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RSPB reserve boundaries. Note Access field which denotes which reserves have visitor accessThe RSPB Public Reserve Boundaries dataset contains the boundaries of all land managed, leased or owned as part of publicly accessible RSPB reserves.  Areas for which other rights are held or which are not classed as RSPB reserves are excluded.  Some reserves are only represented by an indicative boundary due to confidentiality issues surrounding the definitive boundary

The Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) manages a large number of reserves throughout Scotland. Many of these reserves are located in coastal areas. This layer shows the locations of the SWT reserves in Scotland.

Areas where standing approvals permit the application of a limited quantity of chemical dispersants, without the permission of Marine Scotland, to respond to an oil spill. Two areas exist at the Sullom Voe Oil Terminal (Shetland) and Hound Point (Firth of Forth). Data is intended for illustrative purposes and should be used at a maximum scale of 1:10,000.

The UK National Tide Gauge Network is owned and operated by the Environment Agency on behalf of the UK Coastal Flood Forecasting service (a partnership between the Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure – Rivers. It records tidal elevations at 44 locations around the UK coast. Data is made available in near real time with measurements reported every 15 mins. The measurements provide mean sea level within each 15 min window and are reported both relative to local datum (unit m) and relative to the Ordnance Datum at Newlyn (unit mAOD).