East_Sanday_Coast

East Sanday Coast

East Sanday Coast

Protected wetland area in Orkney, northern Scotland

The East Sanday Coast is a protected wetland area on and around the island of Sanday, the third-largest of the Orkney islands off the north coast of Scotland. With a total protected area of 1,515 hectares, the 55 kilometre stretch of coast includes rocky and sandy sections, sand dunes, machair habitats, intertidal flats, and saltmarsh. It has been protected as a Ramsar Site since 1997.[1]

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The area supports a large number of over-wintering waders and waterbirds, including internationally important populations of purple sandpiper and ruddy turnstone. It is also important for breeding populations of great black-backed gulls and common seals.[2]

As well as the East Sanday Coast being recognised as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,[1] the whole of the island of Sanday has been designated a Special Area of Conservation.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "East Sanday Coast". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  2. [2]
    "East Sanday Coast 13013 RIS 2005" (PDF). Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Sanday - Special Area of Conservation - SAC - Habitats Directive". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
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