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Acoustics ahoy! - Blog #3 (1219S)

Published date 2019-08-30

At the West Shetland Shelf MPA, favourable weather means scientists from JNCC and Marine Scotland Science ... A preliminary backscatter mosaic from a section of the West Shetland Shelf MPA.

LR.HLR.FR.Coff.Puly Corallina officinalis, Himanthalia elongata and Patella ulyssiponensis on very exposed lower eulittoral rock

Published date 2015-03

Very exposed to exposed lower eulittoral bedrock shores in the south-west can support a dense turf of ... seaweed Bifurcaria bifurcata and the barnacle Perforatus perforatus may occur in the extreme south-west

Ardgour Pinewoods

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These represent the South West Zone. ... However, their origins are believed to be similar to those of the North West Zone, in that the woods

Morecambe Bay

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habitats that are a primary reason for selection of this site 1130 Estuaries Morecambe Bay in north-west ... Most of the saltmarshes are grazed, a characteristic feature of north-west England.

Beinn Dearg

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of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the Isoëto-Nanojuncetea This mountain massif in the north-west ... Beinn Dearg is representative of Alpine and Boreal heaths found in the less extremely oceanic north-west

Seas off St Kilda SPA

Published date 2020-12-03

(SPA) The Seas off St Kilda SPA covers the waters around the St Kilda archipelago, more than 50 km west ... In the south-west of the site, rock and reef habitats are prevalent; the north-west is dominated by a

Hatton-Rockall Basin MPA

Published date 2024-08-23

Conservation Marine Protected Area (Nature Conservation MPA) Situated in a deep-water basin to the far west ... Site The Hatton-Rockall Basin MPA is situated in a deep-water basin to the far west of Scotland.

Darwin Mounds MPA

Published date 2024-08-22

The Darwin Mounds SAC lies at the north end of the Rockall Trough located approximately 160 km north-west ... There are two denser regions of mounds in the north-east and north-west of the site.

Witherslack Mosses

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Meathop Moss, Nichols Moss and Foulshaw Moss are remnants of a formerly interconnected peat body on the west ... Meathop Moss, Nichols Moss and Foulshaw Moss are remnants of a formerly interconnected peat body on the west

Cerne and Sydling Downs

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(* important orchid sites) This site consists of a large area of semi-natural dry grassland on the west ... On south-west-facing slopes, the nationally scarce dwarf sedge Carex humilis can be abundant in this