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29 th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites – Last updated 12 th July 2016 The matrices included in this document list blocks in the three 29 th seaward licensing round areas (West of Hebrides, East of Shetland and Mid North Sea High) along with their proximity to coastal and offshore conservation sites. The conservation sites include Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas (SACs and SPAs respectively, collectively termed Natura 2000 sites) 1 , and Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) 2 . Also listed are the features for which the sites are (or are proposed to be) designated for. The list includes designated sites and those which are at earlier stages in the designation process, including draft and potential sites. Applicants should augment the summary information provided in this document with the most recent site listings on the JNCC website , and also those of the devolved administrations relevant to the 29 th Round: Scottish Natural Heritage and the Department of the Environment Northern Ireland . Links to each of the three areas are provided below: West of Hebrides East of Shetland Mid North Sea High 1 made under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended), the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (as amended), Conservation (Natural Habitats, & c.) Regulations 2010 (as amended) and Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats & c.) Regulations 2007. 2 made under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 and Marine (Scotland) Act 2010

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Page 1: 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation ... · 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites – Last updated 12th July 2016 . The matrices included

29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites – Last updated 12th July 2016 The matrices included in this document list blocks in the three 29th seaward licensing round areas (West of Hebrides, East of Shetland and Mid North Sea High) along with their proximity to coastal and offshore conservation sites. The conservation sites include Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas (SACs and SPAs respectively, collectively termed Natura 2000 sites)1, and Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)2. Also listed are the features for which the sites are (or are proposed to be) designated for. The list includes designated sites and those which are at earlier stages in the designation process, including draft and potential sites. Applicants should augment the summary information provided in this document with the most recent site listings on the JNCC website, and also those of the devolved administrations relevant to the 29th Round: Scottish Natural Heritage and the Department of the Environment Northern Ireland. Links to each of the three areas are provided below: West of Hebrides East of Shetland Mid North Sea High

1 made under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended), the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (as amended), Conservation (Natural Habitats, & c.) Regulations 2010 (as amended) and Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats & c.) Regulations 2007. 2 made under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 and Marine (Scotland) Act 2010

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

128/2 X 128/3 X 128/4 X 128/5 X

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

128/7 X 128/8 X 128/9 X 128/10 X 129/1 X 129/2 X 129/3 X 129/4 X 129/5129/6 X 129/7 X 129/8 X 129/9129/10129/15130/1 X 130/2 X 130/3 X 130/4 X

130/5Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

Reefs XThe Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

X

130/6130/7130/8

130/9 X X

130/10 X X

130/11130/12

The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

Reefs

Reefs

Natura 2000 Sites

128/1

128/6

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs

Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

Reefs

Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

Reefs

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

130/13

130/14 X

130/15 X

131/1 X X

131/2 X X

131/3 X X

131/4 X X

131/5The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

X

The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

Reefs

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

131/6 X X

131/7 X X

131/8 X

131/9 X

131/10

131/11The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

X

The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

Reefs

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

131/12 X131/13 X131/14 X131/15 X131/18 X131/19 X131/20 X132/1 X132/2 X132/3 X132/4 X132/5 X132/6 X132/7 X132/8 X132/9 X132/10 X132/11 X132/12 X132/13 X132/14 X132/15 X132/16 X132/17 X132/18 X132/19 X132/20 X132/25 X133/1 X133/2 X

133/3West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

XThe Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

X

The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

XThe Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

XSea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

East Mingulay SCI Reefs X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

Eoligarry, Barra SPA Corncrake XKilpheder to Smerclate, South Uist SPA

Corncrake X

Sound of Barra SCISandbanksReefsHarbour seal

X

133/6The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

X

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X 133/5

133/4

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

133/7 X X

133/8 X X

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs XThe Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

Stanton Banks SAC XEast Mingulay SCI X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

Sound of Barra SCISandbanksReefsHarbour seal

X

The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Reefs

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs

133/9

133/10 X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

133/11 X X

133/12 X X

133/13 X X

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs XThe Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

Stanton Banks SAC XEast Mingulay SCI X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

Reefs

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs

133/14

133/15

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

133/16 X X

133/17 X X

133/18 X X

The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

X

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

133/21 X X

133/22 X X

133/23 X X

X

The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

133/19 Stanton Banks SAC

133/20

Reefs

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs

Stanton Banks SAC ReefsThe Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

133/24 Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X

133/25 Stanton Banks SAC Reefs XSea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

133/27 X X

133/28 X X

133/29 Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X

133/30 Stanton Banks SAC Reefs XSea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

Stanton Banks SAC XEast Mingulay SCI X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

Eoligarry, Barra SPA Corncrake XKilpheder to Smerclate, South Uist SPA

Corncrake X

Sound of Barra SCISandbanksReefsHarbour seal

X

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

X

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Reefs

134/6

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Stanton Banks SAC XEast Mingulay SCI X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

Eoligarry, Barra SPA Corncrake XKilpheder to Smerclate, South Uist SPA

Corncrake X

Sound of Barra SCISandbanksReefsHarbour seal

X

South Uist Machair SAC

MachairsStanding freshwaterCoastal lagoonsVegetation of drift linesSlender naiadOtter

X

South Uist Machair and Lochs SPA

CorncrakeLittle ternDunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged ploverSanderling

X

Stanton Banks SAC XEast Mingulay SCI X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Tiree Machair SACCoastal dunesMachairsStanding freshwater

X

Tiree Wetlands and Coast SPA

Barnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted gooseDunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged plover Turnstone

X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

Eoligarry, Barra SPA Corncrake X

Sound of Barra SCISandbanksReefsHarbour seal

X

Reefs

Reefs

134/7

134/8

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Stanton Banks SAC XEast Mingulay SCI X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

Stanton Banks SAC XEast Mingulay SCI X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Tiree Machair SACCoastal dunesMachairsStanding freshwater

X

Tiree Wetlands and Coast SPA

Barnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted gooseDunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged plover Turnstone

X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

Sound of Barra SCISandbanksReefsHarbour seal

X

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

Reefs

Reefs

X

134/12

134/11

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Stanton Banks SAC XEast Mingulay SCI X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Tiree Machair SACCoastal dunesMachairsStanding freshwater

X

Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X

Tiree Wetlands and Coast SPA

Barnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted gooseDunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged plover Turnstone

X

Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

Sound of Barra SCISandbanksReefsHarbour seal

X

Stanton Banks SAC XEast Mingulay SCI X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Tiree Machair SACCoastal dunesMachairsStanding freshwater

X

Coll Machair SAC

Coastal dunesStanding freshwaterMachairsSlender naiad

X

Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X

Tiree Wetlands and Coast SPA

Barnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted gooseDunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged plover Turnstone

X

Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X

Coll SPABarnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted goose

X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

Stanton Banks SAC XEast Mingulay SCI X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

X

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

X

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

134/14

134/13

134/16

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Stanton Banks SAC XEast Mingulay SCI X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Tiree Machair SACCoastal dunesMachairsStanding freshwater

X

Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X

Tiree Wetlands and Coast SPA

Barnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted gooseDunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged plover Turnstone

X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Stanton Banks SAC XEast Mingulay SCI X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Tiree Machair SACCoastal dunesMachairsStanding freshwater

X

Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X

Tiree Wetlands and Coast SPA

Barnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted gooseDunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged plover Turnstone

X

Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Stanton Banks SAC XEast Mingulay SCI X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Tiree Machair SACCoastal dunesMachairsStanding freshwater

X

Coll Machair SAC

Coastal dunesStanding freshwaterMachairsSlender naiad

X

Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X

Tiree Wetlands and Coast SPA

Barnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted gooseDunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged plover Turnstone

X

Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake XColl (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X

Coll SPABarnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted goose

X

Mingulay and Berneray SPARazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

134/17

134/18

134/19

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Stanton Banks SAC XEast Mingulay SCI X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Tiree Machair SACCoastal dunesMachairsStanding freshwater

X

Coll Machair SAC

Coastal dunesStanding freshwaterMachairsSlender naiad

X

Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X

Tiree Wetlands and Coast SPA

Barnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted gooseDunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged plover Turnstone

X

Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake XColl (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X

Coll SPABarnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted goose

X

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Tiree Machair SACCoastal dunesMachairsStanding freshwater

X

Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X

Tiree Wetlands and Coast SPA

Barnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted gooseDunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged plover Turnstone

X

Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

X

X

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Reefs

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

134/20

134/21

134/22

134/23

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Tiree Machair SACCoastal dunesMachairsStanding freshwater

X

Coll Machair SAC

Coastal dunesStanding freshwaterMachairsSlender naiad

X

Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X

Tiree Wetlands and Coast SPA

Barnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted gooseDunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged plover Turnstone

X

Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X

Coll SPABarnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted goose

X

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Treshnish Isles SPAStorm petrelBarnacle goose

X

Tiree Machair SACCoastal dunesMachairsStanding freshwater

X

Coll Machair SAC

Coastal dunesStanding freshwaterMachairsSlender naiad

X

Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X

Tiree Wetlands and Coast SPA

Barnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted gooseDunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged plover Turnstone

X

Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake XColl (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X

Coll SPABarnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted goose

X

Inner Hebrides and the Minches pSAC

Harbour porpoise X

134/26 Stanton Banks SAC Reefs XSea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

134/25

134/24

134/27

X

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Tiree Machair SACCoastal dunesMachairsStanding freshwater

X

Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X

Tiree Wetlands and Coast SPA

Barnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted gooseDunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged plover Turnstone

X

Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake XStanton Banks SAC Reefs X

Coll and Tiree pSPAGreat northern diverCommon eider

X

Rinns of Islay SAC Marsh fritillary butterfly X

Rinns of Islay SPA

ChoughCorncrakeHen harrier Whooper swan Greenland white-fronted gooseCommon scoter

X

Glac na Criche SAC

BogsSea cliffsHeathsMarsh fritillary butterfly

X

Tiree Machair SACCoastal dunesMachairsStanding freshwater

X

Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X

Tiree Wetlands and Coast SPA

Barnacle gooseGreenland white-fronted gooseDunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged plover Turnstone

X

Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake XInner Hebrides and the Minches pSAC

Harbour porpoise X

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

X

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal

Basking shark FrontsMinke whale Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

X

Reefs

Reefs

138/4

138/5

138/6

138/7

138/1

138/2

134/28

134/29

134/30

138/3

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

138/11 NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

138/23 X 138/24 X 138/25 X

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

138/28 X 138/29 X 138/30 X

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

139/4 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

X

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

139/9 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

X

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI

138/22

138/26

139/7

139/8

139/10

139/11

138/10

138/12

138/13

138/27

139/1

139/2

138/8

138/9

139/5

139/6

138/19

138/20

138/21

138/14

138/15

138/16

138/17

138/18

139/12

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

139/3

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

139/14 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

X

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

139/18 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/19 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

X

139/21 X 139/22 X 139/23 X 139/24 X

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

X

139/26 X 139/27 X 139/28 X 139/29 X

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

X

140/1 X 140/2 X 140/3 X 140/4 X 140/5 X 140/6 X 140/7 X 140/8 X 140/9 X 140/10 X 140/11 X 140/12 X 140/13 X 140/14 X 140/15 X 140/16 X

Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

Reefs

139/16

139/17

139/20

139/13

139/15

139/30

139/25

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

140/17 X 140/18 X 140/19 X 140/20 X 140/21 X 140/22 X 140/23 X 140/24 X 140/25 X 140/26 X 140/27 X 140/28 X 140/29 X 140/30 X 141/1 X 141/2 X 141/3 X 141/4 X 141/5 X 141/6 X 141/7 X 141/8 X 141/9 X 141/10 X 141/11 X 141/12 X 141/13 X 141/14 X 141/15 X 141/16 X 141/17 X 141/18 X 141/19 X 141/20 X 141/21 X 141/22 X 141/23 X 141/24 X 141/25 X 141/26 X

141/27 X X

141/28 X X

141/29 X X

141/30 X X

The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

Reefs

Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

Reefs

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

142/1Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

142/2 Seas off St.Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

XGeikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

142/6

142/7 Seas off St.Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

142/11Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

Reefs X

142/12

142/16Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

Reefs X

142/17

142/21Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

Reefs XThe Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

X

142/22The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

142/26 X

142/27 X

142/28 X

142/29 X

142/30 X

143/26The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

X

148/1 X 148/2 X 148/3 X 148/4148/5148/6 X 148/7 X 148/8 X 148/9 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X 148/10

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

148/15 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

ReefsEast Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI

148/11

148/12

148/13

148/14

148/16

148/17

148/18

148/19

148/20

148/21

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount MPA

Burrowed mudSeamount communitiesOffshore deep-sea mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOrange roughy Continental slope SeamountsGeological features: Features representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas:iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

149/1149/2149/3149/4149/5149/6149/7149/8149/9149/10149/11 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X 149/12149/13149/14149/15149/16 X 149/17 X 149/18 X 149/19149/20149/21 X 149/22 X 149/23 X 149/24 X 149/25149/26 X 149/27 X 149/28 X 149/29 X 149/30150/1

150/2 X

150/3 X

150/4 X

150/5 X

148/26

148/22

148/23

148/24

148/25

148/27

148/28

148/29

148/30 Reefs

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

150/6150/7

150/8 X

150/9 X

150/10 X

150/11150/12150/13150/14

150/15Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

150/16150/17150/18150/19150/20150/21150/22150/23150/24150/25150/26150/27150/28 X 150/29 X 150/30 X

151/1 X

151/2 X

151/3 X

151/4 X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

Reefs

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

151/6 X

151/7 X

151/8 X

151/9 X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

151/11 X

151/12 X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

151/5

151/10

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

151/13

151/14

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

151/16151/17

151/18Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

151/15

151/19

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

151/21Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

151/22

151/23 X

151/24 X

151/25 X

151/26 X 151/27 X 151/28 X

151/29 X

151/30 X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

151/20

Anton Dohrn Seamount cSAC/SCI

Reefs

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

152/1

152/2

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

152/4

152/3

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

152/5

152/6

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

152/7

152/8 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

152/9

152/10

X

X

152/11

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

XSeas off St. Kilda dSPA

X152/12

152/13

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

X

X

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

152/14

152/15

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

X

152/16

152/17 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

152/20 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

XGeikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

152/21Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

152/22 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

XGeikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

152/26Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

152/27 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

XGeikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA152/19 X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

153/3 XRosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

153/4 XGeikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

153/2

153/1

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Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

153/5 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

153/6 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

XGeikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

153/8 X X

153/9 X X

153/10 X X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

XSeas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

153/7

153/11 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

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Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

153/12 X X

153/13 X X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

153/16 X X

153/17 X X

153/18 X X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SPA

Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrelGannetGreat skuaPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

St.Kilda SACReefs Sea cliffs Sea caves

X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

153/21

153/14

153/15

153/20

153/19

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

St. Kilda SPA

Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrelGannetGreat skuaPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SACReefs Sea cliffs Sea caves

X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

St. Kilda SPA

Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrelGannetGreat skuaPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SACReefs Sea cliffs Sea caves

X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

St. Kilda SPA

Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrelGannetGreat skuaPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SACReefs Sea cliffs Sea caves

X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SPA

Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrelGannetGreat skuaPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SACReefs Sea cliffs Sea caves

X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

X

153/22

153/23

153/24

153/25

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

St. Kilda SPA

Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrelGannetGreat skuaPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SACReefs Sea cliffs Sea caves

X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SPA

Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrelGannetGreat skuaPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SACReefs Sea cliffs Sea caves

X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

154/1154/2154/3154/4154/5154/6 X 154/7 X 154/8154/9154/10

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X153/29

Gannet Fulmar

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

154/11

153/30

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

154/12

154/13

154/15

154/16

154/14

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

St. Kilda SPA

Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrelGannetGreat skuaPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SACReefs Sea cliffs Sea caves

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SPA

Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrelGannetGreat skuaPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SACReefs Sea cliffs Sea caves

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

North Harris SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsBogsScreeRocky slopesFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

154/17

154/18

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

St. Kilda SPA

Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrelGannetGreat skuaPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SACReefs Sea cliffs Sea caves

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

North Harris SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsBogsScreeRocky slopesFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

154/19

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

St. Kilda SPA

Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrelGannetGreat skuaPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SACReefs Sea cliffs Sea caves

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

North Harris SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsBogsScreeRocky slopesFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

St. Kilda SPA

Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrelGannetGreat skuaPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SACReefs Sea cliffs Sea caves

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

154/21

154/20

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

North Harris SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsBogsScreeRocky slopesFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

North Harris SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsBogsScreeRocky slopesFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

154/23

154/22

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

North Harris SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsBogsScreeRocky slopesFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

154/24

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

North Harris SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsBogsScreeRocky slopesFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle XLangavat SAC Atlantic salmon XLoch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons XTraigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

154/25 X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

St. Kilda SPA

Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrelGannetGreat skuaPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SACReefs Sea cliffs Sea caves

X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

North Harris SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsBogsScreeRocky slopesFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

154/26 X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

St. Kilda SPA

Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrelGannetGreat skuaPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

St. Kilda SACReefs Sea cliffs Sea caves

X

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

North Uist Machair SAC

Salt marshes and salt meadowsMachairsStanding freshwaterVegetation of drift linesCoastal dunesSlender naiad

X

North Uist Machair and Islands SPA

CorncrakeBarnacle goose DunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged ploverPurple sandpiperRinged ploverTurnstone

X

North Harris SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsBogsScreeRocky slopesFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

154/27

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

North Uist Machair SAC

Salt marshes and salt meadowsMachairsStanding freshwaterVegetation of drift linesCoastal dunesSlender naiad

X

North Uist Machair and Islands SPA

CorncrakeBarnacle goose DunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged ploverPurple sandpiperRinged ploverTurnstone

X

North Harris SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsBogsScreeRocky slopesFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

154/28

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

North Uist Machair SAC

Salt marshes and salt meadowsMachairsStanding freshwaterVegetation of drift linesCoastal dunesSlender naiad

North Uist Machair and Islands SPA

CorncrakeBarnacle goose DunlinOystercatcherRedshankRinged ploverPurple sandpiperRinged ploverTurnstone

X

Loch nam Madadh SAC

Coastal lagoonsInlets and baysSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsReefsOtter

X

North Harris SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsBogsScreeRocky slopesFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

154/29

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Seas off St. Kilda dSPA

Gannet Fulmar Storm petrel Guillemot Puffin

X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

North Uist Machair and Islands SPA

Salt marshes and salt meadowsMachairsStanding freshwaterVegetation of drift linesCoastal dunesSlender naiad

X

North Harris SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsBogsScreeRocky slopesFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

155/1North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

155/2North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

XNorth East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X

154/30

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

XNorth East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

XNorth East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels

155/3

155/4

155/5

155/6North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

North East Lewis MPA proposal

X

X

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake XInner Hebrides and the Minches pSAC

Harbour porpoise X

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

155/9

155/8

155/7

X

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake XInner Hebrides and the Minches pSAC

Harbour porpoise X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon XLoch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons XTraigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake XLangavat SAC Atlantic salmon XLoch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons XTraigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

North East Lewis MPA proposal

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X

155/11

155/12

155/10

X

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon XLoch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons XTraigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake XInner Hebrides and the Minches pSAC

Harbour porpoise X

Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake XInner Hebrides and the Minches pSAC

Harbour porpoise X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake XInner Hebrides and the Minches pSAC

Harbour porpoise X

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X

155/13

155/14

155/15

X

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

North Harris SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsBogsScreeRocky slopesFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle XLangavat SAC Atlantic salmon XLoch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons XTraigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

155/16 X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

North Harris SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsBogsScreeRocky slopesFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle XLangavat SAC Atlantic salmon XLoch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons XTraigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake XInner Hebrides and the Minches pSAC

Harbour porpoise X

Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon XLoch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons XTraigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake XInner Hebrides and the Minches pSAC

Harbour porpoise X

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

155/18

155/17 X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon XLoch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake XInner Hebrides and the Minches pSAC

Harbour porpoise X

Flannan Isles SPALeach's storm-petrel Storm petrelSeabird assemblage

X

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

North Harris SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsBogsScreeRocky slopesFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle XLangavat SAC Atlantic salmon XLoch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons XTraigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

XNorth East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X

155/21

155/19

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

West Coast of the Outer Hebrides pSPA

Great northern diverRed-throated diverBlack-throated diverSlavonian grebeEiderLong-tailed duckRed-breasted merganser

X

North Harris SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsBogsScreeRocky slopesFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle XLangavat SAC Atlantic salmon XLoch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons XTraigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs XNorth East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

155/22

156/1

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs XNorth East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs XNorth East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Oldshoremore and Sandwood SAC

Coastal dunesMachairs

X

Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs XCape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels

156/2

156/3

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Sule Skerry and Sule Stack SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Oldshoremore and Sandwood SAC

Coastal dunesMachairs

X

Durness SAC

Coastal dunesStanding freshwaterGrasslandsLimestone pavementsHeathsFensOtter

X

Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs XCape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X

Offshore subtidal sands and gravelsWest Shetland Shelf MPA X156/4

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Sule Skerry and Sule Stack SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Oldshoremore and Sandwood SAC

Coastal dunesMachairs

X

Foinaven SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsScreeRocky slopesBogsFreshwater musselOtter

X

Durness SAC

Coastal dunesStanding freshwaterGrasslandsLimestone pavementsHeathsFensOtter

X

Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtterMarsh saxifrage

X

Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverHen harrierMerlinRed-throated diverShort-eared owlWood sandpiperCommon scoterDunlinGreenshankWigeon

X

Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs XCape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage XNorth Sutherland Coastal Islands SPA

Barnacle gooseX

Offshore subtidal sands and gravelsWest Shetland Shelf MPA156/5 X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake XInner Hebrides and the Minches pSAC

Harbour porpoise X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

Loch Laxford SACInlets and baysReefs

X

Oldshoremore and Sandwood SAC

Coastal dunesMachairs

X

Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs XCape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X

Handa SPAGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

X

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

North East Lewis MPA proposal

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

156/6

156/7 X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Loch Laxford SACInlets and baysReefs

X

Oldshoremore and Sandwood SAC

Coastal dunesMachairs

X

Foinaven SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsScreeRocky slopesBogsFreshwater musselOtter

X

Durness SAC

Coastal dunesStanding freshwaterGrasslandsLimestone pavementsHeathsFensOtter

X

Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs XFoinaven SPA Golden eagle XCape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X

Handa SPAGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X156/8

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Loch Laxford SACInlets and baysReefs

X

Oldshoremore and Sandwood SAC

Coastal dunesMachairs

X

Foinaven SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsScreeRocky slopesBogsFreshwater musselOtter

X

Durness SAC

Coastal dunesStanding freshwaterGrasslandsLimestone pavementsHeathsFensOtter

X

Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtterMarsh saxifrage

X

Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverHen harrierMerlinRed-throated diverShort-eared owlWood sandpiperCommon scoterDunlinGreenshankWigeon

X

Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs XFoinaven SPA Golden eagleCape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage XNorth Sutherland Coastal Islands SPA

Barnacle gooseX

Handa SPAGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X156/9

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

Sule Skerry and Sule Stack SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Loch Laxford SACInlets and baysReefs

X

Oldshoremore and Sandwood SAC

Coastal dunesMachairs

X

Ardvar and Loch a Mhuilinn Woodlands SAC

ForestsFreshwater pearl musselOtter

X

Foinaven SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsScreeRocky slopesBogsFreshwater musselOtter

X

Durness SAC

Coastal dunesStanding freshwaterGrasslandsLimestone pavementsHeathsFensOtter

X

Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtterMarsh saxifrage

X

Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverHen harrierMerlinRed-throated diverShort-eared owlWood sandpiperCommon scoterDunlinGreenshankWigeon

X

Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs X Foinaven SPA Golden eagle X Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X North Sutherland Coastal Islands SPA

Barnacle gooseX

Handa SPAGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

156/10

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake XOldshoremore and Sandwood SAC

Coastal dunesMachairs

X

Handa SPAGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Inner Hebrides and the Minches pSAC

Harbour porpoise X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Lewis Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtter

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

Loch Laxford SACInlets and baysReefs

X

Oldshoremore and Sandwood SAC

Coastal dunesMachairs

X

Ardvar and Loch a Mhuilinn Woodlands SAC

ForestsFreshwater pearl musselOtter

X

Foinaven SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsScreeRocky slopesBogsFreshwater musselOtter

X

Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs XCape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X

Handa SPAGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Inner Hebrides and the Minches pSAC

Harbour porpoise X

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

156/11

156/12

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

Lewis Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverMerlinRed-throated diverDunlinGreenshank

X

Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

Loch Laxford SACInlets and baysReefs

X

Oldshoremore and Sandwood SAC

Coastal dunesMachairs

X

Ardvar and Loch a Mhuilinn Woodlands SAC

ForestsFreshwater pearl musselOtter

X

Foinaven SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsScreeRocky slopesBogsFreshwater musselOtter

X

Durness SAC

Coastal dunesStanding freshwaterGrasslandsLimestone pavementsHeathsFensOtter

X

Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs XFoinaven SPA Golden eagle XCape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X

Handa SPAGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Inner Hebrides and the Minches pSAC

Harbour porpoise X

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X156/13

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

Loch Laxford SACInlets and baysReefs

X

Oldshoremore and Sandwood SAC

Coastal dunesMachairs

X

Ardvar and Loch a Mhuilinn Woodlands SAC

ForestsFreshwater pearl musselOtter

X

Foinaven SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsScreeRocky slopesBogsFreshwater musselOtter

X

Durness SAC

Coastal dunesStanding freshwaterGrasslandsLimestone pavementsHeathsFensOtter

X

Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtterMarsh saxifrage

X

Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverHen harrierMerlinRed-throated diverShort-eared owlWood sandpiperCommon scoterDunlinGreenshankWigeon

X

Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs XFoinaven SPA Golden eagle XCape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage XNorth Sutherland Coastal Islands SPA

Barnacle gooseX

Handa SPAGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Inner Hebrides and the Minches pSAC

Harbour porpoise X

North East Lewis MPA proposal

Risso’s dolphinSandeelsGeological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed – longitudinal bedform fieldQuaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughsLandscape of areal scourMegascale lineation

X156/14

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

Loch Laxford SACInlets and baysReefs

X

Oldshoremore and Sandwood SAC

Coastal dunesMachairs

X

Ardvar and Loch a Mhuilinn Woodlands SAC

ForestsFreshwater pearl musselOtter

X

Foinaven SAC

Standing freshwaterHeathsGrasslandsScreeRocky slopesBogsFreshwater musselOtter

X

Durness SAC

Coastal dunesStanding freshwaterGrasslandsLimestone pavementsHeathsFensOtter

X

Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands SAC

Standing freshwaterBogsHeathsOtterMarsh saxifrage

X

Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands SPA

Black-throated diverGolden eagleGolden ploverHen harrierMerlinRed-throated diverShort-eared owlWood sandpiperCommon scoterDunlinGreenshankWigeon

X

Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs X Foinaven SPA Golden eagle X Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X North Sutherland Coastal Islands SPA

Barnacle gooseX

Handa SPAGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

158/2158/3158/4158/5158/7158/8158/9158/10158/11 Hatton Bank cSAC Reefs X 158/12158/13158/14158/15158/16 Hatton Bank cSAC Reefs X

156/15

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

158/17158/18158/19158/20158/21 Hatton Bank cSAC Reefs X 158/22158/23158/24158/25158/26158/27158/28158/29158/30159/1159/2159/3159/4159/5159/6159/7159/8159/9159/10159/11159/12159/13159/14159/15159/16159/17159/18159/19159/20159/21159/22159/23159/24159/25159/26159/27159/28159/29159/30160/1160/2160/3160/4160/5160/6160/7160/8160/9

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

160/10Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

160/11160/12

160/13 X

160/14 X

160/15 X

160/16

160/17 X

160/18 X

160/19 X

160/20 X

160/21

160/22 X

160/23 X

160/24 X

160/26

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

160/25 X160/27 X160/28 X160/29 X160/30 X161/1 X161/2 X161/3 X161/4 X161/5 X161/6 X161/7 X161/8 X161/9 X161/10 X161/11 X161/12 X161/13 X161/14 X161/15 X161/16 X161/17 X161/18 X161/19 X161/20 X161/21 X161/22 X161/23 X161/24 X161/25 X161/26 X161/27 X161/28 X161/29 X161/30 X162/1 X162/2 X162/3 X162/4 X162/5 X162/6 X162/7 X162/8 X162/9 X162/10 X162/11 X162/12 X162/13 X162/14 X162/15 X162/16 X162/17 X162/18 X162/19 X162/20 X162/21 X162/22 X162/23 X162/24 X162/25 X162/26 X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

162/27

162/28

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope MPA

Burrowed mudOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOffshore deep-sea mudsContinental slope Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

X

162/30Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

X

163/1163/2163/3163/4 Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

163/6 X

163/7 X

163/8163/9 Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

162/29

Reefs

Reefs163/10

163/5

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

163/11 X

163/12 X

163/13 X

163/14 X 163/15 X

163/16 X

163/17 X

163/18 X

163/19 X 163/20 X

163/21 X

163/22 X

163/23 X

163/24163/25 Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs X

163/26 X

163/27 X

163/28 X

163/29163/30

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs

Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs

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Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

164/11 Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs X Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

164/16 X 164/17 X 164/18 X 164/19 X 164/20 X 164/21 X 164/22 X 164/23 X 164/24 X 164/25 X 164/26164/27164/28164/29164/30

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

164/5

164/6

164/7

164/8

164/9

165/1

165/2

164/1

164/2

164/3

164/4

164/10

164/12

164/13

164/14

164/15

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC XWyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC XWyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC XWyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC XWyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC XWyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC XWyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SACWyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC XWyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC XWyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC XWyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

Darwin Mounds SAC XWyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC XWyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels

Offshore subtidal sands and gravelsWest Shetland Shelf MPA

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels

Offshore subtidal sands and gravelsWest Shetland Shelf MPA

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

165/14

165/15

165/16

165/17

165/6

165/7

165/8

165/9

165/10

165/3

165/4

165/5

165/11

165/12

165/13

X

X

X

X

X

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Darwin Mounds SAC XWyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Darwin Mounds SAC XWyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Darwin Mounds SAC XWyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Offshore subtidal sands and gravelsWest Shetland Shelf MPA X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

165/18

165/19

165/20

165/21

165/22

165/23

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

165/26North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

165/27North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

165/28

165/29

165/24

165/25

165/30

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

166/1 X X166/2 X X166/3 X X166/4 X X166/5 X X166/6 X X166/7 X X166/8 X X166/9 X X166/10 X X

Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI X166/15 Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Offshore subtidal sands and gravelsWest Shetland Shelf MPA X

Offshore subtidal sands and gravelsWest Shetland Shelf MPA

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

Reefs

166/11

166/12

166/13

166/14

166/16

166/17

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

166/23

166/19

166/20

166/21

166/22

166/18

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Sule Skerry and Sule Stack SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

166/28

166/24

166/25

166/26

166/27

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Sule Skerry and Sule Stack SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage XSolan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X

North Rona and Sula Sgeir SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetGuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

North Rona SAC

Reefs Sea cliffs Sea caves Grey seal

X

Sule Skerry and Sule Stack SPA

Leach's storm-petrelStorm petrel GannetPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X168/30169/26169/27169/28169/29169/30170/26170/27170/28170/29170/30171/26171/27

171/28 X

171/29 X

171/30 X

173/28173/29

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Deep sea sponge aggregationsSeamount communitiesSeamountGeological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount (and adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA

Offshore subtidal sands and gravelsWest Shetland Shelf MPA X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Reefs

166/29

166/30

173/30

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

175/24 X 175/25 X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

X

175/30Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

Reefs X

176/20Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

176/21 X 176/22 X 176/23 X

Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

Reefs

175/29

174/28

175/26

175/27

175/28

174/29

174/30

175/21

175/23

175/22

174/26

174/27

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

176/24Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

Reefs XFaroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

176/25Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

176/26 X 176/27 X 176/28 X

176/29Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

Reefs X West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

Wyville Thomson Ridge cSAC/SCI

Reefs

176/30

202/1

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

North West Orkney MPA

SandeelsSand banks, sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the Fair Isle Strait Marine Process Bedforms Key Geodiversity Area

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

202/2

202/3

202/4

202/5

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

202/6 X202/7 X202/8 X

North West Orkney MPA

SandeelsSand banks, sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the Fair Isle Strait Marine Process Bedforms Key Geodiversity Area

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

North West Orkney MPA

SandeelsSand banks, sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the Fair Isle Strait Marine Process Bedforms Key Geodiversity Area

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X202/11 Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

204/16 X

204/17 X

204/18 X

204/19 X

204/20 Seas off Foula dSPA

Great skuaFulmarArctic skuaGuillemotPuffin

XFaroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

204/21Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

Offshore subtidal sands and gravelsWest Shetland Shelf MPA

Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

202/9

202/10

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

XXSeas off Foula dSPA

Great skuaFulmarArctic skuaGuillemotPuffin

204/23

204/24

204/25

204/22

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

X204/29

204/27

204/28

204/26

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X

Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsOcean quahog aggregationsContinental slopeGeological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, prograding wedges and slide deposits representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity AreaSand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

XSeas off Foula dSPA

Great skuaFulmarArctic skuaGuillemotPuffin

X204/30

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

2/3 X2/4 X2/5 X2/8 X2/9 X2/10 X2/13 X2/14 X2/15 X2/18 X2/19 X2/202/23 Pobie Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X2/242/252/28 Pobie Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X2/292/303/13/63/73/83/113/123/133/163/173/183/213/223/233/263/273/287/18 X7/19 X7/20 X7/23 X7/24 X7/25 X7/28 X7/29 X7/30 X8/38/48/58/88/98/108/138/148/15

8/16 X

8/17 X

8/18 X

8/198/20

8/21 X

8/22 X

8/23 X

8/24 X

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Pobie Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs

Central Fladen MPA

Burrowed mud Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel valley representative of the Fladen Deeps Key Geodiversity Area

Central Fladen MPA

Burrowed mud Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel valley representative of the Fladen Deeps Key Geodiversity Area

Central Fladen MPA

Burrowed mud Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel valley representative of the Fladen Deeps Key Geodiversity Area

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

8/25 Braemar Pockmarks SACSubmarine structures made by leaking gases

X

8/26 X

8/27 X

8/28 X

8/29 Braemar Pockmarks SACSubmarine structures made by leaking gases

X Central Fladen MPA

Burrowed mud Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel valley representative of the Fladen Deeps Key Geodiversity Area

X

8/30 Braemar Pockmarks SACSubmarine structures made by leaking gases

X

9/19/29/39/69/79/89/119/129/169/17 X9/21 X9/22 X9/26 X9/27 X14/2 X14/3 X14/4 X14/5 X14/6 X14/7 X14/8 X14/9 X14/10 X14/13 X14/15 X14/14 X15/1 X15/2 X15/3 X

15/4 X X

15/5 X X

15/6 X

15/7 X

15/8 X

15/9 X

15/10 Braemar Pockmarks SACSubmarine structures made by leaking gases

X Central Fladen MPA

Burrowed mud Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel valley representative of the Fladen Deeps Key Geodiversity Area

X

Central Fladen MPA

Burrowed mud Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel valley representative of the Fladen Deeps Key Geodiversity Area

Submarine structures made by leaking gases

Burrowed mud Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel valley representative of the Fladen Deeps Key Geodiversity Area

Central Fladen MPA

Burrowed mud Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel valley representative of the Fladen Deeps Key Geodiversity Area

Braemar Pockmarks SAC Central Fladen MPA

Burrowed mud Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel valley representative of the Fladen Deeps Key Geodiversity Area

Central Fladen MPA

Braemar Pockmarks SACSubmarine structures made by leaking gases

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

15/11 Central Fladen MPA

Burrowed mud Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel valley representative of the Fladen Deeps Key Geodiversity Area

X

15/12 X X

15/13 X X

15/14 X X

15/15 Scanner Pockmark SACSubmarine structures made by leaking gases

X

16/1 X16/2 X16/6 X16/7 X

Scanner Pockmark SAC XBraemar Pockmarks SAC X

Scanner Pockmark SAC XNE Faroe Shetland Channel MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore deep-sea mudsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsContinental slopeGeological feature: A wide range of features representative of the West Shetland Margin Palaeo-depositional, Miller Slide and Pilot Whale Diapirs Key Geodiversity Areas

X

Braemar Pockmarks SAC XNorwegian Boundary Sediment Plain MPA Ocean quahog aggregations X

209/4 X

209/5 X

209/9 X

209/10 X

209/14 X

209/15 X

209/19209/20209/24 X209/25 X210/1 X210/2 X210/3 X210/4 X210/5 X210/6 X210/7 X210/8 X210/9 X210/10

Submarine structures made by leaking gases

Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore deep-sea mudsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsContinental slopeGeological feature: A wide range of features representative of the West Shetland Margin Palaeo-depositional, Miller Slide and Pilot Whale Diapirs Key Geodiversity Areas

Submarine structures made by leaking gases

NE Faroe Shetland Channel MPA

Central Fladen MPA

Burrowed mud Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel valley representative of the Fladen Deeps Key Geodiversity Area

Scanner Pockmark SAC

16/11

Reefs

Braemar Pockmarks SAC

Pobie Bank Reef cSAC/SCI

16/12

Submarine structures made by leaking gases

Submarine structures made by leaking gases

NE Faroe Shetland Channel MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore deep-sea mudsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsContinental slopeGeological feature: A wide range of features representative of the West Shetland Margin Palaeo-depositional, Miller Slide and Pilot Whale Diapirs Key Geodiversity Areas

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

210/11 X

210/12 X

210/13210/16210/17210/18210/21210/22210/23210/28 Pobie Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X218/19 X218/20 X218/24 X218/25 X218/29 X218/30 X219/16 X219/17 X219/18 X219/19 X219/20 X219/21 X219/22 X219/23 X219/24 X219/25 X219/26 X219/27 X219/28 X219/29 X219/30 X220/16 X220/21 X220/22 X220/26 X220/27 X

NE Faroe Shetland Channel MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore deep-sea mudsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsContinental slopeGeological feature: A wide range of features representative of the West Shetland Margin Palaeo-depositional, Miller Slide and Pilot Whale Diapirs Key Geodiversity Areas

NE Faroe Shetland Channel MPA

Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore deep-sea mudsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsContinental slopeGeological feature: A wide range of features representative of the West Shetland Margin Palaeo-depositional, Miller Slide and Pilot Whale Diapirs Key Geodiversity Areas

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPA

Greylag gooseKnotPink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Loch of Strathbeg SPA

Sandwich tern Barnacle gooseWhooper swan Greylag goosePink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads SPA

GuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

18/30Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

19/11Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Loch of Strathbeg SPA

Sandwich tern Barnacle gooseWhooper swan Greylag goosePink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads SPA

GuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Loch of Strathbeg SPA

Sandwich tern Barnacle gooseWhooper swan Greylag goosePink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads SPA

GuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Loch of Strathbeg SPA

Sandwich tern Barnacle gooseWhooper swan Greylag goosePink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

19/14

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

X

19/13

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels

19/12

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Loch of Strathbeg SPA

Sandwich tern Barnacle gooseWhooper swan Greylag goosePink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail XBuchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Loch of Strathbeg SPA

Sandwich tern Barnacle gooseWhooper swan Greylag goosePink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads SPA

GuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Loch of Strathbeg SPA

Sandwich tern Barnacle gooseWhooper swan Greylag goosePink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads SPA

GuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

19/17

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

19/16Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

X

X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

19/15

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Loch of Strathbeg SPA

Sandwich tern Barnacle gooseWhooper swan Greylag goosePink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads SPA

GuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Loch of Strathbeg SPA

Sandwich tern Barnacle gooseWhooper swan Greylag goosePink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

XSouthern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

19/20

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

19/19

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

19/18

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail XBuchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Loch of Strathbeg SPA

Sandwich tern Barnacle gooseWhooper swan Greylag goosePink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads SPA

GuillemotSeabird assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail XBuchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Loch of Strathbeg SPA

Sandwich tern Barnacle gooseWhooper swan Greylag goosePink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

X

X

19/22

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels

19/21

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail XBuchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Loch of Strathbeg SPA

Sandwich tern Barnacle gooseWhooper swan Greylag goosePink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X

Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage XSouthern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

XFirth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

X

19/25

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

19/24

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

19/23

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X

Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X

Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X

Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail XBuchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X

Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

X

X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

19/27

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels

19/26

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail XBuchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X

Sands of Forvie SACCoastal dunes

X

Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X

Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X

Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

19/28

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

19/30

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

19/29

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels

X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

20/13 X20/14 X

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

20/18 X20/19 X20/20 X

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

20/16

20/17

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels

20/21

20/11

20/12

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

20/23 X20/24 X20/25 X

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Southern Trench MPA Proposal

Burrowed mudFrontsMinke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata )Shelf deepsGeological features:Submarine mass movement – slide scarsSub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

20/28 X20/29 X20/30 X21/21 X21/22 X21/23 X21/26 X21/27 X21/28 X

East of Gannet and Montrose Fields MPA

Offshore deep sea mudsOcean quahog aggregations (including sands and gravels as their supporting habitat)

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels

20/26

20/27

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels

20/22

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPA

Greylag gooseKnotPink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

X25/4Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPA

Greylag gooseKnotPink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

25/5Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

River Tay SAC

Standing freshwaterAtlantic salmonSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lampreyOtter

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little ternMarsh harrier Bar-tailed godwit Greylag goosePink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPA

Greylag gooseKnotPink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

X25/8Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

River Tay SAC

Standing freshwaterAtlantic salmonSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lampreyOtter

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little ternMarsh harrier Bar-tailed godwit Greylag goosePink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPA

Greylag gooseKnotPink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

25/9Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little ternMarsh harrier Bar-tailed godwit Greylag goosePink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPA

Greylag gooseKnotPink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

25/10Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

River Tay SAC

Standing freshwaterAtlantic salmonSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lampreyOtter

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPAGreylag goose, Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

25/12Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

River Tay SAC

Standing freshwaterAtlantic salmonSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lampreyOtter

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemot, Kittiwake, Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPAGreylag goose, Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

25/13Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

River Tay SAC

Standing freshwaterAtlantic salmonSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lampreyOtter

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemot, Kittiwake, Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPAGreylag goose, Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

25/14Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverRed-throated diverSlavonian grebe KnotPink-footed gooseRedshankShelduckTurnstone Waterfowl assemblage

X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little ternMarsh harrier Bar-tailed godwit Greylag goosePink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPA

Greylag gooseKnotPink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GannetLesser black-backed gullPuffinShag Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

25/15Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

River Tay SAC

Standing freshwaterAtlantic salmonSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lampreyOtter

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPAGreylag goose, Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

X25/18Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

River Tay SAC

Standing freshwaterAtlantic salmonSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lampreyOtter

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPAGreylag goose, Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

25/19Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverRed-throated diverSlavonian grebe KnotPink-footed gooseRedshankShelduckTurnstone Waterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little ternMarsh harrier Bar-tailed godwit Greylag goosePink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPA

Greylag gooseKnotPink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GannetLesser black-backed gullPuffinShag Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

25/20Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

River Tay SAC

Standing freshwaterAtlantic salmonSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lampreyOtter

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Imperial Dock Lock, Leith SPA Common tern X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

25/22Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

River Tay SAC

Standing freshwaterAtlantic salmonSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lampreyOtter

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

X25/23Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

25/24Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

25/25Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

River Tay SAC

Standing freshwaterAtlantic salmonSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lampreyOtter

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Imperial Dock Lock, Leith SPA Common tern X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

25/27Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Imperial Dock Lock, Leith SPA Common tern X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

Northumberland pSPARoseate tern, Little tern, Common tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, Seabird assemblage

X

X25/28Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SAC

EstuariesSandbanksMudflats and sandflatsCommon seal

X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes XNorthumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary SPA

Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light-bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

Northumberland pSPARoseate tern, Little tern, Common tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, Seabird assemblage

X

25/29Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SAC

Sea cliffs X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light-bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

Northumberland pSPARoseate tern, Little tern, Common tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, Seabird assemblage

X

25/30Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPA

Greylag gooseKnotPink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail XBuchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs XSands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes XBuchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch SPA

Common ternLittle ternSandwich ternPink-footed gooseWaterfowl assemblage

X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X26/4

26/3Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

26/2Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

26/1Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPA

Greylag gooseKnotPink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

X26/5

26/6Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Dee SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmonOtter

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch (extension) pSPA

Sandwich ternLittle tern

X

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

26/9 X

26/10 X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

26/8Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

26/7Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X

River South Esk SACFreshwater pearl musselAtlantic salmon

X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPA

Greylag gooseKnotPink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

Fowlsheugh SPAGuillemotKittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

26/12Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

26/11Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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26/13Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

XFirth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

26/14Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

XFirth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

26/15Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverRed-throated diverSlavonian grebe KnotPink-footed gooseRedshankShelduckTurnstone Waterfowl assemblage

X

Montrose Basin SPA

Greylag gooseKnotPink-footed gooseRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GannetLesser black-backed gullPuffinShag Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

26/17 X X

26/18 X X

26/19 X X

26/20 X X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

26/16Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverRed-throated diverSlavonian grebe KnotPink-footed gooseRedshankShelduckTurnstone Waterfowl assemblage

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GannetLesser black-backed gullPuffinShag Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

X26/21Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SAC

Sea cliffs X Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

26/23Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

26/22

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

X

26/25Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

26/24Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SAC

Sea cliffs X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light-bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

Northumberland pSPARoseate tern, Little tern, Common tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, Seabird assemblage

X

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

26/26

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs XNorth Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X

Farne Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GuillemotPuffin Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverWhooper swanRinged plover Grey ploverGreylag gooseKnotLight-bellied brent gooseWigeon Waterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

26/27

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs XNorth Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X

Farne Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GuillemotPuffin Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverWhooper swanRinged plover Grey ploverGreylag gooseKnotLight-bellied brent gooseWigeon Waterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

26/28

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

XNorth East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

XFirth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

XNorth East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

X

26/29

26/30

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

27/427/5

27/6 X

27/7 X

27/8 X

27/927/10

27/11 X

27/12 X

27/13 X

27/1427/15

27/16 X

27/17 X

27/18 X

27/19 X

27/20 X

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

27/1

27/2

27/3

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

27/21

27/22

27/23

27/24

27/25

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

28/1

27/27

27/28

27/29

27/30

27/26

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

28/2 X

28/3 X

28/628/7

28/8East of Gannet and Montrose Fields MPA

Offshore deep sea mudsOcean quahog aggregations (including sands and gravels as their supporting habitat)

X

28/1128/1228/1328/1428/16 X28/17 X28/18 X28/19 X28/21 X28/22 X28/23 X28/24 X28/25 X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

28/27 X28/28 X28/29 X28/30 X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Fulmar MCZ

Subtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Fulmar MCZ

Subtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Fulmar MCZ

Subtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

29/23

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

29/21

29/22

East of Gannet and Montrose Fields MPA

Offshore deep sea mudsOcean quahog aggregations (including sands and gravels as their supporting habitat)

28/26

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Fulmar MCZ

Subtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Fulmar MCZ

Subtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Fulmar MCZ

Subtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

29/26

29/27

29/28

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SAC

Sea cliffs X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Imperial Dock Lock, Leith SPA Common tern X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light-bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

Northumberland pSPARoseate tern, Little tern, Common tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, Seabird assemblage

X

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X33/3Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SAC

Sea cliffs X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light-bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

Northumberland pSPARoseate tern, Little tern, Common tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, Seabird assemblage

X

X33/4Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SAC

Sea cliffs X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Farne Islands SPAArctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Guillemot, Puffin , Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light-bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

Northumberland pSPARoseate tern, Little tern, Common tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, Seabird assemblage

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

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Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SAC

Sea cliffs X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Farne Islands SPAArctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Guillemot, Puffin , Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light-bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

Northumberland pSPARoseate tern, Little tern, Common tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

X

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Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Isle of May SACReefsGrey seal

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SAC

Sea cliffs X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Farne Islands SPAArctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Guillemot, Puffin , Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light-bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Forth Islands SPA

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

Northumberland pSPARoseate tern, Little tern, Common tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

X

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Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs XNorth Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X

Farne Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GuillemotPuffin Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverWhooper swanRinged plover Grey ploverGreylag gooseKnotLight-bellied brent gooseWigeon Waterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

34/2

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs XNorth Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X

Farne Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GuillemotPuffin Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverWhooper swanRinged plover Grey ploverGreylag gooseKnotLight-bellied brent gooseWigeon Waterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

34/3

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Farne Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GuillemotPuffin Seabird assemblage

X Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverWhooper swanRinged plover Grey ploverGreylag gooseKnotLight-bellied brent gooseWigeon Waterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

34/4

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Farne Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GuillemotPuffin Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverWhooper swanRinged plover Grey ploverGreylag gooseKnotLight-bellied brent gooseWigeon Waterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diverSlavonian grebeLittle gullCommon gullArctic ternEiderLong-tailed duckVelvet scoterGoldeneyeRed-breasted merganserGannetManx shearwaterShagKittiwakeGuillemotRazorbillPuffinBlack-headed gullHerring gull

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

34/5

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light-bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPARoseate tern, Little tern, Common tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, Seabird assemblage

X

Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X

River Tweed SACRunning freshwater, Atlantic salmon, Otter, Sea lamprey, Brook lamprey, River lamprey

X

Farne Islands SPAArctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Guillemot, Puffin , Seabird assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SPA

Seabird assemblage X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SAC

Sea cliffs X

Firth of Forth SPA

Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Coquet Island SPAArctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern, Puffin, Seabird assemblage

X

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

34/6

Aln Estuary MCZ

Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbedsIntertidal mudEstuarine rocky habitatsSheltered muddy gravels

X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Northumberland pSPARoseate tern, Little tern, Common tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light-bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X

Farne Islands SPAArctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Guillemot, Puffin , Seabird assemblage

X

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Coquet Island SPAArctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern, Puffin, Seabird assemblage

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SAC

Sea cliffs X

X

34/7

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

Aln Estuary MCZ

Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbedsIntertidal mudEstuarine rocky habitatsSheltered muddy gravels

X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumberland pSPARoseate tern, Little tern, Common tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, Seabird assemblage

X

Farne Islands SPAArctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Guillemot, Puffin , Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light-bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SPA

Seabird assemblage X

Coquet Island SPAArctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern, Puffin, Seabird assemblage

X

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SAC

Sea cliffs X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

34/8

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Aln Estuary MCZ

Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbedsIntertidal mudEstuarine rocky habitatsSheltered muddy gravels

X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

X

North east of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Coquet Island SPAArctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern, Puffin, Seabird assemblage

X Aln Estuary MCZ

Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbedsIntertidal mudEstuarine rocky habitats

X

Farne Islands SPAArctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Guillemot, Puffin , Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light-bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

Northumberland pSPARoseate tern, Little tern, Common tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, Seabird assemblage

X

X

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communities

34/9

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

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North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X Aln Estuary MCZ

Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbedsIntertidal mudEstuarine rocky habitatsSheltered muddy gravels

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

X

Farne Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GuillemotPuffin Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverWhooper swanRinged plover Grey ploverGreylag gooseKnotLight-bellied brent gooseWigeon Waterfowl assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

34/10

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire & North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumberland Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X

Farne Islands SPAArctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Guillemot, Puffin , Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light-bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPARoseate tern, Little tern, Common tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, Seabird assemblage

X

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X

Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Complex dSPA

Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

X

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Coquet Island SPAArctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern, Puffin, Seabird assemblage

X

34/12

Aln Estuary MCZ

Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbedsIntertidal mudEstuarine rocky habitatsSheltered muddy gravels

X

XCoquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

Farne East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Farne Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GuillemotPuffin Seabird assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverWhooper swanRinged plover Grey ploverGreylag gooseKnotLight-bellied brent gooseWigeon Waterfowl assemblage

X

Coquet Island SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich ternPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

34/13

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

X

Aln Estuary MCZ

Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbedsIntertidal mudEstuarine rocky habitatsSheltered muddy gravels

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X Aln Estuary MCZ

Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbedsIntertidal mudEstuarine rocky habitatsSheltered muddy gravels

X

Coquet Island SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich ternPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Farne Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GuillemotPuffin Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverWhooper swanRinged plover Grey ploverGreylag gooseKnotLight-bellied brent gooseWigeon Waterfowl assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

34/14

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

XNorth East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Coquet Island SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich ternPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Farne Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GuillemotPuffin Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverWhooper swanRinged plover Grey ploverGreylag gooseKnotLight-bellied brent gooseWigeon Waterfowl assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

Aln Estuary MCZ

Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbedsIntertidal mudEstuarine rocky habitatsSheltered muddy gravels

X

X

34/15

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Coquet Island SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich ternPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverWhooper swanRinged plover Grey ploverGreylag gooseKnotLight-bellied brent gooseWigeon Waterfowl assemblage

X

Farne Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GuillemotPuffin Seabird assemblage

X

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X

Tweed Estuary SAC

EstuariesMudflats and sandflatsSea lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

34/17

Aln Estuary MCZ

Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbedsIntertidal mudEstuarine rocky habitatsSheltered muddy gravels

X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs XNorth Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Coquet Island SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich ternPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Farne Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GuillemotPuffin Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverWhooper swanRinged plover Grey ploverGreylag gooseKnotLight-bellied brent gooseWigeon Waterfowl assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

X

34/19

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Aln Estuary MCZ

Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbedsIntertidal mudEstuarine rocky habitatsSheltered muddy gravels

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs XNorth Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Coquet Island SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich ternPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Farne Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GuillemotPuffin Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverWhooper swanRinged plover Grey ploverGreylag gooseKnotLight-bellied brent gooseWigeon Waterfowl assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

X

Aln Estuary MCZ

Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbedsIntertidal mudEstuarine rocky habitatsSheltered muddy gravels

X

34/20

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

River Tweed SAC

Running freshwaterAtlantic salmonOtterSea lampreyBrook lampreyRiver lamprey

X

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs XNorth Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Coquet Island SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich ternPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Farne Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GuillemotPuffin Seabird assemblage

X

Lindisfarne SPA

Little tern Bar-tailed godwitGolden ploverWhooper swanRinged plover Grey ploverGreylag gooseKnotLight-bellied brent gooseWigeon Waterfowl assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

X

34/24

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Aln Estuary MCZ

Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbedsIntertidal mudEstuarine rocky habitatsSheltered muddy gravels

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs XNorth East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X Aln Estuary MCZ

Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbedsIntertidal mudEstuarine rocky habitatsSheltered muddy gravels

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Coquet Island SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich ternPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X Aln Estuary MCZ

Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbedsIntertidal mudEstuarine rocky habitatsSheltered muddy gravels

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA

Little tern Sandwich tern Ringed plover KnotRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Coquet Island SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich ternPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

X

34/30

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

34/25

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

XNorth East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Firth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

X

35/2

35/3

35/4

35/5

35/1

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

XNorth East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farne Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GuillemotPuffin Seabird assemblage

X Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

XFirth of Forth Banks Complex MPA

Ocean quahog aggregationsOffshore subtidal sands and gravelsShelf banks and moundsGeological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

X

35/8

35/9

35/10

35/7 Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

35/6

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

XNorth East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Coquet Island SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich ternPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Farne Islands SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich tern GuillemotPuffin Seabird assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

35/13

35/14

X

35/12 Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

35/11

Farnes East MCZ

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

XNorth East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Coquet Island SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich ternPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

X

35/18

35/19

X

35/17 Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

35/15

35/16

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

35/20 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs XNorth East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

North Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Coquet Island SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich ternPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

X

X

35/22 Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

35/21

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X Farnes East MCZ

Moderate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentPeat and clay exposures

X

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC

Mudflats and sandflatsInlets and baysReefsSea cavesGrey seal

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA

Little tern Sandwich tern Ringed plover KnotRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Coquet Island SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich ternPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

X

35/23

35/24

35/25

35/26

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

35/28

35/29 X

35/30 X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

36/2 X

36/3 X

36/4 X X

36/5 X X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

36/7 X X36/8 X X36/9 X X36/10 X X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

36/12 X X36/13 X X36/14 X X36/15 X X

X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

36/11 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise

36/6 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

36/1

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

35/27 Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

North East of Farnes Deep MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sediment

X

36/17 X X

36/18 X X

36/19 X X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

36/21 X X

36/22 X X

36/23 X X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

37/1 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Fulmar MCZ

Subtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

X

37/2

36/30 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

36/29 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

36/28 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

36/27 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

36/26 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise

X

36/25 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

36/24 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

36/20 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

36/16 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Fulmar MCZ

Subtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Fulmar MCZ

Subtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

37/6 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Fulmar MCZ

Subtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Fulmar MCZ

Subtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Fulmar MCZ

Subtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Fulmar MCZ

Subtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

37/11 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X37/13 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

X

37/10

37/12 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

37/9 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise

X

37/8 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

37/3

37/4

37/7 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

X

37/29

37/30

37/28 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

37/27 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

37/26 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

37/25 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

37/24 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

37/23 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

37/22 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

37/21 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

37/20 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

37/19 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

37/18 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

37/17 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

37/16 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

X

37/15 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

X

37/14 Swallow Sand MCZ

Subtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandGeological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

38/7 X X38/8 X X38/9 X X38/10 X X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

38/13 X38/14 X38/15 X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

38/19 X38/20 X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

38/25 Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

39/6 X39/7 X39/11 X39/12 X39/16 X39/17 X39/21 X39/26 X

38/28

38/29

38/30

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks

38/21

38/22

38/23

38/24

38/26

38/27

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks

38/16

38/17

38/18

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks Fulmar MCZ

Subtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

38/11

38/12

38/6 Fulmar MCZ

Subtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs XNorth Northumberland Dunes SAC

Coastal dunesPetalwort

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA

Little tern Sandwich tern Ringed plover KnotRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Coquet Island SPA

Arctic ternCommon ternRoseate ternSandwich ternPuffinSeabird assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

Runswick Bay MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA

Little tern Sandwich tern Ringed plover KnotRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

X

40/5

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

X40/3

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Runswick Bay MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA

Little tern Sandwich tern Ringed plover KnotRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

Runswick Bay MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA

Little tern Sandwich tern Ringed plover KnotRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Northumberland pSPA

Roseate ternLittle ternCommon ternArctic ternSandwich ternSeabird assemblage

X

X

X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

X

41/1

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs

40/9

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Runswick Bay MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA

Little tern Sandwich tern Ringed plover KnotRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Runswick Bay MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

41/5 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

X

41/4

XRunswick Bay MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

41/3Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA

Little tern Sandwich tern Ringed plover KnotRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

41/2

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X

Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal mixed sedimentsIntertidal coarse sedimentsIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communitiesPeat and clay exposuresModerate energy infralittoral rockHigh energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal sandSubtidal mixed sedimentSubtidal mud

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Runswick Bay MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

Castle Ground rMCZ

High energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockLow energy intertidal rockIntertidal coarse sedimentIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communities

X

Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Runswick Bay MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

Flamborough Head SACReefsSea cliffsSea caves

X

Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs SPA

KittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Flamborough and Filey Coast pSPA

KittiwakeGannetGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

X

X

Castle Ground rMCZ

High energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockLow energy intertidal rockIntertidal coarse sedimentIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communities

41/15

Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Hood's Bay) SAC

Sea cliffs

Runswick Bay MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

X

41/10

Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Hood's Bay) SAC

Sea cliffs X

41/9Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Hood's Bay) SAC

Sea cliffs

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Flamborough Head SACReefsSea cliffsSea caves

X

Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs SPA

KittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Greater Wash dSPA

Bewick's swanBlack-tailed godwitCommon scoterCommon ternCurlewDark-bellied brent gooseDunlinGadwallGoldeneyeGrey ploverKnotLittle ternOystercatcherPink-footed goosePintailRedshankSanderlingShelduckTurnstoneWidgeonWaterfowl assemblage

X Castle Ground rMCZ

High energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockLow energy intertidal rockIntertidal coarse sedimentIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communities

X

Flamborough and Filey Coast pSPA

KittiwakeGannetGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X Holderness Offshore rMCZSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sediment

X

X

41/23

Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Hood's Bay) SAC

Sea cliffs X

Runswick Bay MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Flamborough Head SACReefsSea cliffsSea caves

X

Flamborough and Filey Coast pSPA

KittiwakeGannetGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs SPA

KittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Greater Wash dSPA

Bewick's swanBlack-tailed godwitCommon scoterCommon ternCurlewDark-bellied brent gooseDunlinGadwallGoldeneyeGrey ploverKnotLittle ternOystercatcherPink-footed goosePintailRedshankSanderlingShelduckTurnstoneWidgeonWaterfowl assemblage

X

Hornsea Mere SPA Gadwall XBeast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Hood's Bay) SAC

Sea cliffs X Holderness Offshore rMCZSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sediment

X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Castle Ground rMCZ

High energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockLow energy intertidal rockIntertidal coarse sedimentIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communities

X

41/29

Holderness Inshore MCZ X

Intertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy circalittoral rockHigh energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudGeological feature: Spurn Head (subtidal)

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Flamborough Head SACReefsSea cliffsSea caves

X

Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs SPA

KittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Flamborough and Filey Coast pSPA

KittiwakeGannetGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Greater Wash dSPA

Bewick's swanBlack-tailed godwitCommon scoterCommon ternCurlewDark-bellied brent gooseDunlinGadwallGoldeneyeGrey ploverKnotLittle ternOystercatcherPink-footed goosePintailRedshankSanderlingShelduckTurnstoneWidgeonWaterfowl assemblage

X

Hornsea Mere SPA Gadwall XBeast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Hood's Bay) SAC

Sea cliffs X Holderness Offshore rMCZSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sediment

X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X42/1 X X42/2 X X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

42/6 X X42/7 X X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

41/30

Holderness Inshore MCZ

Intertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy circalittoral rockHigh energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudGeological feature: Spurn Head (subtidal)

X

Castle Ground rMCZ

High energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockLow energy intertidal rockIntertidal coarse sedimentIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communities

X

X

42/10 Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

X

42/9 Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock

42/5

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock

42/8 Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock

X

42/4 Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

42/3 Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Flamborough Head SACReefsSea cliffsSea caves

X

Flamborough and Filey Coast pSPA

KittiwakeGannetGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Flamborough Head SACReefsSea cliffsSea caves

X

Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs SPA

KittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Greater Wash dSPA

Bewick's swanBlack-tailed godwitCommon scoterCommon ternCurlewDark-bellied brent gooseDunlinGadwallGoldeneyeGrey ploverKnotLittle ternOystercatcherPink-footed goosePintailRedshankSanderlingShelduckTurnstoneWidgeonWaterfowl assemblage

X Holderness Inshore MCZ

Intertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy circalittoral rockHigh energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudGeological feature: Spurn Head (subtidal)

X

Flamborough and Filey Coast pSPA

KittiwakeGannetGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

X

Holderness Offshore rMCZSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sediment

X

X

Castle Ground rMCZ

High energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockLow energy intertidal rockIntertidal coarse sedimentIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communities

42/16

Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Hood's Bay) SAC

Sea cliffs

42/14 Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

42/13 Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

X

42/12 Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

X

Castle Ground rMCZ

High energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockLow energy intertidal rockIntertidal coarse sedimentIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communities

42/11

Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Hood's Bay) SAC

Sea cliffs

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Hood's Bay) SAC

Sea cliffs X

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X

Flamborough Head SACReefsSea cliffsSea caves

X

Flamborough and Filey Coast pSPA

KittiwakeGannetGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs SPA

KittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Northumbria Coast SPALittle ternPurple sandpiperTurnstone

X

Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA

Little tern Sandwich tern Ringed plover KnotRedshankWaterfowl assemblage

X

42/17

Runswick Bay MCZ

Low energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockHigh energy intertidal rockIntertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy infralittoral rockModerate energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudOcean quahog (Arctica islandica )

X

Castle Ground rMCZ

High energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockLow energy intertidal rockIntertidal coarse sedimentIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communities

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Flamborough Head SACReefsSea cliffsSea caves

X

Hornsea Mere SPA Gadwall XFlamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs SPA

KittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Greater Wash dSPA

Bewick's swanBlack-tailed godwitCommon scoterCommon ternCurlewDark-bellied brent gooseDunlinGadwallGoldeneyeGrey ploverKnotLittle ternOystercatcherPink-footed goosePintailRedshankSanderlingShelduckTurnstoneWidgeonWaterfowl assemblage

X Holderness Inshore MCZ

Intertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy circalittoral rockHigh energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudGeological feature: Spurn Head (subtidal)

X

Flamborough and Filey Coast pSPA

KittiwakeGannetGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

X

Holderness Offshore rMCZSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sediment

X

X

Castle Ground rMCZ

High energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockLow energy intertidal rockIntertidal coarse sedimentIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communities

42/21

Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Hood's Bay) SAC

Sea cliffs

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Flamborough Head SACReefsSea cliffsSea caves

X Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Hornsea Mere SPA Gadwall X

Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs SPA

KittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Greater Wash dSPA

Bewick's swanBlack-tailed godwitCommon scoterCommon ternCurlewDark-bellied brent gooseDunlinGadwallGoldeneyeGrey ploverKnotLittle ternOystercatcherPink-footed goosePintailRedshankSanderlingShelduckTurnstoneWidgeonWaterfowl assemblage

X Holderness Inshore MCZ

Intertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy circalittoral rockHigh energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudGeological feature: Spurn Head (subtidal)

X

Flamborough and Filey Coast pSPA

KittiwakeGannetGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

X

Holderness Offshore rMCZSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sediment

X

42/22

Castle Ground rMCZ

High energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockLow energy intertidal rockIntertidal coarse sedimentIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communities

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Hood's Bay) SAC

Sea cliffs X Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Flamborough Head SACReefsSea cliffsSea caves

X Castle Ground rMCZ

High energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockLow energy intertidal rockIntertidal coarse sedimentIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communities

X

Hornsea Mere SPA Gadwall XFlamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs SPA

KittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Greater Wash dSPA

Bewick's swanBlack-tailed godwitCommon scoterCommon ternCurlewDark-bellied brent gooseDunlinGadwallGoldeneyeGrey ploverKnotLittle ternOystercatcherPink-footed goosePintailRedshankSanderlingShelduckTurnstoneWidgeonWaterfowl assemblage

X

Flamborough and Filey Coast pSPA

KittiwakeGannetGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Holderness Offshore rMCZSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sediment

X

42/26

Holderness Inshore MCZ

Intertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy circalittoral rockHigh energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudGeological feature: Spurn Head (subtidal)

X

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Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40kmNatura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs)

Flamborough Head SACReefsSea cliffsSea caves

X Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Hornsea Mere SPA Gadwall X

Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs SPA

KittiwakeSeabird assemblage

X

Greater Wash dSPA

Bewick's swanBlack-tailed godwitCommon scoterCommon ternCurlewDark-bellied brent gooseDunlinGadwallGoldeneyeGrey ploverKnotLittle ternOystercatcherPink-footed goosePintailRedshankSanderlingShelduckTurnstoneWidgeonWaterfowl assemblage

X Holderness Inshore MCZ

Intertidal sand and muddy sandModerate energy circalittoral rockHigh energy circalittoral rockSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sedimentsSubtidal sandSubtidal mudGeological feature: Spurn Head (subtidal)

X

Flamborough and Filey Coast pSPA

KittiwakeGannetGuillemotRazorbillSeabird assemblage

X

Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

44/3

43/7

43/8

43/9

43/10

44/1

44/2

43/1

43/2

43/3

43/4

43/5

43/6

X

Holderness Offshore rMCZSubtidal coarse sedimentSubtidal mixed sediment

X

42/27

Castle Ground rMCZ

High energy intertidal rockModerate energy intertidal rockLow energy intertidal rockIntertidal coarse sedimentIntertidal sand and muddy sandIntertidal mudIntertidal underboulder communities

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Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise XDogger Bank SCI Sandbanks XSouthern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

45/1 Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

44/4

44/5