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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Orkney information


The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the Orkney Area of Search. For other areas, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.

  • Auskerry
  • Bay of Skaill
  • Calf of Eday
  • Central Sanday, Sanday
  • Copinsay
  • Cruaday Quarry, Mainland
  • Den Wick, Mainland
  • Doomy and Whitemaw Hill, Eday
  • East Sanday Coast, Sanday
  • Eynhallow
  • Faray and Holm of Faray
  • Glims Moss and Durkadale, Mainland
  • Holm of Papa Westray
  • Hoy
  • Keelylang Hill and Swartabeck Burn, Mainland
  • Loch of Banks, Mainland
  • Loch of Isbister and The Loons, Mainland
  • Lochs of Harray and Stenness, Mainland
  • Marwick Head, Mainland
  • Mill Bay, Stronsay
  • Mill Loch, Eday
  • Muckle and Little Green Holm (Muckle Green Holm & Little Green Holm)
  • Muckle Head and Selwick, Hoy
  • North Hill, Papa Westray
  • Northwall, Sanday
  • Orphir and Stenness Hills, Mainland
  • Pentland Firth Islands (Swona and Muckle Skerry)
  • Rousay
  • Stromness Heaths and Coast, Mainland
  • Sule Skerry
  • Sule Stack
  • Switha
  • Ward Hill Cliffs, South Ronaldsay
  • Waulkmill
  • West Mainland Moorlands, Mainland
  • West Westray, Westray

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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Orkney

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a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the Orkney Area of Search. For other areas, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search. Auskerry Bay of Skaill...

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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest by Area of Search

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Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the United Kingdom are areas of conservation, consisting of protected areas, recognised for their biological...

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Loch of Harray

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of Special Scientific Interest-SSSI, Orkney, Loch of Harray". Orkney Island Council. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013. "Site Details for Lochs of...

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North Wall

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wall in Grimsby, England North Wall Arts Centre, in Oxford, England Northwall, a site on Sanday, see List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Orkney...

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Loch of Stenness

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"Loch of Stennes". JNCC. Retrieved 19 June 2011. "Sites of Special Scientific Interest-SSSI - Orkney - Lochs of Stenness and Harray". www.orkney.gov.uk...

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Swona

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time. In 2005 Swona was owned by two Orkney farmers, but not worked due to difficulty of access. It is a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) conservation...

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Rousay

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a 'Site of Special Scientific Interest' with notable cliff formations and wildflower colonies, and has an RSPB bird reserve. The hilliest Orkney island...

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Holborn Head

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possibly 2400 BC to 900 AD, and another says Count Moddan, one of the Earls of Orkney, in the early 11th century, had his army on promontario Thorsnesia...

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Fair Isle

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island of Orkney). The entire archipelago lies off the northernmost coast of Scotland, in the North Sea. As the most remote inhabited island in the United...

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Switha

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both as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and an EU Special Protection Area. The primary reason for this is the wintering population of Greenland...

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List of biodiversity conservation sites in the United Kingdom

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all sites which were included in the Nature Conservation Review (NCR site) all national nature reserves (NNR) Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)...

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Eday

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(/ˈiːdiː/, Scots: Aidee) is one of the islands of Orkney, which are located to the north of the Scottish mainland. One of the North Isles, Eday is about...

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Garvellachs

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or Isles of the Sea form a small archipelago in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Part of the Argyll and Bute council area, they lie west of Lunga and...

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List of Ramsar sites in Scotland

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Special Areas of Conservation, and many sites are further protected as Sites of Special Scientific Interest under UK legislation. Map all coordinates...

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Eastern Isles

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Heritage Coast and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) first designated in 1971 for its flora and fauna. They have a long period of occupation from...

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Cape Wrath

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also designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Special Protection Area, a Special Area of Conservation and a Special Landscape Area. The name...

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Listed building

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In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings...

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Inchtavannach

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in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census. National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and...

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Handa Island

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is of national importance for its birdlife and maritime vegetation, and is a Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, a Site of Special Scientific Interest...

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Treshnish Isles

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part of the Loch na Keal National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland. They are also designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Special Protection...

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NatureScot

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NNRs in Scotland are also designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Many also form part of the Natura 2000 network, which covers Special Protection...

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Faray

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Faray (Old Norse: Færey) is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying between Eday and Westray. Previously inhabited, the low-lying island is now a successful...

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Porthloo

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within an Area of Outstanding Beauty, is a Geological Conservation Review site and was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in 1996. The...

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Marine Protected Areas in Scotland

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land, such as Special Protection Areas (SPA) and Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). This figure includes four sites designated in December 2020:...

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Vallay

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c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census. National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013)...

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Flannan Isles

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other species of dolphin, are commonly observed in the vicinity. The islands became a Site of Special Scientific Interest in December 1983. In December 1900...

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Eynhallow

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island in Eynhallow Sound, between Rousay and the Mainland of Orkney, off the north coast of mainland Scotland. It is 75 hectares (0.29 square miles) in area...

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Hascosay

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designated as a Special Area of Conservation on account of its largely undisturbed blanket bog habitat. It is also home to a population of otters. Area and...

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Steep Holm

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thousands of years ago. Steep Holm is protected as a nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), notification having taken place in 1952...

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