Designated and Proposed Ramsar sites in UK Overseas Territories & Crown Dependencies

Details of new Ramsar sites for designation are submitted to the Ramsar Secretariat on Ramsar Information Sheets (RIS), in accordance with the Explanatory notes and guidelines for completing the Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands. The hyperlinks within each Ramsar site code in the table below link to a PDF file (size < 170kb) of the relevant RIS, as submitted to the Ramsar Secretariat. RIS are not available for proposed sites.

 

The RIS were updated during 2004, and revised data was submitted ahead of the 9th Ramsar Conference of Parties (CoP) held in November 2005. Also during 2004, the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum (UKOTCF) undertook a review of existing and potential Ramsar sites in UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, under contract from Defra. The final report of that Review was published in February 2005, and identified a large number of new potential Ramsar sites, together with potential changes to existing designated sites and to the existing list of proposed sites. The table below takes account of the findings of the Review. Further details are available in the report which is available here or from the UKOTCF website www.ukotcf.org.

 

Ramsar sites 31 August 2007

Name	New Site Code	Old Site Code	Country & Territories	Area (ha)	Latitude	Longitude	Status
Alderney West Coast and the Burhou Islands	UK22002		Alderney	15629	049 43 00 N	002 15 00 W	Designated
Anguilla mainland wetlands	UK45010		Anguilla		018 14 50 N	063 86 50 W	Proposed
Dog Island & Middle Cay	UK45007		Anguilla	1800	018 21 60 N	063 68 00 W	Proposed
Prickly Pear Cays	UK45008		Anguilla	1800	018 20 30 N	063 74 50 W	Proposed
Scrub & Little Scrub Islands	UK45009		Anguilla	342.9	018 22 30 N	063 62 00 W	Proposed
Sombrero Island	UK45006		Anguilla	600	018 60 00 N	063 40 00 W	Proposed
Ascension Island	UK51001		Ascension Island	9700	007 57 00 S	014 22 00 W	Proposed
Bermuda Reef areas	UK41014		Bermuda		032 00 00 N	064 00 00 W	Proposed
Castle Harbour Islands and reef	UK41015		Bermuda	374	032 20 51 N	064 39 47 W	Proposed
Devonshire Marsh East and West Basins	UK41001		Bermuda		32 18 00 N	64 44 00 W	Proposed
Harrington Sound and Notch	UK41013		Bermuda	488			Proposed
Hungry Bay Mangrove Swamp	UK41002	6UK007	Bermuda	2.01	32 16 00 N	64 45 00 W	Designated
Lover`s Lake Nature Reserve	UK41003	6UK009	Bermuda	2.1	32 21 00 N	64 42 00 W	Designated
Paget Marsh	UK41004	6UK010	Bermuda	11.35	32 16 00 N	64 46 00 W	Designated
Pembroke Marsh East	UK41005	6UK008	Bermuda	7.82	32 17 00 N	64 46 00 W	Designated
Somerset Long Bay Pond	UK41006	6UK005	Bermuda	1.1	32 17 50 N	64 51 50 W	Designated
Spittal Pond	UK41007	6UK004	Bermuda	9.53	32 18 00 N	64 43 00 W	Designated
Trott`s Pond and Mangrove Lake	UK41008		Bermuda		32 19 00 N	64 41 00 W	Proposed
Walsingham Formation ? Karst and Caves	UK41012		Bermuda		032 20 47 N	064 42 44 W	Proposed
Warwick Pond	UK41010	6UK006	Bermuda	2.3	32 16 00 N	64 48 00 W	Designated
Chagos Banks	UK61004		British Indian Ocean Territory	4000000	006 00 00 S	072 00 00 E	Proposed
Diego Garcia	UK61002	6UKx01	British Indian Ocean Territory	35424.05	07 19 00 S	72 28 00 E	Designated
Anegada Eastern Ponds and The Horseshoe Reef	UK44004		British Virgin Islands	30009.11	018 40 30 N	064 15 56 W	Proposed
Fat Hogs and Bar Bays	UK44005		British Virgin Islands	20	018 26 99 N	064 84 32 W	Proposed
Western Salt Ponds of Anegada	UK44003	6UK003	British Virgin Islands	1071	018 42 07 N	064 17 01 W	Designated
Barker?s Wetland	UK42007		Cayman Islands	460	019 23 19 N	081 22 04 W	Proposed
Booby Pond and Rookery	UK42001	6UK002	Cayman Islands	82	019 39 51 N	080 04 33 W	Designated
Central Mangrove Wetland, Little Sound, Ponds and associated Marine Zones	UK42004		Cayman Islands	8039	019 20 13 N	081 16 22 W	Proposed
Little Cayman Crown Wetlands and Marine Parks	UK42005		Cayman Islands	901	019 41 25 N	080 02 17 W	Proposed
Salina Reserve	UK42006		Cayman Islands	252	019 20 38 N	087 07 52 W	Proposed
Beauchêne Island	UK54016		Falkland Islands	187	052 54 00 S	059 09 00 W	Proposed
Bertha`s Beach	UK54001	6UK011	Falkland Islands	3191	58 25 00 W	51 55 00 S	Designated
Bird Island	UK54020		Falkland Islands	120	052 10 00 S	060 55 00 W	Proposed
Bull Point	UK54015		Falkland Islands	300	052 22 00 S	059 20 00 W	Proposed
Cape Dolphin	UK54006		Falkland Islands	4700	051 00 00 S	059 00 00 W	Proposed
Cape Peninsula, Stanley Common and Port Harriet	UK54011		Falkland Islands		051 00 00 S	059 00 00 W	Proposed
Concordia Beach & Ponds, Limpet Creek and Cape Bougainville	UK54007		Falkland Islands		051 20 00 S	058 40 00 W	Proposed
East Bay, Lake Sulivan and River Doyle	UK54002		Falkland Islands	31902	51 52 00 S	60 10 00 W	Proposed
Flats Brook and Bombilla Flats	UK54013		Falkland Islands				Proposed
Hawks Nest Ponds	UK54019		Falkland Islands				Proposed
Jason Islands Group	UK54017		Falkland Islands	3328			Proposed
Keppel Island	UK54018		Falkland Islands	3626			Proposed
Kidney Island and Kidney Cove	UK54010		Falkland Islands	40	051 40 00 S	057 10 00 W	Proposed
Lafonia ponds and streams catchment	UK54014		Falkland Islands				Proposed
New Island Group	UK54021		Falkland Islands	2544			Proposed
Pebble Island East	UK54004		Falkland Islands	7053	51 19 00 S	59 30 00 W	Proposed
Sea Lion Island	UK54005	6UK012	Falkland Islands	1556	52 26 00 S	59 06 00 W	Designated
Seal Bay	UK54008		Falkland Islands	2700	051 24 00 S	058 02 00 W	Proposed
Swan Inlet and Ponds	UK54012		Falkland Islands	12000	051 52 00 S	058 32 00 W	Proposed
Volunteer Point	UK54009		Falkland Islands	230	051 28 00 S	057 50 00 W	Proposed
Bay of Gibraltar	UK31001		Gibraltar		036 00 00 N	005 21 05 W	Proposed
Lihou Island and L`Erée Headland, Guernsey	UK22001		Guernsey	390	049 27 34 N	002 39 43 W	Designated
North Herm and Les Amfrocques	UK22003		Guernsey	685	049 29 30 N	002 26 00 W	Proposed
Orchid Fields at Rocquaine Bay	UK22005		Guernsey	4	049 27 34 N	002 39 43 W	Proposed
Ballaugh Curragh	UK21001		Isle of Man	193.4	054 19 00 N	004 31 00 W	Designated
Central Valley Curragh	UK21004		Isle of Man	164	054 11 00 E	004 35 00 W	Proposed
Dalby Peatlands	UK21006		Isle of Man	58	054 90 00 N	004 43 00 W	Proposed
Gob ny rona, Maughold Head & Port Cornaa	UK21005		Isle of Man	209	054 19 00 N	004 19 00 W	Proposed
Southern Coasts & Calf of Man	UK21003		Isle of Man	2326	054 03 50 N	004 47 50 W	Proposed
The Ayres	UK21002		Isle of Man	680	054 24 50 N	004 25 00 W	Proposed
Les Écréhous & Les Dirouilles, Jersey	UK23003		Jersey	5459	049 17 32 N	001 57 56 W	Designated
Les Minquiers, Jersey	UK23002		Jersey	9575	048 58 27 N	002 07 14 W	Designated
Les Pierres de Lecq (the Paternosters), Jersey	UK23004		Jersey	512	049 17 36 N	002 12 15 W	Designated
South East Coast of Jersey, Channel Islands	UK23001	7UK150	Jersey	3210.5	049 09 00 N	002 02 00 W	Designated
St Ouen's Bay and Les Mielles	UK23005		Jersey	1280	049 13 00 N	002 13 00 W	Proposed
Centre Hills and forested ghauts	UK46002		Montserrat				Proposed
Montserrat north-west coasts and marine shallows	UK46001		Montserrat				Proposed
Browns Water, Pitcairn	UK62004		Pitcairn Islands		025 04 00 S	130 06 00 W	Proposed
Coastal waters, Pitcairn	UK62005		Pitcairn Islands		025 04 00 S	130 06 00 W	Proposed
Ducie Island	UK62001		Pitcairn Islands	600	024 41 00 S	124 48 00 W	Proposed
Henderson Island	UK62002		Pitcairn Islands	3700	024 20 00 S	128 19 00 W	Proposed
Oeno Island	UK62003		Pitcairn Islands	1000	23 56 00 S	130 45 00 W	Proposed
Gouliot Caves and Headland	UK22004		Sark	4	049 25 54 N	002 22 45 W	Proposed
South Georgia	UK55001		South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	375500	054 00 00 S	036 00 00 W	Proposed
South Sandwich Islands	UK55002		South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	27760	007 30 00 S	072 00 00 E	Proposed
Fisher?s Valley	UK52003		St Helena		015 58 00 S	005 00 00 W	Proposed
St Helena Central Peaks	UK52001		St Helena		015 58 00 S	005 42 00 W	Proposed
St Helena inshore waters, stacks and cliffs	UK52002		St Helena		015 58 00 S	005 42 00 W	Proposed
Gough Island	UK53001		Tristan da Cunha	6500	040 21 00 S	009 53 00 W	Proposed
Inaccessible Island	UK53002		Tristan da Cunha	1400	037 18 00 S	012 41 00 W	Proposed
Nightingale Group	UK53003		Tristan da Cunha	390	037 24 00 S	012 29 00 W	Proposed
Tristan Island	UK53004		Tristan da Cunha	9600	037 06 00 S	012 18 00 W	Proposed
Caicos Bank Southern Cays	UK43005		Turks and Caicos	364	021 18 00 N	071 42 00 W	Proposed
Grand Turk salinas, ponds and shores	UK43002		Turks and Caicos	200	021 27 00 N	071 08 00 W	Proposed
Leeward-Going-Through Cays	UK43008		Turks and Caicos	182	021 00 00 N	072 00 00 W	Proposed
North, Middle and East Caicos Islands	UK43001	6UK001	Turks and Caicos	58617	21 45 00 N	71 45 00 W	Designated
Salt Cay creeks and salinas	UK43003		Turks and Caicos	150	021 12 00 N	071 15 00 W	Proposed
Turks Bank Seabird Cays	UK43004		Turks and Caicos	120	021 12 00 N	071 15 00 W	Proposed
West Caicos saline lake and coral reef system	UK43007		Turks and Caicos	1310.1	021 00 00 W	072 00 00 W	Proposed
West Providenciales Wetlands	UK43006		Turks and Caicos	5613	021 00 00 N	072 00 00 W	Proposed
Akrotiri	UK32001	6UKx02	Western Sovereign Base Area of Cyprus	2171	34 37 00 N	32 58 00 E	Designated