Inter-tidal Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs)

What is it: 

Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) are those areas of land and water (to the seaward limits of local authority areas or MLWS) that Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) considers to best represent our natural heritage - its diversity of plants, animals and habitats, rocks and landforms, or a combinations of such natural features.

Links to Scotland's Marine Atlas: 
Chapter 4: Protected Areas
Data originators: 
NatureScot
This information page is part of the theme: 
Protected Areas
Intertidal Rock
Intertidal Sediments
An intertidal seagrass bed at Cuthill Sands in the Dornoch Firth - Copyright SNH
More Information: 

SSSIs are the essential building blocks of Scotland's protected areas for nature conservation. Many are also designated as Natura sites (Special Protection Areas or Special Areas of Conservation). SNH designates SSSIs under the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004. SSSIs are protected by law. It is an offence for any person to intentionally or recklessly damage the protected natural features of an SSSI.

Copyright Scottish Natural Heritage. Contains Ordnance Survey data (C) Crown Copyright and database right (2013).

This page was last modified on : 
Friday, May 5, 2017 - 17:01

Links and Resources

Map Type Click title for metadata and licence informationsort descending Date of data View Map
Map Layers (NMPi) Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) - all sites including terrestrial (SNH WMS) (OSCP) Access this map on NMPi
Type Title External link
Web link SNH - SSSIs www.nature.scot