The Scottish Environment Statistics - 1998

2. LAND

Table 2.3 Land cover change, 1940-19801 Extent Change Arial Features: Feature Type 1940s 1980s km2 km2 km2 % Statistically significant increases Young plantation 430 4,426 3,996 929 Coniferous plantation 837 4,705 3,868 462 Arable 7,745 8,593 848 11 Bracken 710 1,268 558 79 Intermediate grassland 3,278 3,757 479 15 Built 897 1,312 415 46 Bare ground 42 219 177 418 Reservoirs 150 323 172 115 Transport corridor 669 816 146 22 Recreation 71 168 98 138 Felled woodland 29 108 79 267 Tall scrub 192 240 48 25 Non-significant increases Wet ground 572 680 109 19 Quarry 45 92 47 104 Marginal inundation 46 56 11 23 Broadleaved plantation 33 38 5 16 Low scrub 442 446 4 1 Non-significant decreases Canals 7 7 0 -5 Rivers 229 224 -5 -2 Parkland 78 73 -5 -7 Rock 450 377 -73 -16 Coniferous woodland 206 108 -97 -47 Blanket mire - grass dominated 8,749 7,798 -951 -11 Statistically significant decreases Lowland mire 229 127 -102 -44 Lochs 1,193 1,078 -115 -10 Mixed woodland 542 341 -201 -37 Broadleaved woodland 1,509 1,164 -345 -23 Smooth grassland 7,543 6,738 -805 -11 Rough grassland 12,331 11,130 -1,201 -10 Heather moorland 14,615 11,294 -3,321 -23 Blanket mire -heather dominated 13,967 10,132 -3,835 -27 Extent Change Linear features: feature type 1940s 1980s (km) (km) (km) % Statistically significant increases Ditches 49,478 99,621 50,143 101 Tracks 29,258 37,760 8,501 29 Non-significant increases Streams 129,579 131,058 1480 1 , Non-significant decreases Treeline 17,611 17,471 -140 -1 Statistically significant decreases Hedgerows 42,556 19,463 -23,093 -54 Source: Scottish Natural Heritage 1 The data are ordered by magnitude of change (with statistically significant changes judged at the 5% level). All areas are given to the nearest square kilometre and lengths to the nearest kilometre.