NATURA 2000 - STANDARD DATA FORM
For Special Protection Areas (SPA),
Proposed Sites for Community Importance (pSCI),
Sites of Community Importance (SCI) and
for Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)
| SITE | UK0019757 |
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| SITENAME | Black Loch Moss |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. SITE IDENTIFICATION
Back to top1.1 Type
1.2 Site code
1.3 Site name
1.4 First Compilation date
1.5 Update date
1.6 Respondent:
| Name/Organisation: | Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
| Address: |
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| Email: | |
1.7 Site indication and designation / classification dates
| Date site proposed as SCI: | 1998-03 |
| Date site confirmed as SCI: | 2004-12 |
| Date site designated as SAC: | 2005-03 |
| National legal reference of SAC designation: | Regulations 8 and 11-15 of The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) Regulations 1994 (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2716/contents/made). |
2. SITE LOCATION
Back to top2.1 Site-centre location [decimal degrees]:
| Longitude: | -3.833333 |
| Latitude: | 55.905556 |
2.2 Area [ha]
2.3 Marine area [%]
2.4 Sitelength [km]:
2.5 Administrative region code and name
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NUTS level 2 code
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Region Name
|
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| UKM2 | Eastern Scotland |
| UKM3 | South Western Scotland |
2.6 Biogeographical Region(s)
3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Back to top3.1 Habitat types present on the site and assessment for them
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Annex I Habitat types
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Site assessment
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Code
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PF
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NP
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Cover [ha]
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Cave [number]
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Data quality
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A|B|C|D
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A|B|C
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| | | | | | | Representativity | Relative Surface | Conservation | Global |
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7110
|
X
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| 73.08
| 0.00
| G
| A
| C
| A
| A
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| 7120
|
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| 23.65
| 0.00
| G
| C
| C
| C
| C
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- PF: for the habitat types that can have a non-priority as well as a priority form (6210, 7130, 9430) enter "X" in the column PF to indicate the priority form.
- NP: in case that a habitat type no longer exists in the site enter: x (optional)
- Cover: decimal values can be entered
- Caves: for habitat types 8310, 8330 (caves) enter the number of caves if estimated surface is not available.
- Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation)
4. SITE DESCRIPTION
Back to top4.1 General site character
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Habitat class
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% Cover
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| N07 | 96.00 |
| N10 | 3.00 |
| N23 | 1.00 |
Total Habitat Cover | 100 |
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Other Site Characteristics
| 1 Terrestrial: Soil & Geology:
peat,nutrient-poor,acidic
2 Terrestrial: Geomorphology and landscape:
lowland |
4.2 Quality and importance
| Active raised bogs
for which this is considered to be one of the best areas in the United Kingdom.
Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration
for which the area is considered to support a significant presence. |
4.3 Threats, pressures and activities with impacts on the site
The most important impacts and activities with high effect on the site
| Negative Impacts |
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| Rank | Threats and pressures [code] | Pollution (optional) [code] | inside/outside [i|o|b] |
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| H | A04 | | I |
| M | B01 | | I |
| M | C01 | | B |
| L | D01 | | B |
| L | D02 | | B |
| M | E04 | | B |
| H | H04 | | B |
| M | I01 | | B |
| H | J01 | | I |
| H | J02 | | B |
| H | M01 | | B |
| Positive Impacts |
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| Rank | Activities, management [code] | Pollution (optional) [code] | inside/outside [i|o|b] |
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| M | A04 | | I |
| M | J01 | | I |
| M | J02 | | B |
Rank: H = high, M = medium, L = low
Pollution: N = Nitrogen input, P = Phosphor/Phosphate input, A = Acid input/acidification,
T = toxic inorganic chemicals, O = toxic organic chemicals, X = Mixed pollutions
i = inside, o = outside, b = both
4.5 Documentation
| Conservation Objectives - the Scottish Natural Heritage 'site link' below provides access to the Conservation Objectives for this site. See also the 'UK Approach' document for more information (link via the JNCC website). |
http://gateway.snh.gov.uk/sitelink/documentview.jsp?p_pa_code=8208&p_Doc_Type_ID=29
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/Natura2000_StandardDataForm_UKApproach_Dec2015.pdf
5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS
Back to top5.1 Designation types at national and regional level:
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Code
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Cover [%]
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| UK04 | 100.00 |
6. SITE MANAGEMENT
Back to top6.1 Body(ies) responsible for the site management:
| Organisation: | Scottish Natural Heritage |
| Address: | |
| Email: | |
6.2 Management Plan(s):
An actual management plan does exist:
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Yes
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| No, but in preparation |
X | No |
6.3 Conservation measures (optional)
| For available information, including on Conservation Objectives, see Section 4.5. |
7. MAP OF THE SITE
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No data
SITE DISPLAY