Kintyre Goose Roosts

Kintyre Goose Roosts

Country:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Site number:
966
Area:
312.0 ha
Designation date:
28-10-1998
Coordinates:
55°34'04"N 05°36'22"W

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Kintyre Goose Roosts. 28/10/98; Scotland; 312 ha; 55°31'N 005°37'W. Special Protection Area EC Directive, SSSI. This inland wetland comprises five hill lochs on the Kintyre peninsula. It supports an internationally important population of Greenland White-fronted goose (Anser albifrons flavirostris), 2,300 individuals representing 8% of the population. The site is used for recreation, fishing, grazing, hunting, and forestry. Ramsar site no. 966. Most recent RIS information: 2006.
Administrative region: Scotland
National legal designation:
  • sssi
Regional (international) legal designations:
  • EU Natura 2000
Last publication date: 01-01-2006
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)