Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Lochs of Butterstone, Craiglush and Lowes

…ed in the 3 lochs; of particular note is the internationally rare slender naiad Najas flexilis at one of its few locations in eastern Scotland. Around the lochs is a variety of transition fens from emergent vegetation at the loch edge including reed Phragmites australis and bottl…

Esthwaite Water

…on pusillus. The only known locality in England and Wales for the slender naiad Najas flexilis, a national rarity, is at Esthwaite. Towards the lake shore water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna grows amongst carpets of shoreweed Littorella uniflora. Yellow and white water lilies Nuphar …

Bornish and Ormiclate Machairs

…dy plains Shifting dunes with marram Species: Otter Lutra lutra Slender naiad Najas flexilis Birds: Corncrake Crex crex, breeding Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii, breeding Little tern Sternula albifrons, breeding Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, breeding Redshank Tringa tot…

Lake of Menteith

…stamened waterwort Elatine hexandra occur on the site, along with slender naiad Najas flexilis, which is a European Protected Species. These three aquatic plants are indicative of mesotrophic conditions and together with the two terrestrial plant species, nationally-scarce tufted…

Totamore Dunes and Loch Ballyhaugh

…and the nationally-rare Shetland pondweed Potamogeton rutilus and slender naiad Najas flexilis. The main swamp communities around the loch are common reed swamp, bottle sedge swamp and Eleocharis palustris swamp. In the poached fringe of the purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and…

Loch Fada

…dra which occurs in the eastern Loch and the Red Data Book listed slender naiad Najas flexilis, a species with a UK distribution restricted to north-west Scotland, which occurs extensively on the bottom of the central Loch Fada.

Vallay

… dominated by pondweed Shifting dunes Shifting dunes with marram Slender naiad Najas flexilis Corncrake Crex crex, breeding Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii, breeding Greenland barnacle goose Branta leucopsis, non-breeding Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, breeding Purple sa…

Howmore Estuary, Lochs Roag and Fada

…ion on sandy plains Shifting dunes with marram Otter Lutra lutra Slender naiad Najas flexilis Corncrake Crex crex, breeding Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii, breeding Little tern Sternula albifrons, breeding Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, breeding Redshank Tringa totanus, b…

Berneray

… dominated by pondweed Shifting dunes Shifting dunes with marram Slender naiad Najas flexilis Corncrake Crex crex, breeding Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii, breeding Greenland barnacle goose Branta leucopsis, non-breeding Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, breeding Purple sa…

North East Coll Lochs and Moors

…aticum, and one loch supports a population of the nationally-rare slender naiad Najas flexilis and the nationally rare Potamogeton coloratus. The regionally-uncommon spring quillwort Isoetes echinospora and awlwort Subularia aquatica are also recorded from a number of lochs. The …

Baleshare and Kirkibost

… dominated by pondweed Shifting dunes Shifting dunes with marram Slender naiad Najas flexilis Corncrake Crex crex, breeding Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii, breeding Greenland barnacle goose Branta leucopsis, non-breeding Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, breeding Purple sa…

Lochs Clunie and Marlee

…tamogeton alpinus. Of particular note is the internationally rare slender naiad Najas flexilis, which is found at only a limited number of lochs on the Scottish mainland. The fen areas fringing the lochs are of considerable botanical interest, in particular an area to the north-w…

Benburb

…l 'pollen assemblage zone' the pollen-free PAZ 0 series show that Slender Naiad Najas flexilis was the most abundant species. The majority of seeds recovered from this level are from submerged or floating aquatics. PAZ 1 has pine Pinus spp. >80% and birch Betula spp. 10% as the g…

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