non-breeding), oystercatcher (non-breeding), red-breasted merganser (non-breeding), redshank (non-breeding), scaup (non-breeding), wigeon (non-breeding), teal (non-breeding), waterfowl assemblage (non-breeding) |
| II | Lairg & Strath Brora Lochs | Black throated diver (breeding) |
| II | Loch Ashie | Slavonian grebe (breeding and non-breeding) |
| II | Loch Flemington | Slavonian grebe (breeding) |
| II | Loch Leven | Cormorant (non-breeding), goldeneye (non-breeding), teal (non-breeding), waterfowl assemblage (non-breeding) |
| II | Loch of Strathbeg | Sandwich tern (breeding), teal (non-breeding), waterfowl assemblage (non-breeding) |
| II | Loch Ruthven | Slavonian grebe (breeding) |
| II | Loch Vaa | Slavonian grebe (breeding) |
| II | Marwick Head * | Guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | Montrose Basin * | Dunlin (non-breeding), eider (non-breeding), knot (non-breeding), oystercatcher (non-breeding), redshank (non-breeding), shelduck (non-breeding), wigeon (non-breeding), waterfowl assemblage (non-breeding) |
| II | Moray and Nairn Coast * | Bar-tailed godwit (non-breeding), common scoter (non-breeding), dunlin (non-breeding), long-tailed duck (non-breeding), oystercatcher (non-breeding), red-breasted merganser (non-breeding), redshank (non-breeding) velvet scoter (non-breeding), wigeon (non-breeding), waterfowl assemblage (non-breeding) |
| II | Mousa | Arctic tern (breeding), storm petrel (breeding) |
| II | Muir of Dinnet | Waterfowl assemblage (non-breeding) |
| II | North Caithness Cliffs * | Fulmar (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), puffin (breeding), razorbill (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | North Inverness Lochs | Slavonian grebe (breeding) |
| II | Noss * | Fulmar (breeding), gannet (breeding), great skua (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), puffin (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | Orkney Mainland Moors | Red-throated diver (breeding) |
| II | Otterswick and Graveland | Red-throated diver (breeding) |
| II | Papa Stour* | Arctic tern (breeding), ringed plover (breeding) |
| II | Papa Westray (North Hill and Holm) | Arctic skua (breeding), Arctic tern (breeding) |
| II | Pentland Firth Islands | Arctic tern (breeding) |
| II | Ramna Stacks & Gruney | Leach's petrel (breeding) |
| II | Rannoch Lochs | Black-throated diver (breeding) |
| II | Ronas Hill - North Roe and Tingon | Great skua (breeding), red-throated diver (breeding) |
| II | Rousay * | Arctic skua (breeding), Arctic tern (breeding), fulmar (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | St Abb's Head to Fast Castle * | Guillemot (breeding), herring gull (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), razorbill (breeding), shag (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding), |
| II | Sule Skerry and Sule Stack * | Gannet (breeding), guillemot (breeding), Leach's petrel (breeding), puffin (breeding), shag (breeding), storm petrel (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | Sumburgh Head * | Arctic tern (breeding), fulmar (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | Tips of Corsemaul and Tom Mor | Common gull (breeding) |
| II | Troup, Pennan and Lion's Head * | Fulmar (breeding), guillemot (breeding), herring gull (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), razorbill (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| II | West Westray * | Arctic skua (breeding), Arctic tern (breeding), fulmar (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), razorbill (breeding), seabird assemblage |
| II | Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch | Common tern (breeding), eider (non-breeding), little tern (breeding), redshank (non-breeding), sandwich tern (breeding), waterfowl assemblage (non-breeding) |
| II & III | Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands | Black-throated diver (breeding), common scoter (breeding), dunlin (breeding), golden plover (breeding), greenshank (breeding), red-throated diver (breeding), wigeon (breeding) |
| II & III | Loch Knockie and Nearby Lochs | Slavonian grebe (breeding) |
| II & III | River Spey-Insh Marshes | Wigeon (breeding) |
| III | Ailsa Craig * | Gannet (breeding), guillemot (breeding), herring gull (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), lesser black-backed gull (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| III | Assynt Lochs | Black-throated diver (breeding) |
| III | Canna and Sanday * | Guillemot (breeding), herring gull (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), puffin (breeding), shag (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| III | Cape Wrath * | Fulmar (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), puffin (breeding), razorbill (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| III | Flannan Isles * | Fulmar (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), Leach's petrel (breeding), puffin (breeding), razorbill (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| III | Glas Eileanan | Common tern (breeding) |
| III | Gruinart Flats * | Light-bellied Brent goose (passage) |
| III | Handa * | Fulmar (breeding), great skua (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), razorbill (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| III | Inner Clyde * | Redshank (non-breeding) |
| III | Inverpolly, Loch Urigill & nearby lochs | Black-throated diver (breeding) |
| III | Knapdale Lochs | Black-throated diver (breeding) |
| III | Lewis Peatlands | Black-throated diver (breeding), dunlin (breeding), golden plover (breeding), greenshank (breeding), red-throated diver (breeding) |
| III | Loch Maree | Black-throated diver (breeding) |
| III | Loch Shiel | Black-throated diver (breeding) |
| III | Mingulay and Berneray * | Fulmar (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), puffin (breeding), razorbill (breeding), shag (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| III | Mointeach Scadabhaigh | Black-throated diver (breeding), red-throated diver (breeding) |
| III | Monach Isles | Common tern (breeding), little tern (breeding) |
| III | Muirkirk and North Lowther Uplands | Golden plover (breeding) |
| III | North Colonsay and Western Cliffs * | Guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| III | North Rona and Sula Sgeir * | Fulmar (breeding), gannet (breeding), great black-backed gull (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), Leach's petrel (breeding), puffin (breeding), razorbill (breeding), storm petrel (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| III | North Uist Machair and Islands * | Dunlin (breeding), oystercatcher (breeding), purple sandpiper (non-breeding), redshank (breeding), ringed plover (breeding and non-breeding), turnstone (non-breeding) |
| III | Priest Island | Storm petrel (breeding) |
| III | Rinns of Islay | Common scoter (breeding) |
| III | Rum * | Guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), Manx shearwater (breeding), red-throated diver (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| III | Shiant Isles * | Fulmar (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), puffin (breeding), razorbill (breeding), shag (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| III | Sleibhtean agus Cladach Thirodh | Dunlin (breeding), oystercatcher (breeding), redshank (breeding), ringed plover (breeding and non-breeding), turnstone (breeding) |
| III | South Uist Machair and Lochs * | Dunlin (breeding), little tern (breeding), oystercatcher (breeding), redshank (breeding), ringed plover (breeding and non-breeding), sanderling (non-breeding) |
| III | St Kilda * | Fulmar (breeding), gannet (breeding), great skua (breeding), guillemot (breeding), kittiwake (breeding), Leach's petrel (breeding), Manx shearwater (breeding), puffin (breeding), razorbill (breeding), storm petrel (breeding), seabird assemblage (breeding) |
| III | Treshnish Isles | Storm petrel (breeding) |
| III | Upper Solway Flats and Marshes * | Bar-tailed godwit (non-breeding), cormorant (non-breeding), curlew (non-breeding), dunlin (non-breeding), goldeneye (non-breeding), golden plover (non-breeding), grey plover (non-breeding), great crested grebe (non-breeding), knot (non-breeding), northern pintail (non-breeding), oystercatcher (non-breeding), redshank (non-breeding), ringed plover (non-breeding and passage), scaup (non-breeding), shelduck (non-breeding), waterfowl assemblage (non-breeding) |
| III |
West Inverness-shire Lochs |
Black-throated diver (breeding), common scoter (breeding) |
| III |
Wester Ross Lochs |
Black-throated diver (breeding) |
Figure 8 Special Protection Areas ( SPAs) supporting bird species that are dependent upon Scotland's marine environment (marine associations/components)
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