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Special Areas of Conservation

Glen Creran Woods

Designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Country Scotland
Unitary Authority Highlands and Islands
Centroid* NN004463
Latitude 56.56666667
Longitude -5.248611111
SAC EU Code UK0030155
Status Designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Area (ha) 705.91
* This is the approximate central point of the SAC. In the case of large, linear or composite sites, this may not represent the location where a feature occurs within the SAC.
Location of Glen Creran Woods SAC

General site character

  • Inland water bodies (Standing water, Running water) (1%)
  • Bogs, Marshes, Water fringed vegetation, Fens (10%)
  • Heath, Scrub, Maquis and Garrigue, Phygrana (10%)
  • Humid grassland, Mesophile grassland (10%)
  • Broad-leaved deciduous woodland (60%)
  • Coniferous woodland (9%)

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Note When undertaking an appropriate assessment of impacts at a site, all features of European importance (both primary and non-primary) need to be considered.

Annex I habitats that are a primary reason for selection of this site

  • 91A0 Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles

    This complex of sites in north Argyll represents old sessile oak woods in the west of Scotland. Some of the component sites also contain examples of 9180 Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines. The woodland is of outstanding importance for the rich communities of mosses and lichens which it supports.

Annex I habitats present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for selection of this site

Annex II species that are a primary reason for selection of this site

  • Not Applicable

Annex II species present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for site selection

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