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Nature Reserves, Museums and Tourist Attractions

Scotland boasts a huge number of nature reserves and sites for viewing wildlife, managed by many organisations, including Scottish Natural Heritage, the Scottish Wildlife Trusts, the RSPB, and the Forestry Commission. Included in this listing are tourist attractions and museums that may be of interest to nature lovers.

Quick links to Scottish Regions:

Western Isles

Scottish Highlands

Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling & the Trossachs

South West Scotland

Orkney & Shetland

Aberdeen & Grampian Highlands

Perthshire, Angus & Dundee and the Kingdom of Fife

South East Scotland

The main providers of reserves in Scotland are:

RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)

SWT (Scottish Wildlife Trust)

SNH (Scottish Natural Heritage)

Forestry Commission

Scotland has got:

100 Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserves
66 National Nature Reserves (NNR's)
1,451 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI's)
43 RSPB reserves
40 National Scenic Areas
137 Special Protection Areas
20 Forestry Commission Visitor Centres
1 National Park
1 Natural World Heritage Site

.... and these numbers are constantly growing!