Loch of Inch & Torrs Warren

Country:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Site number:
972
Area:
2,111.0 ha
Designation date:
02-02-1999
Coordinates:
54°50'53"N 04°53'29"W

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Loch of Inch & Torrs Warren. 02/02/99; Scotland; 2,111 ha; 54°50'N 004°52'W. Special Protection Area EC Directive. The area is composed of two separate sites: a large nutrient-rich freshwater loch including well-developed fen communities, and an area of foreshore and sand dunes. In winter, both components of the site support internationally important numbers of Greenland White-fronted Geese (Anser albifrons flavirostris). The area is used for nature conservation, military activities, pastoral agriculture, tourism, and hunting. Ramsar site no. 972. 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

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