- Sands of Forvie
The Sands of Forvie is a nature reserve north of Newburgh in
Aberdeenshire in the northeast ofScotland . Forvie National Nature Reserve has the fifth largestsand dune system in Britain, and the least disturbed by human activity.cite web| url=http://www.jncc.gov.uk/protectedsites/sacselection/sac.asp?EUCode=UK0013042| title=Special Protection Area designation| accessdate=2007-05-06] The dune system is an integral part of theYthan Estuary and separated by the estuary fromBalmedie beach. The reserve contains large areas of sandy foreshore, mobile and fixeddune s, dune pasture and lowland heath and the successional development of vegetation. The sand dunes are of various stages of evolution and containmarram grass ("Ammophila arenaria"), red fescue, ("Festuca rubra"),crowberry , ("Empetrum nigrum"), the cross-leaved heath ("Erica tetralix"), common sedge, ("Carex nigra"), marsh pennywort ("Hydrocotyle vulgaris") and the invasive creeping willow ("Salix repens" ssp. "argentea").The reserve contains the largest breeding colony of
eider duck in Britain as well as an internationally importanttern ery. [cite web| url=http://gateway.snh.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=53,910305,53_910314&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&PA_CODE=1404| title=Sands of Forvie and Ythan Estuary SSSI| author=SNH| accessdate=2007-05-05] The area is designated as aSpecial Protection Area forwildlife conservation purposes. The reserve is managed byScottish Natural Heritage . Stevenson Forvie Centre nearCollieston provides information on the reserve. [cite web| url=http://www.nnr-scotland.org.uk/reserve.asp?NNRId=27| title=Forvie Nature Reserve| author=Scottish Natural Heritage| accessdate=2007-05-06]References
External links
* [http://www.abandonedcommunities.co.uk/shiftingsands.html Abandoned Communities ... Forvie, and other places in NE Scotland deserted as a result of shifting sand]
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