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Site description (2007 baseline):

Situated about 15 km west of Aberdeen, the Loch of Skene is less than 2 m in depth and is fringed by reedbed and Betula-Salix carr. The site is important for large numbers of wintering wildfowl, and is also nationally important for breeding wildfowl. Anser anser are from the Icelandic breeding population.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Loch of Skene (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/loch-of-skene-iba-united-kingdom on 23/11/2024.