The Scottish Environment Statistics - 1998

6. CONSERVATION

Table 6.9 National Nature Reserves and SSSIs by unitary authority, 19971 No of SSSIs SSSI Area (ha) No of NNRs NNR Area (ha) Authority principally within council** principally within council** within council* within council* Scotland 1,433 914,029.7 70 113,238.3 Aberdeen City 3 41.4 0 0.0 Aberdeenshire 80 39,333.9 6 14,233.9 Angus 34 8,609.7 1 1,694.0 Argyll and Bute 112 62,311.7 6 2,619.0 Clackmannanshire 10 776.2 0 0.0 Dumfries and Galloway 93 64,423.2 5 9,966.0 Dundee City 1 108.6 0 0.0 East Ayrshire 15 1,412.3 0 0.0 East Dunbartonshire 4 137.5 0 0.0 East Lothian 21 4,677.0 0 0.0 East Renfrewshire 4 81.3 0 0.0 Edinburgh, City of 8 1,223.3 0 0.0 Eilean Siar2 53 37,677.2 4 3,237.0 Falkirk 9 1,718.5 0 0.0 Fife 53 5,890.5 3 596.0 Glasgow City 5 150.8 0 0.0 Highland 356 504,122.7 27 68,113.5 Inverclyde 4 393.7 0 0.0 Midlothian 14 1,152.3 0 0.0 Moray 33 18,505.4 0 2,141.9 North Ayrshire 27 14,834.8 1 10.0 North Lanarkshire 8 334.6 0 0.0 Orkney Islands 34 22,242.2 0 0.0 Perth and Kinross 111 50,055.0 5 7,253.0 Renfrewshire 7 755.0 0 0.0 Scottish Borders 88 25,711.4 3 105.0 Shetland Islands 78 16,360.8 3 1,307.0 South Ayrshire 31 4,076.3 0 0.0 South Lanarkshire 38 5,710.3 2 138.0 Stirling 68 18,311.0 3 1,573.0 West Dumbartionshire 14 1,558.8 0 192.0 West Lothian 17 1,332.3 1 69.0 Source: Scottish Natural Heritage 1 All figures are as at March 1997 2The former Western Isles Council changed its name on 2 September 1997. *Where sites lie in more than one local authority area they are assigned to the area within which the greatest apportionment of area lies. **Actual area within each council area.