Reserves and species

Posted by scottish
2011-05-04 11:38

Largiebaan

Reserve details
Trust: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Short Description: 
A reserve on the west coast of south Kintyre, with plenty of interesting features and wildlife
Smartphone Description: 
Covering some 1,600 hectares on the west coast of south Kintyre, this reserve has plenty of interesting features and diverse wildlife. Metamorphic rocks (including limestone) are capped with thin acidic soil and peat. Bogs and heaths dominate with patches of acid grassland and bracken, while the native woodland fragments are expanding. Jutting cliffs with steep slopes and truncated corries drop dramatically into a heaving Atlantic. Feral goats are often seen at the cliff base. Golden eagles can be seen here, along with peregrine falcons, kestrels, pipits and resident barn owls
Location
Address: 
10 miles from Campbeltown
Town: 
Campbeltown
County: 
Argyll & Bute
Postcode: 
PA28 6RL
Grid ref: 
NR614143
Facilities
Visitor centre: 
No
Shop: 
No shop
Picnic Area: 
No
Opening hours: 
Open at all times
Toilets: 
No toilets
Disabled toilet: 
No disabled toilet
Baby changing facilities: 
No baby changing facilities
Dogs: 
Dogs must be on lead
Access info: 
Contact the Trust for disabled access information. Please note this is a working sheep farm so dogs must be kept on a lead
Parking: 
No
Grazing animals: 
yes
Contact details
Reserve manager: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Reserve phone number: 
0131 312 4765
Reserve email address: 
enquiries@swt.org.uk
Reserver deep link: 
http://www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/largiebaan/
Photos
Photo: 
Largiebaan
Best time to visit
Start: 
June
End: 
September
Admission
Admission fee?: 
No
Admission amount: 
no
Location type: 
Wildlife or nature reserve
Posted by scottish
2011-05-04 11:38

Hadfast Valley

Hadfast Valley has areas of scrub, grassland and broadleaved woodland that provide a home for many species of breeding birds. During the summer the reserve can be alive awash with the music of breeding migrating songbirds. In the winter large numbers of fieldfare feed on hawthorn berries. Hadfast Valley is designated a SSSI for its scrub habitats and associated breeding birds.

Reserve details
Trust: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Size: 
5.54
Short Description: 
Areas of scrub, grassland, and woodland that provide a home for a variety of breeding birds
Smartphone Description: 
Hadfast Valley has areas of scrub, grassland and broadleaved woodland that provide a home for many species of breeding birds. During the summer the reserve can be alive awash with the music of breeding migrating songbirds. In the winter large numbers of fieldfare feed on hawthorn berries. Hadfast Valley is designated a SSSI for its scrub habitats and associated breeding birds.
Location
Address: 
3 miles from Dalkeith
Town: 
Dalkeith
County: 
Midlothian
Postcode: 
EH22 2PB
Grid ref: 
NT388688
Facilities
Visitor centre: 
No
Shop: 
No shop
Picnic Area: 
No
Opening hours: 
Open at all times
Toilets: 
No toilets
Disabled toilet: 
No disabled toilet
Baby changing facilities: 
No baby changing facilities
Dogs: 
No
Access info: 
Contact the Trust for disabled access information
Parking: 
Yes
Parking info: 
A small track leads round the side of Hadfast Cottage to a small parking area and interpretation sign.
Grazing animals: 
no
Contact details
Reserve manager: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Reserve phone number: 
0131 312 4765
Reserve email address: 
enquiries@swt.org.uk
Reserver deep link: 
http://www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/hadfast-valley/
Photos
Photo: 
Hadfast Valley
Best time to visit
Start: 
October
End: 
December
Best time to visit
Start: 
April
End: 
June
Admission
Admission fee?: 
No
Admission amount: 
no
Location type: 
Wildlife or nature reserve
Posted by scottish
2011-05-04 11:38

Cambus Pools

Cambus Pools is a wet grassland with two salty pools, which a haven for passage migrant birds, particularly waders ducks and breeding birds. Stoat short tailed vole and brown hare are regularly seen and bats frequently hunt over the pools.

Reserve details
Trust: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Size: 
9.96
Short Description: 
A wet grassland with two salty pools, a heaven for passage migrant birds
Smartphone Description: 
Cambus Pools is a wet grassland with two salty pools, which are a haven for passage migrant birds. Stoat short tailed vole and brown hare are regularly seen and bats frequently hunt over the pools. Kingfishers have been recorded feeding in the pools and black-tailed godwit and greenshank can be seen periodically. A total of 115 species of vascular plant have been recorded, mostly tufted hair-grass, brown bent, tall fescue and marsh foxtail
Location
Address: 
3km from Newton Stewart
Town: 
Stirling
County: 
Clackmannanshire
Postcode: 
FK10 2PG
Grid ref: 
NS846937
Facilities
Visitor centre: 
No
Shop: 
No shop
Picnic Area: 
No
Opening hours: 
Open at all times
Toilets: 
No toilets
Disabled toilet: 
No disabled toilet
Baby changing facilities: 
No baby changing facilities
Dogs: 
No
Access info: 
Contact the Trust for disabled access information
Parking: 
Yes
Grazing animals: 
no
Contact details
Reserve manager: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Reserve phone number: 
0131 312 4765
Reserve email address: 
enquiries@swt.org.uk
Reserver deep link: 
http://www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/cambus-pools/
Photos
Photo: 
Cambus Pools
Admission
Admission fee?: 
No
Admission amount: 
no
Location type: 
Wildlife or nature reserve
Posted by scottish
2011-05-04 11:38

Tummel Shingle Islands

Tummel Shingle Islands is one of the rarest habitats to be found in the United Kingdom: freshwater shingle. Shingle provides an ever-changing environment in which specialist plants thrive

Reserve details
Trust: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Size: 
39.71
Short Description: 
A reserve with one of the rarest habitats in the UK; freshwater shingle
Smartphone Description: 
Tummel Shingle Islands is one of the rarest habitats to be found in the United Kingdom: freshwater shingle. Shingle provides an ever-changing environment in which specialist plants thrive
Location
Address: 
3 miles south of Pitlochry by a minor road, north off the A827
Town: 
Pitlochry
County: 
Perthshire
Postcode: 
PH16 5NB
Grid ref: 
NN963552
Facilities
Visitor centre: 
No
Shop: 
No shop
Picnic Area: 
No
Opening hours: 
Open at all times
Toilets: 
No toilets
Disabled toilet: 
No disabled toilet
Baby changing facilities: 
No baby changing facilities
Dogs: 
Yes
Access info: 
Please do not obstruct the entrance to the adjoining business premises.
Parking: 
Yes
Grazing animals: 
no
Contact details
Reserve manager: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Reserve phone number: 
0131 312 4765
Reserve email address: 
enquiries@swt.org.uk
Reserver deep link: 
http://www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/tummel-shingle-islands/
Photos
Photo: 
Tummel Shingle Islands
Best time to visit
Start: 
June
End: 
August
Admission
Admission fee?: 
No
Admission amount: 
no
Location type: 
Wildlife or nature reserve
Posted by scottish
2011-05-04 11:38

Lower Nethan Gorge

Lower Nethan Gorge reserve is divided in two by the River Nethan and is one of the best examples of semi-natural woodlands still surviving in the Clyde Valley. It has well-developed ash and elm woodland on the steep slopes which support a variety of breeding birds and insects and has been designated as a SSSI and SAC and is part of the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve.

Reserve details
Trust: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Size: 
16.88
Short Description: 
One of the best examples of semi-natural woodlands still surviving in the Clyde Valley
Smartphone Description: 
Lower Nethan Gorge reserve is divided in two by the River Nethan and is one of the best examples of semi-natural woodlands still surviving in the Clyde Valley. It has well-developed ash and elm woodland on the steep slopes which support a variety of breeding birds and insects and has been designated as a SSSI and SAC and is part of the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve
Location
Address: 
The reserve follows the River Nethan from the A72 in the small village of Crossford approximately four miles WNW of Lanark
Town: 
Crossford
County: 
South Lanarkshire
Postcode: 
ML8 5QS
Grid ref: 
NS820466
Facilities
Visitor centre: 
No
Shop: 
No shop
Picnic Area: 
No
Opening hours: 
Open at all times
Toilets: 
No toilets
Disabled toilet: 
No disabled toilet
Baby changing facilities: 
No baby changing facilities
Dogs: 
Yes
Access info: 
The reserve path runs between Crossford, by the Nethan bridge, and Craignethan Castle, Tillietudlem. Contact the Trust for disabled access information
Parking: 
Yes
Walking information: 
The reserve path runs between Crossford, by the Nethan bridge, and Craignethan Castle, Tillietudlem.
Grazing animals: 
no
Contact details
Reserve manager: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Reserve phone number: 
0131 312 4765
Reserve email address: 
enquiries@swt.org.uk
Reserver deep link: 
http://www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/lower-nethan-gorge/
Photos
Photo: 
Lower Nethan Gorge
Best time to visit
Start: 
April
End: 
June
Admission
Admission fee?: 
No
Admission amount: 
no
Location type: 
Wildlife or nature reserve
Posted by scottish
2011-05-04 11:38

West Quarry Braes

West quarry Braes is an important habitat for wildlife in

Reserve details
Trust: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Size: 
1.49
Short Description: 
An important habitat for wildlife in
Smartphone Description: 
West quarry Braes is an important habitat for wildlife in
Location
Address: 
2km north-west of Crail off the B9171 in the county of Fife.
Town: 
St Andrews
County: 
Fife
Postcode: 
KY10 3XG
Grid ref: 
NO595090
Facilities
Visitor centre: 
No
Shop: 
No shop
Picnic Area: 
No
Opening hours: 
Open at all times
Toilets: 
No toilets
Disabled toilet: 
No disabled toilet
Baby changing facilities: 
No baby changing facilities
Dogs: 
No
Access info: 
Contact the Trust for disabled access information
Parking: 
No
Grazing animals: 
no
Contact details
Reserve manager: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Reserve phone number: 
0131 312 4765
Reserve email address: 
enquiries@swt.org.uk
Reserver deep link: 
http://www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/west-quarry-braes/
Photos
Photo: 
Quarry
Admission
Admission fee?: 
No
Admission amount: 
no
Location type: 
Wildlife or nature reserve
Posted by scottish
2011-05-04 11:38

Tailend Moss

Tailend Moss is a raised peat bog, supporting plants such as heather, sphagnum moss and cottongrass with scattered sundew, bog asphodel and cranberry. Tailend Moss is designated a SSSI for its Raised Bog habitat.

Reserve details
Trust: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Size: 
29.13
Short Description: 
A raised peat bog, supporting plants such as heather, sphagnum moss and cottongrass
Smartphone Description: 
Tailend Moss is a raised peat bog, supporting plants such as heather, sphagnum moss and cottongrass with scattered sundew, bog asphodel and cranberry. Tailend Moss is designated a SSSI for its Raised Bog habitat.
Location
Address: 
On the A779 to Livingston road
Town: 
Bathgate
County: 
West Lothian
Postcode: 
EH47 7BW
Grid ref: 
NT005678
Facilities
Visitor centre: 
No
Shop: 
No shop
Picnic Area: 
No
Opening hours: 
Open at all times
Toilets: 
No toilets
Disabled toilet: 
No disabled toilet
Baby changing facilities: 
No baby changing facilities
Dogs: 
No
Access info: 
From the parking place walk along the disused road, at the end of which a path leads off right and into the reserve. Contact the Trust for disabled access information
Parking: 
Yes
Walking information: 
From the parking place walk along the disused road, at the end of which a path leads off right and into the reserve.
Grazing animals: 
no
Contact details
Reserve manager: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Reserve phone number: 
0131 312 4765
Reserve email address: 
enquiries@swt.org.uk
Reserver deep link: 
http://www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/tailend-moss/
Photos
Photo: 
Tailend Moss
Best time to visit
Start: 
June
End: 
August
Best time to visit
Start: 
October
End: 
March
Admission
Admission fee?: 
No
Admission amount: 
no
Location type: 
Wildlife or nature reserve
Posted by scottish
2011-05-04 11:38

Roslin Glen

Roslin Glen is a native oakwood in a steep-sided glen that has remained fairly untouched. The mixed deciduous woodland has over 200 species of flowering plants, 60 species of breeding birds and a rich lichen flora. The reserve is part of the Roslin Glen SSSI designated for its broad-leaved woodland.

Reserve details
Trust: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Size: 
21.07
Short Description: 
A native oakwood in a steep-sided glen that has remained fairly untouched
Smartphone Description: 
Roslin Glen is a native oakwood in a steep-sided glen that has remained fairly untouched. The mixed deciduous woodland has over 200 species of flowering plants, 60 species of breeding birds and a rich lichen flora.
Location
Address: 
1 miles from Roslin
Town: 
Roslin
County: 
Midlothian
Postcode: 
EH25 9PX
Grid ref: 
NT275625
Facilities
Visitor centre: 
No
Shop: 
No shop
Picnic Area: 
No
Opening hours: 
Open at all times
Toilets: 
No toilets
Disabled toilet: 
No disabled toilet
Baby changing facilities: 
No baby changing facilities
Dogs: 
No
Access info: 
Contact the Trust for disabled access information
Parking: 
Yes
Grazing animals: 
no
Contact details
Reserve manager: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Reserve phone number: 
0131 312 4765
Reserve email address: 
enquiries@swt.org.uk
Reserver deep link: 
http://www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/roslin-glen/
Photos
Photo: 
Roslin Glen
Best time to visit
Start: 
April
End: 
September
Admission
Admission fee?: 
No
Admission amount: 
no
Location type: 
Wildlife or nature reserve
Posted by scottish
2011-05-04 11:38

Cullaloe

Cullaloe was originally two reservoirs that provided drinking water for Burntisland. The main reserve was drained completely leaving bare mud to colonise with mosses, lichen and higher plants. The northern reservoir was partially drained and it is open water that is visible today. During the draining areas of mud and silts were exposed, which now support a mixture if willow scrub and marsh vegetation and associated wildlife. The loch level is lowered each summer. This gives the rare mudwort the opportunity to colonise the bare mud and set seed.

Reserve details
Trust: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Size: 
26.46
Short Description: 
Originally two reservoirs; now ideal for birds
Smartphone Description: 
Cullaloe was originally two reservoirs that provided drinking water for Burntisland. The main reserve was drained completely leaving bare mud to colonise with mosses, lichen and higher plants. The northern reservoir was partially drained and it is open water that is visible today. The large grass areas are rich in wild flowers including showy orchids in the early summer and sweeps of purple knapweed in late summer. The mixture of vegetation here is ideal for birds, with lapwings nesting on the open ground and sedge warbler and whitethroat breeding in the willows
Location
Address: 
Beside and to the south of the B9157 about 2km north of Aberdour
Town: 
Aberdour
County: 
Fife
Postcode: 
KY3 0LU
Grid ref: 
NT188877
Facilities
Visitor centre: 
No
Shop: 
No shop
Picnic Area: 
No
Opening hours: 
Open at all times
Toilets: 
No toilets
Disabled toilet: 
No disabled toilet
Baby changing facilities: 
No baby changing facilities
Dogs: 
No
Access info: 
Wheelchair accessible. Car park may be closed overnight. Contact the Trust for disabled access information
Parking: 
Yes
Grazing animals: 
yes
Contact details
Reserve manager: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Reserve phone number: 
0131 312 4765
Reserve email address: 
enquiries@swt.org.uk
Reserver deep link: 
http://www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/cullaloe/
Photos
Photo: 
Cullaloe
Admission
Admission fee?: 
No
Admission amount: 
no
Location type: 
Wildlife or nature reserve
Posted by scottish
2011-05-04 11:38

Montrose Basin

Montrose Basin, an enclosed estuary of the South Esk river, provides a rich feeding ground for thousands of resident and migrant birds including eider duck, pink-footed and greylag geese. Telescopes and television cameras offer magnificent views of wildlife and a "boxwatch" in spring and summer allows visitors to view blue tit, sand martin and swallow families.

Reserve details
Trust: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Short Description: 
An enclosed estuary of the South Esk river
Smartphone Description: 
Montrose Basin, an enclosed estuary of the South Esk river, provides a rich feeding ground for thousands of resident and migrant birds including eider duck, pink-footed and greylag geese. Telescopes and television cameras offer magnificent views of wildlife and a "boxwatch" in spring and summer allows visitors to view blue tit, sand martin and swallow families
Location
Address: 
On the A92 Montrose to Arbroath Road just one mile out of Montrose
Town: 
Montrose
County: 
Angus
Postcode: 
DD10 9LU
Grid ref: 
NO700564
Facilities
Visitor centre: 
Vistor centre?
Shop: 
Shop
Picnic Area: 
Picnic area
Opening hours: 
Open daily: 1 March
Toilets: 
Yes Toilets
Disabled toilet: 
Disabled toilet
Baby changing facilities: 
Baby changing facilities
Dogs: 
Yes
Access info: 
Contact the Trust for disabled access information
Parking: 
Yes
Grazing animals: 
yes
Contact details
Reserve manager: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Reserve phone number: 
0131 312 4765
Reserve email address: 
enquiries@swt.org.uk
Reserver deep link: 
http://www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/montrose-basin/
Photos
Photo: 
Montrose Basin
Admission
Admission fee?: 
Yes
Admission amount: 
Adults £4.00; Concessions £3.00; Family ticket £7.50 (2 adults, up to 4 children). Members FREE 10% discount for groups of 11 or more people. Access to the reserve is free
Location type: 
Wildlife or nature reserve