Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance designated under the Ramsar Convention. This dataset contains basic site details for all designated Ramsar sites within the UK and its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. This contains the following columns.
SITECODE
NAME
STATUS (always classified/designated)
COUNTRY - Overseas Territory sites have code OT. UK Countries have first letter of name eg S for Scotland.
AREA_GIS
SITE_LENGTH
LOCAL_AUTHORITY
DESIG_DATE - date designated as Ramsar
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
X_COORDINATE - eastings based on GB grid
Y_COORDINATE - northings based on GB grid
GRID_REF
ALTITUDE_MIN (in meters)
ALTITUDE_MAX
ALTITUDE_MEAN
OVERVIEW
JUSTIFICATION
LOCATION - discription of location
ECO_FEATURES - ecological features of interest on the site
FLORA - noteworthy flora
FAUNA - noteworthy fauna
RESEARCH
EDUCATION
RECREATION
REFERENCES
EXTENSION_DATE - date site extended where applicable.