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Natura 2000 management plan information

Management plan information for each Natura 2000 site (SAC and SPA). Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) are strictly protected sites designated under the EC Habitats Directive. Special Protection...

Special Protection and Conservation Areas

Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are strictly protected sites classified in accordance with the EC Birds Directive. They are classified for rare and vulnerable birds and for regularly occurring...

UK National Site Network (SAC and SPA): site summary details spreadsheet

This spreadsheet contains the latest UK-wide data gathered as part of the Standard Data Form (SDF) information completed for all sites in the UK National Site Network. It contains details of all...

Archived UK Offshore Marine Protected Areas

The following spreadsheet holds information on all offshore Marine Protected Areas in the UK (beyond 12 nautical miles from baseline). These include Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs), Nature...

2006 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA7 Technical Report - Seabirds (NE Atlantic west of Scotland)

This report is a contribution to the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA7) conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry (now Department of Energy and Climate Change). The aims of this...

Seabirds Count Datasets

The results from Seabirds Count, the fourth census of Britain and Ireland’s internationally important populations of breeding seabirds, were published on 16 November 2023. Over 10,000 sites and...

Natura 2000 management bodies

Management bodies for each Natura 2000 site (SAC and SPA). Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) are strictly protected sites designated under the EC Habitats Directive. Special Protection Areas...

UK Offshore Marine Protected Areas

This resource contains boundary, site and feature information for designated UK Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Offshore MPAs include Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs), Highly Protected...

Natura 2000 site administrative regions

Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) are strictly protected sites designated under the EC Habitats Directive. This series of datasets is derived from the UK wide data submitted to the EU...

UK OSPAR Marine Protected Areas

This spreadsheet contains information on all UK OSPAR Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) that have been nominated to the OSPAR Commission. The OSPAR Commission is promoting the establishment of a...

Boundaries of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) of Great Britain (excludes offshore areas)

This resource contains the spatial dataset of Special Areas of Conservation in Great Britain (excluding offshore areas), **last updated in March 2026**. The date of the latest update to the data is...

Natura 2000 designation type

Designated type information for each Natura 2000 site (SAC and SPA). Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) are strictly protected sites designated under the EC Habitats Directive. Special...

Boundaries of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) of Northern Ireland (excludes offshore areas)

This resource contains the spatial dataset of Special Areas of Conservation in Northern Ireland (excluding offshore areas), **last updated in May 2018**. The date of the latest update to the data...

Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) all site details (archive series from August 2009 to July 2015)

This spreadsheet contains the UK wide data submitted to the EU Commmission as part of the Standard Data Form information completed for all Special Areas for Conservation (under the Habitats...