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