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Tayside and Clackmannanshire

Natural Heritage

Lunan Lochs Project Website

The Lunan Lochs Project

The five lochs between Dunkeld and Blairgowrie - are naturally clear and shallow and support many different wildlife species. But they are becoming polluted by too much phosphate from the surrounding area - the Lunan Catchment. Phosphate is in fertilisers, detergents, animal and human waste. The project aims to work with those living and working within the catchment to reduce the amount of phosphate getting into the water.

SNH in Tayside

From the Glens of Angus to the Tay Estuary and Loch Leven in the south, Tayside is an area rich in contrast. From the moor of Rannoch where the only sound is the haunting cry of the curlew, to the bustle and blast of city traffic, the Area offers immense diversity of scenery and environment.Tayside is a populous area but one that supports a huge and important diversity of scenery, animals, insects, birds and plants with which we must learn to share our living space. Like humans, the eagle, the otter and the orchid need a variety of habitats to survive and prosper. At Scottish Natural Heritage our task is to achieve a balance for all.

Upland Areas

Tyre, ski, hoof and boot and crampon - we could love our mountains to death. SNH’s remit is to ensure that the mountains to which we escape, seeking beauty and solitude, are not literally eroded away before our eyes and that the fragile montane flora and fauna is not damaged beyond repair

Caring for our very best

Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon, Loch Tummel, the River Earn from Comrie to St Fillans and the Trossachs are four National Scenic Areas in Tayside and some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe. Through careful planning control and encouragement of sustainable land management, SNH is ensuring extra protection for these areas.

...Wet Bits

Pure, abundant fresh water - the image of Scotland’s unspoilt lochs and rivers is world famous, their beauty praised in many a piece of prose and poetry.Yet the beauty and once-teeming wildlife of such waters as the silvery Tay is under ever-increasing threat. Sailing, water-skiing, fishing, wildfowling and bathing are some of the demands we make on Scotland’s fresh water.In order to try and balance the needs of the natural heritage, SNH is working with water users and managers to protect and enhance the beauty and wildlife of our fresh water

Bogs

Living history books! Bogs are the direct survivors of Scotland’s prehistoric landscape on which many specialised plants and insects have evolved to live and cannot survive anywhere else.SNH is actively conserving the best remnants of this unique landscape.

Forestry

SNH manages many acres of woodland and seeks to do so in a way that makes them attractive for wildlife and people.Nationally and locally SNH works with forestry organisations to promote environmentally sensitive practices which include increasing the planting of native trees such as oak, ash and birch and restoring existing native woods through good management

Estuaries

Flowing through Tayside is Scotland’s largest river, the Tay, with a catchment area of 2,000 square miles. Within its estuary is the UK’s largest single reedbed which provides an important breeding site for birds such as Sedge Warblers and Water Rail. During the winter it is home to thousands of wildfowl and wading birds, and up to 30,000 Eider moult in the safety of the Outer Estuary.To encourage protection of the estuary, SNH is working in partnership with others to reduce the impact that industry, shipping and intense recreational use impose on coastal wildlife and landscapes.

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