The Habitats Directive: selection of Special Areas of
Conservation in the UK
Distribution of SACs in the UK Click to
select an SAC
These pages provide an explanation of the SAC selection process
in the UK, with descriptions of interest features and individual
site accounts, together with supplementary information. They
replace JNCC Report, No. 270, 'The Habitats Directive:
selection of Special Areas of Conservation in the UK', which was
published in 1997.
They are updated whenever the UK submits new data about
candidate SACs to the EC, or after there is a change to the
designated status of sites. Last updated 4 September
2009 following the submission of Tranche 37 on 31
August 2009 - review changes.
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This website publication should be cited as:
McLeod, CR, Yeo, M, Brown, AE, Burn, AJ, Hopkins, JJ, & Way, SF
(eds.) (2005) The Habitats Directive: selection of Special
Areas of Conservation in the UK. 2nd edn. Joint Nature
Conservation Committee, Peterborough.
www.jncc.gov.uk/SACselection