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Classified and Potential Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in the UK

 

Special Protection Areas in the UK as at 31 August 2007
 
 
Classified SPAs
Potential SPAs*
Country Number of sites site area (ha) Number of sites
England 78 671 111
2
England/Scotland 1 43 637
0
England/Wales 2 37 748
1
Northern Ireland 14 108 207
2
Scotland 141 600 219
6
Wales 17 123 007
0
United Kingdom 253 1 583 928
11
 
 
 
* Figures exclude 2 potential SPAs which have been proposed in the UK Territory of Gibraltar.  For further information on these sites, please contact JNCC's .
 
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