This article provides a list of sites in the United Kingdom which are recognised for their importance to biodiversity conservation . The list is divided geographically by region and county.
Inclusion criteria [ edit ] Sites are included in this list if they are given any of the following designations:
Sites of importance in a global context
Sites of importance in a European context
Sites of importance in a national context
England [ edit ] Southwest [ edit ] Cornwall [ edit ] Site name(s) Type of site Nature conservation interest Designation(s) Poole Harbour Natural harbour (the second largest in the world, after Sydney harbour) Wintering shorebirds, wintering wildfowl IBA Brownsea Island Island, including a lagoon Red squirrel; breeding, wintering and migrant birds IBA, SSSI
Somerset [ edit ] Site name(s) Type of site Nature conservation interest Designation(s) Ashton Court Deer park Saproxylic invertebrates SSSI Avon Gorge (Leigh Woods) Limestone gorge and semi-natural broad-leaved woodland Plant communities, insect communities NNR, SAC, SSSI Banwell Caves Caves Greater horseshoe bat roost site SSSI Biddle Street, Yatton SSSI Bishop's Hill Wood SSSI Blagdon Lake Artificial reservoir SSSI Bodkin Hazel Wood SSSI Brockley Hall Stables Former stable block Greater horseshoe bat breeding site SSSI Burledge Sidelands and Meadows Unimproved grassland SSSI Burrington Combe Limestone gorge SSSI Chew Valley Lake Artificial reservoir Wildfowl SPA, SSSI Cleeve Wood, Hanham Semi-natural broad-leaved woodland Nationally scarce plant SSSI Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines Stone mines Greater horseshoe bat roosts SSSI Compton Martin Ochre Mine Stone mine Greater horseshoe bat roost SSSI Congrove Field and The Tumps Unimproved grassland SSSI Ellenborough Park Dune grassland, managed as parkland Dune grassland plant communities including two Red Data Book species, branched horsetail and smooth rupturewort SSSI Folly Farm , Bishop Sutton Meadow and woodland Grassland plant communities, invertebrate communities SSSI Gordano valley Peatland Plant communities, invertebrate communities NNR, SSSI Harptree Combe Wooded combe Plant communities, invertebrate communities, the rare Appleyard's feather-moss SSSI Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton Wooded cliff and saltmarsh strip Plant communities, including the nationally rare True Service-tree SSSI Iford Manor Country house Greater horseshoe bat breeding site SSSI St Catherine's Valley Grassland Grassland plant communities; locally scarce plants SSSI Uphill Cliff SSSI Yanal Bog Lowland mire Plant communities SSSI
Wiltshire [ edit ] Gloucestershire [ edit ] Site name(s) Type of site Nature conservation interest Designation(s) Forest of Dean Extensive area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland Plant communities, woodland birds, insect communities Dean Hall Coach House and Stables Country house Greater horseshoe bat breeding roost SSSI
Southeast [ edit ] Bedfordshire [ edit ] Berkshire [ edit ] Buckinghamshire [ edit ] Site name(s) Type of site Nature conservation interest Designation(s) Windsor Hill SSSI Beech woodland, scrub and chalk grassland Plant communities NCR, SSSI
Greater London [ edit ] Hampshire [ edit ] Site name(s) Type of site Nature conservation interest Designation(s) Upper Greensand Hangars Semi-natural broadleaved woodland Plant communities and geology SSSI
Hertfordshire [ edit ] Site name(s) Type of site Nature conservation interest Designation(s) Burham Down Calcareous woodland and grassland SSSI Burham Marsh SSSI East Blean Woods Heath fritillary SSSI, SAC, NNR Hothfield Common Heath LNR, SSSI Lydden Temple Ewell Calcareous grassland Early spider orchid , burnt orchid , silver-spotted skipper , Adonis blue SSSI, SAC, NNR Marden Meadow Neutral grassland Green-winged orchid Part SSSI Oare Marshes SSSI, Ramsar Site, LNR, SPA, ESA Park Gate Down Calcareous grassland Lady orchid , late spider orchid , monkey orchid and musk orchid , SSSI, SAC Queendown Warren Calcareous grassland Early spider orchid and lady orchid SSSI, SAC, LNR Romney Marsh Visitor Centre SSSI, LNR Sandwich and Pegwell Bay Coastal grassland and dunes Lizard orchid SSSI, Ramsar Site, SPA, cSAC, NNR Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve SSSI South Swale SSSI, Ramsar Site, LNR, SPA, ESA West Blean Heath fritillary SSSI Westfield Wood Calcareous woodland SAC, SSSI Yockletts Bank Calcareous woodland Lady orchid SSSI
Oxfordshire [ edit ] Site name(s) Type of site Nature conservation interest Designation(s) Bookham Commons Woodland, grassland and scrub Locally notable plants, rare moths, breeding bird communities SSSI
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
Midlands [ edit ] Derbyshire [ edit ] Herefordshire [ edit ] Leicestershire [ edit ] Northamptonshire [ edit ] Shropshire [ edit ] Site name(s) Type of site Nature conservation interest Designation(s) Catherton Common Uncultivated heathland Nationally scarce bird, insect and plant species SSSI
Staffordshire [ edit ] Nottinghamshire [ edit ] Warwickshire [ edit ] Worcestershire [ edit ] East Anglia [ edit ] Northwest [ edit ] Cheshire [ edit ] Site name(s) Type of site Nature conservation interest Designation(s) Sandbach Flashes Wetland (partially saline, even though inland) Aquatic plant & invertebrate communities; woodland lichen flora; wintering wildfowl and waders SSSI
Northeast [ edit ] Lincolnshire [ edit ] Site name(s) Type of site Nature conservation interest Designation(s) Potter Hanworth Wood Small-leaved lime woodland Plant & animal communities SSSI
Yorkshire [ edit ] Site name(s) Type of site Nature conservation interest Designation(s) Grass Wood, Wharfedale Woodland with areas of limestone grassland Plant community SSSI
County Durham [ edit ] Site name(s) Type of site Nature conservation interest Designation(s) Bishop Middleham Quarry Disused quarry Magnesian limestone grassland plant communities SSSI
Anglesey [ edit ] Scotland [ edit ] Northeast Scotland [ edit ] Site name(s) Type of site Nature conservation interest Designation(s) Fowlsheugh , Kincardineshire Cliff Seabird colony SPA, SSSI
Shetland [ edit ] Site name(s) Type of site Nature conservation interest Designation(s) Hermaness Cliff Seabird colony NNR
Unst Outer Hebrides [ edit ] Lewis and Harris North Uist, South Uist and Benbecula Other islands [ edit ] Site name(s) Type of site Nature conservation interest Designation(s) St Kilda Island group Seabird colony (largest in Britain), endemic subspecies of wren and wood mouse IBA, NNR, WHS North Rona Island Seabird colony IBA, NNR Sula Sgeir Island Seabird colony IBA, NNR Flannan Isles Island group Seabird colony IBA Shiant Isles Island Seabird colony, passage & wintering geese IBA Monach Islands Island group Breeding seabirds, passage & wintering geese IBA
See also [ edit ]
Africa Asia Europe North America Oceania South America Antarctica
References [ edit ]