Latest changes to the UK SAC list

Candidate Special Areas of Conservation (cSACs) are submitted by the UK to the European Commission in batches called tranches.

Tranche 35 - submitted 31 August 2007

This tranched comprised three new cSACs:

EU Code	Site Name	Country	Changes
UK0013030	Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren	England/Wales	New cSAC
UK0030131	Dee Estuary/ Aber Dyfrdwy	England/Wales	New cSAC
UK0030170	Humber Estuary	England	New cSAC

Tranche 34 – submitted 31 March 2006

This tranche comprised three new cSACs, significant boundary extensions to two existing SACs and data amendments (not affecting boundaries) to a further 30 SACs and two cSACs.

EU code	Site name	Country	Changes
UK0019758	Blawhorn Moss	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030097	Breen Wood	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0013602	Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands	Scotland	Data amendment: additional qualifying feature
UK0016603	Cuilcagh Mountain	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0030322	Curran Bog	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0012715	Ebernoe Common	England	Significant boundary extension
UK0030356	Garron Point	Scotland	New cSAC
UK0016610	Garry Bog	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0030154	Glen Beasdale	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030350	Holnest	England	New cSAC
UK0030176	Kinloch and Kyleakin Hills	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030180	Lecale Fens	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0013039	Luce Bay and Sands	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0016621	Magheraveely Marl Loughs	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0016619	Monawilkin	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0030220	Mull of Galloway	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0016612	Murlough	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0030224	North Antrim Coast	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0030226	North Fetlar	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030053	Orton Pit	England	Significant boundary extension
UK0030236	Peatlands Park	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0016607	Pettigoe Plateau	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0030244	Rea's Wood and Farr's Bay	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0030320	River Foyle and Tributaries	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0030360	River Roe and Tributaries	Northern Ireland	New cSAC
UK0030264	River Thurso	Scotland	Data amendment
UKGIB0001	Rock of Gibraltar	Overseas Territory	Data amendment
UK0012907	Solway Mosses North	Scotland	Data amendment
UKGIB0002	Southern Waters of Gibraltar	Overseas Territory	Data amendment
UK0016618	Strangford Lough	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0016608	Teal Lough	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0030326	Tully Bog	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0030294	Tynron Juniper Wood	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0016614	Upper Lough Erne	Northern Ireland	Data amendment
UK0030298	Urquhart Bay Wood	Scotland	Data amendment

December 2004 – May 2005: Changes to the designated status of sites

On 8 December 2004, the European Commission formally adopted all candidate SACs in the Atlantic Biogeographical Region, which includes the UK, that had been submitted up to that date, as Sites of Community Importance (SCIs). The Habitats Directive gives Member States up to six years to formally designate their SCIs as SACs; within the UK, designation is devolved to the relevant administration in each country.

The National Assembly for Wales designated all SCIs in Wales as full SACs on 13 December 2004.
The Scottish Executive designated all SCIs in Scotland as full SACs on 17 March 2005.
Defra designated all SCIs in England (including Scottish and Welsh cross-border sites) as full SACs on 1 April 2005.
Environment and Heritage Service received ministerial approval for the designation of all SCIs in Northern Ireland as full SACs on 16 May 2005.

All other data apart from the site status remained unchanged from the date when each site had been last submitted to the EC.

Tranche 33 – submitted 24 December 2004

This tranche comprised two new cSACs in the UK overseas territory of Gibraltar:

EU Code	Site Name	Country	Changes
UKGIB0001	Rock of Gibraltar	Gibraltar	New cSAC
UKGIB0002	Southern Waters of Gibraltar	Gibraltar	New cSAC

Tranche 32 - submitted 30 July 2004

This tranche comprised three new cSACs, and minor amendments to 17 existing cSACs:

EU Code	Site Name	Country	Changes
UK0030106	Calf Hill and Cragg Woods	England	Data amendment
UK0030349	Crookhill Brick Pit	England	New cSAC
UK0030048	Mendip Woodlands	England	Data amendment
UK0030336	Simonside Hills	England	New cSAC
UK0030295	Ullswater Oakwoods	England	Data amendment
UK0030320	River Foyle and Tributaries	Northern Ireland	New cSAC
UK0016412	Cairngorms	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0019806	Dornoch Firth and Morrich More	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0012902	Flanders Mosses	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030154	Glen Beasdale	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030176	Kinloch and Kyleakin Hills	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0017070	Loch namMadadh	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0019808	Moray Firth	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030313	Peeswit Moss	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030314	Raeburn Flow	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030315	Red Moss of Netherley	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030251	River Dee	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030316	West Fannyside Moss	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030158	Granllyn	Wales	Data amendment
UK0030202	Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay	Wales	Data amendment

Tranche 31 - submitted 29 January 2004

This comprised four new cSACs:

EU Code	Site Name	Country	Changes
UK0030328	Briddlesford Copses	England	New cSAC
UK0030330	Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs	England	New cSAC
UK0030331	Eversden and Wimpole Woods	England	New cSAC
UK0030334	Mottisfont Bats	England	New cSAC

Tranche 30 - submitted 24 October 2003

This tranche comprised significant extensions to ten cSACs in Scotland, minor boundary amendments to five cSACs in Wales, and changes not affecting the boundaries of 22 other cSACs:

EU Code	Site Name	Country	Changes
UK0030088	Berriedale and Langwell Waters	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0019772	Coladoir Bog	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0014728	Coll Machair	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0012786	Durness	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0019773	EileannaMuiceDuibhe	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0019774	FeurLochain	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030311	Firth of Tay & Eden Estuary	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030255	Langavat	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030183	Little Gruinard River	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0012694	Monach Islands	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030220	Mull of Galloway	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0019804	North Uist Machair	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0013055	Oldshoremore and Sandwood	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030341	Oronsay	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030249	River Bladnoch	Scotland	Boundary extension
UK0030251	River Dee	Scotland	Boundary extension
UK0030259	River Moriston	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030260	River Naver	Scotland	Boundary extension
UK0030261	River Oykel	Scotland	Boundary extension
UK0030262	River South Esk	Scotland	Boundary extension
UK0019811	River Spey	Scotland	Boundary extension
UK0030312	River Tay	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030263	River Teith	Scotland	Boundary extension
UK0030264	River Thurso	Scotland	Boundary extension
UK0012594	Rum	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0012713	South Uist Machair	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0013695	St Kilda	Scotland	Boundary extension
UK0019803	Sunart	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0014744	Tiree Machair	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0030340	TràighnaBerie	Scotland	Data amendment
UK0012691	River Tweed	England & Scotland	Boundary extension
UK0030074	AfonyddCleddau/ Cleddau Rivers	Wales	Minor boundary amendment
UK0014789	CoedyddDerw a SafleoeddYstlumodMeirion/ Meirionnydd Oakwoods and Bat Sites	Wales	Minor boundary amendment
UK0030163	Halkyn Mountain/ MynyddHelygain	Wales	Minor boundary amendment
UK0030227	North Pembrokeshire Woodlands/ CoedyddGogledd Sir Benfro	Wales	Data amendment – added feature
UK0013007	River Usk/ AfonWysg	Wales	Minor boundary amendment
UK0012642	River Wye/ AfonGwy	England & Wales	Minor boundary amendment

Tranche 29 - submitted 29 August 2003

This tranche comprised three new cSACs, and major amendments to one existing cSAC:

EU Code	Site Name	Country	Changes
UK0030346	Glen Shira	Scotland	New cSAC
UK0013039	Luce Bay and Sands	Scotland	Major boundary extension
UK0030347	Slochd	Scotland	New cSAC
UK0030348	The Maim	Scotland	New cSAC

Tranche 28 - submitted 22 August 2003

This tranche comprised a major amendment to one existing cSAC:

EU Code	Site Name	Country	Changes
UK0030310	South Solway Mosses	England	Major boundary amendment

Tranche 27 - submitted 11 July 2003

This tranche comprised one new cSAC, and amendments to two existing cSACs:

EU Code	Site Name	Country	Changes
UK0030344	Onich to North Ballachulish Woods	Scotland	New cSAC
UK0030224	North Antrim Coast	Northern Ireland	Data amendment not affecting boundary
UK0030223	Owenkillew River	Northern Ireland	Data amendment not affecting boundary

Tranche 26 - submitted 30 May 2003

This tranche comprised nine new cSACs, extensions to four existing cSACs, and eight sites with other amendments:

EU Code	Site Name	Country	Changes
UK0030343	Beinn Bhan	Scotland	Minor data correction, not affecting boundary
UK0030098	Breney Common and Goss and Tregoss Moors	England	Data amendment not affecting boundary
UK0016373	Chilmark Quarries	England	Data amendment not affecting boundary
UK0012724	Chilterns Beechwoods	England	Significant boundary extension
UK0030329	Crowdy Marsh	England	New cSAC
UK0012929	Dartmoor	England	Significant boundary extension
UK0030342	Fannich Hills	Scotland	Minor data correction, not affecting boundary
UK0030332	Fen Bog	England	New cSAC
UK0030333	Harbottle Moors	England	New cSAC
UK0030164	Hartslock Wood	England	Data amendment not affecting boundary
UK0012804	Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment	England	Data amendment not affecting boundary
UK0013027	MorecambeBay	England	Major boundary extension
UK0030335	NaddleForest	England	New cSAC
UK0030338	Parkgate Down	England	New cSAC
UK0030252	River Dee and BalaLake/ Afon Dyfrdwy a Llyn Tegid	England & Wales	New cSAC
UK0012691	River Tweed	England & Scotland	Major boundary extension
UK0030337	Singleton and Cocking Tunnels	England	New cSAC
UK0012749	South Dartmoor Woods	England	Major boundary extension
UK0030339	Tarn Moss	England	New cSAC
UK0012716	The Mens	England	Data amendment not affecting boundary
UK0030093	Walton Moss	England	New cSAC

Tranche 25 - submitted 30 April 2003

This tranche comprised 12 new cSACs, one major extension to an existing cSAC, and 18 sites with minor amendments:

EU Code	Site Name	Country	Changes
UK0030318	Aughnadarragh Lough	Northern Ireland	New cSAC
UK0030319	Ballykilbeg	Northern Ireland	New cSAC
UK0030321	Cranny Bogs	Northern Ireland	New cSAC
UK0030322	Curran Bog	Northern Ireland	New cSAC
UK0030323	DeadIsland Bog	Northern Ireland	New cSAC
UK0030324	Deroran Bog	Northern Ireland	New cSAC
UK0030325	Tonnagh Beg Bog	Northern Ireland	New cSAC
UK0030326	Tully Bog	Northern Ireland	New cSAC
UK0030343	Beinn Bhan	Scotland	New cSAC
UK0030342	Fannich Hills	Scotland	New cSAC
UK0030217	Morvern Woods	Scotland	New cSAC
UK0030341	Oronsay	Scotland	New cSAC
UK0030312	River Tay	Scotland	Data correction
UK0030340	Tràigh na Berie	Scotland	New cSAC
UK0012642	River Wye/ Afon Gwy	England & Wales	Replotting only
UK0030046	Afon Gwyrfai a Llyn Cwellyn	Wales	Minor data amendment, not affecting boundary
UK0012670	Afon Teifi/ River Teifi	Wales	Replotting only
UK0013010	Afon Tywi/ River Tywi	Wales	Replotting and updating
UK0030074	Afonydd Cleddau/ CleddauRivers	Wales	Replotting only
UK0012712	Cardigan Bay/ Bae Ceredigion	Wales	Minor boundary change
UK0030271	Clogwyni Pen Llŷn/ Seacliffs of Lleyn	Wales	Boundary change
UK0014790	Cors Caron	Wales	Replotting only
UK0030157	Gower Ash Woods/ Coedydd Ynn Gŵyr	Wales	Minor boundary change
UK0012685	GowerCommons/ Tiroedd Comin Gŵyr	Wales	Minor boundary change
UK0030163	HalkynMountain/ Mynydd Helygain	Wales	Boundary change
UK0012566	Kenfig/ Cynffig	Wales	Minor data amendment, not affecting boundary
UK0030205	Migneint–Arenig–Dduallt	Wales	Major boundary change and data amendments
UK0013116	Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol	Wales	Minor boundary change and data amendments
UK0013007	River Usk/ Afon Wysg	Wales	Replotting only
UK0030305	Yerbeston Tops	Wales	Reprojection and minor data change

In the case of cSACs with only replotted or reprojected GIS data, these changes do not affect the site boundaries, although in some cases (particularly for large sites) the stated site area may have changed since the previous submission, due to differences in the projection and/or improved accuracy. All the cSACs resubmitted with replotted or reprojected GIS data were in Wales.

Tranche 24 - submitted 5 March 2003

This tranche comprised one new cSAC, one major extension to an existing cSAC, and 11 sites with minor amendments:

EU Code	Site Name	Country	Changes
UK0030166	Hatfield Moor	England	New cSAC
UK0012915	Thorne Moor	England	Major extension to cSAC
UK0030075	Afon Eden – Cors Goch Trawsfynydd	Wales	Major boundary change and data amendment
UK0020020	Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd	Wales	Reprojection and/or minor boundary change
UK0030141	Coedydd Nedd a Mellte	Wales	Reprojection and/or minor boundary change
UK0030145	Coetiroedd Cwm Elan/ Elan Valley Woodlands	Wales	Reprojection and/or minor boundary change
UK0030128	Cwm Doethie – Mynydd Mallaen	Wales	Reprojection and/or minor boundary change
UK0012928	Elenydd	Wales	Reprojection and/or minor boundary change
UK0012946	Eryri/ Snowdonia	Wales	Reprojection and/or minor boundary change
UK0012661	Glynllifon	Wales	Major boundary change and data amendment
UK0012566	Kenfig/ Cynffig	Wales	Reprojection and/or minor boundary change
UK0012985	Llangorse Lake/ Llyn Syfaddan	Wales	Reprojection and/or minor boundary change
UK0012598	Preseli	Wales	Reprojection and/or minor boundary change

In the case of cSACs with only reprojected GIS data, these changes do not affect the site boundaries, although in some cases (particularly for large sites) the stated site area may have changed since the previous submission, due to differences in the projection. All the cSACs resubmitted with reprojected GIS data were in Wales.

Tranche 23 - submitted 15 January 2003

This tranche comprised one new cSAC and 21 sites with minor amendments:

EU Code	Site Name	Country	Changes
UK0012902	Flanders Mosses	Scotland	Minor data amendment
UK0019808	Moray Firth (marine)	Scotland	Minor data amendment
UK0030313	Peeswit Moss	Scotland	Minor data amendment
UK0030314	Raeburn Flow	Scotland	Minor data amendment
UK0030315	Red Moss of Netherley	Scotland	Minor data amendment
UK0030316	West Fannyside Moss	Scotland	New cSAC
UK0030046	Afon Gwyrfai a Llyn Cwellyn	Wales	Data amendment, not affecting boundaries
UK0030092	Blaen Cynon	Wales	Boundary change
UK0030104	Cadair Idris	Wales	Major boundary change and data amendment
UK0030271	Clogwyni Pen Llyn/ Seacliffs of Lleyn	Wales	Major boundary change
UK0030124	Coedwigoedd Penrhyn Creuddyn/ Creuddyn Peninsula Woods	Wales	Reprojection and /or minor boundary change
UK0030118	Coedydd Aber	Wales	Major boundary change
UK0030121	Corsydd Eifionydd	Wales	Reprojection and /or minor boundary change
UK0030187	Corsydd Llyn/ Lleyn Fens	Wales	Reprojection and /or minor boundary change
UK0012885	Crymlyn Bog/ Cors Crymlyn	Wales	Data amendment, not affecting boundaries
UK0030132	Deeside and Buckley Newt Sites	Wales	Major boundary change and data amendment
UK0030161	Mwyngloddiau Fforest Gwydir/ Gwydyr Forest Mines	Wales	Major boundary change
UK0030229	North West Pembrokeshire Commons/ Comins Gogledd Orllewin Sir Benfro	Wales	Data amendment, not affecting boundaries
UK0013117	Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau	Wales	Data amendment, not affecting boundaries
UK0030245	Rhos Talglas	Wales	Reprojection and /or minor boundary change
UK0014784	Usk Bat Sites/ Safleoedd Ystlumod Wysg	Wales	Reprojection and /or minor boundary change
UK0014794	Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Bat Sites/ Safleoedd Ystlumod Dyffryn Gwy a Fforest y Ddena	England and Wales	Reprojection and /or minor boundary change

In the case of cSACs with only reprojected GIS data, these changes do not affect the site boundaries, although in some cases (particularly for large sites) the stated area may have changed since the previous submission, due to differences in the projection. All the cSACs resubmitted with reprojected GIS data were in Wales, or were cross-border English Welsh sites.

Tranche 22 - submitted 25 October 2002

This tranche comprised three new cSACs, significant extensions to two existing cSACs, minor boundary amendments to eight cSACs and data amendments (not affecting boundaries) to two further cSACs:

EU Code	Site Name	Country	Changes
UK0012902	Flanders Mosses	Scotland	Extended cSAC
UK0030313	Peeswit Moss	Scotland	New cSAC
UK0030314	Raeburn Flow	Scotland	New cSAC
UK0030315	Red Moss of Netherley	Scotland	New cSAC
UK0030312	River Tay	Scotland	Extended cSAC
UK0030078	Alyn Valley Woods/ Coedwigoedd Dyffryn Alun	Wales	Minor boundary change
UK0020019	Carmarthen Bay Dunes/ Twyni Bae Caerfyrddin	Wales	Minor boundary change
UK0030146	Coedwigoedd Dyffryn Elwy/ Elwy Valley Woods	Wales	Minor boundary change
UK0030145	Coetiroedd Cwm Elan/ Elan Valley Woodlands	Wales	Minor boundary change
UK0020025	Glannau Môn: Cors heli / Anglesey Coast: Saltmarsh	Wales	Minor boundary change
UK0030144	Gweunydd Blaencleddau	Wales	Data amendment, not affecting boundaries
UK0030185	Llwyn	Wales	Minor boundary change
UK0030221	Mynydd Epynt	Wales	Minor boundary change
UK0030202	Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay	Wales	Data amendment, not affecting boundaries
UK0020021	Y Twyni o Abermenai i Aberffraw/ Abermenai to Aberffraw Dunes	Wales	Minor boundary change

In addition, 45 other cSACs were resubmitted with changes to their feature data and/or reprojected GIS data. These changes do not affect the site boundaries, although in some cases (particularly for large sites) the stated site area may have changed since the previous submission, due to differences in the projection. All the cSACs resubmitted with reprojected GIS data were in Wales, or cross-border English/Welsh sites.

Until October 2002, this web page reflected SAC Tranche 21, submitted 9 May 2002.