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    NatureScot (Scottish Gaelic: NàdarAlba) is the operating name for the body formally called Scottish Natural Heritage. It is an executive non-departmental...
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    SSSIs in Scotland is available on the NatureScot website. The decision to notify an SSSI is made by the relevant nature conservation body (the appropriate...
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    of MPAs in Scotland is Marine Scotland. For nature conservation sites within territorial waters, NatureScot is responsible for developing the network,...
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    2018. "Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve". NatureScot. Retrieved 30 September 2020. "Loch Lomond Woods SAC". NatureScot. Retrieved 30 September 2020...
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    wintering site for waterfowl and wading birds. The NNR is now managed by NatureScot, but remains under private ownership, being managed by SNH under lease...
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    Forest. The eastern half of Beinn Eighe is owned by NatureScot, who manage it as a national nature reserve, whilst the rest of the southern side is owned...
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    boardwalk that extends out onto the moorland. The reserve is managed by NatureScot, though it remains in private ownership, with most being owned by the...
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    January 2015. "NatureScot Commissioned Report 568: Status and population viability of Greenland barnacle geese on Islay". NatureScot. 2014. Retrieved...
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    Wyvis NNR". NatureScot. Retrieved 8 September 2020. "Ben Wyvis SPA". NatureScot. Retrieved 8 September 2020. "Ben Wyvis SAC". NatureScot. Retrieved 8...
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    adjoining landscape. The Dell Woods section of Abernethy NNR is managed by NatureScot, whilst the rest is under the management of the Royal Society for the...
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    groups, chaired by NatureScot. NatureScot remains responsible for the statutory declaration of national nature reserves. NatureScot is responsible for...
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    Small Isles (category Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas of Scotland)
    Retrieved 15 May 2018. "Rum National Nature Reserve". NatureScot. Retrieved 5 October 2020. "Rum SAC". NatureScot. Retrieved 5 October 2020. "Return of...
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    Citation". NatureScot. Retrieved 1 October 2020. "Solway Firth SAC". NatureScot. Retrieved 1 October 2020. "Caerlaverock NNR". NatureScot. Retrieved 1...
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    "Corrieshalloch Gorge SSSI". NatureScot. Retrieved 15 September 2020. "About NNRs". Scotland's National Nature Reserves. NatureScot. Retrieved 15 September...
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    the Gulf Stream.: 1  Taynish is owned and managed by NatureScot and was declared a national nature reserve (NNR) in 1977.: 6  The reserve was formerly...
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    Tay (Dunkeld) National Scenic Area". NatureScot. Retrieved 6 October 2020. "National Scenic Areas". NatureScot. Retrieved 6 October 2020. "National Scenic...
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    Area". NatureScot. Retrieved 2 October 2020. "National Scenic Areas". NatureScot. Retrieved 2 October 2020. "Sitelink - Map Search". NatureScot. Retrieved...
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    of Scotland. It forms part of Corrie Fee National Nature Reserve (NNR), which is managed by NatureScot and lies within the Cairngorms National Park. The...
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    NatureScot. Retrieved 16 September 2020. "Glen Affric SSSI". NatureScot. Retrieved 16 September 2020. "Glen Affric to Strathconon SPA". NatureScot. Retrieved...
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    Natural Heritage (now NatureScot). However, the population has been deemed no longer viable. In 2023 a license was approved by NatureScot to release captive-bred...
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    designated as a national nature reserve in 1984. The reserve is managed by the National Trust for Scotland in co-operation with NatureScot. The first part was...
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    Moidart and Loch Shiel Woods SAC". NatureScot. Retrieved 5 October 2020. "Claish Moss Nature Reserve". NatureScot. Retrieved 5 October 2020. "Scottish...
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    from Kinross by Historic Environment Scotland during the summer months. NatureScot describe Loch Leven as "one of Scotland's top natural assets", due to...
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    Heath, and is managed by NatureScot. The different sections of Tentsmuir NNR were originally designated as separate national nature reserves at different...
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    NatureScot. Retrieved 29 September 2020. "Deeside and Lochnagar NSA". NatureScot. Retrieved 29 September 2020. "Sitelink - Map Search". NatureScot. Retrieved...
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    Areas". NatureScot. Retrieved 29 September 2020. "River Dee SAC". NatureScot. Retrieved 29 September 2020. "Cairngorms Massif SPA". NatureScot. Retrieved...
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    areas. The six sites are: Cartland Craigs - managed by NatureScot Cleghorn Glen - managed by NatureScot Falls of Clyde- managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust...
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    Monach Islands (category Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas of Scotland)
    Heinemann. Page 205. "Monach Islands SPA". NatureScot. Retrieved 11 October 2020. "Monach Islands SAC". NatureScot. Retrieved 11 October 2020. "Monach Isles"...
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    first officially designated Long Distance Route, and is now designated by NatureScot as one of Scotland's Great Trails. It is primarily intended as a long...
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    "Glen Tanar National Nature Reserve". NatureScot. Retrieved 16 September 2020. "Glen Tanar". portal.historicenvironment.scot. "Glen Tanar". VisitScotland...
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