| Forsinard Flows National Nature Reserve | |
|---|---|
 Small lochans on the accessible area of the Forsinard reserve | |
  Location within Highland | |
| Location | Highland, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 58°21′25″N 3°53′49″W / 58.356824°N 3.897081°W |
| Area | 153.8 km2 (59.4 sq mi)[2] |
| Designation | NatureScot |
| Established | 2007[1] |
| Owner | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) |
| Forsinard Flows National Nature Reserve | |
Forsinard Flows is a national nature reserve (NNR) covering much of the area surrounding Forsinard in the Highland council area of Scotland. It lies at the heart of the Flow Country, a large, rolling expanse of peatland and wetland area of Caithness and Sutherland that makes up almost 5% of the world's blanket bog.[3] The reserve is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB),[4] and is designated a Category II protected area by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.[1] Much of the NNR overlaps with the designated area of the Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands Special Protection Area and Special Area of Conservation.[2][5][6]
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p2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Search by A-Z". Scotland's National Nature Reserves. Scottish Natural Heritage. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands SPA". NatureScot. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands SAC". NatureScot. Retrieved 15 September 2020.