Nature & Wildlife

The Berwickshire coast is an area of great natural beauty. The diversity and value of its wildlife – both on land and underwater – has been recognised in several ways:

• St Abb’s Head is a 192-acre National Nature Reserve owned by the National Trust for Scotland and managed jointly with Scottish Natural Heritage.
• The Reserve is also part of a larger Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Special Protection Area (SPA) of national importance for seabirds, geology and flora.
• Pease Dean, near Cockburnspath, is a Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve, reflecting its importance not just to wildlife such as birds and insects, but also to mosses, ferns and native trees.
• The St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve was set up in 1984 to protect local marine life.
• The area’s coast also falls within the Berwickshire and North Northumberland European Marine Site (EMS), established to protect the astonishing variety of seashore life that exists there.

What does all this mean? It means that a vast array of wildlife – birds, animals, insects, plants and trees – can be seen and enjoyed by visitors to East Berwickshire now and in the future. Whatever the season, whatever the weather – although Berwickshire is Scotland’s sunniest county, we can make no promises! – a visit to this area is rewarding for nature lovers.

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St. Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve, The Harbour, St.Abbs.
The St. Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve was opened on the 18th of August 1984 by Sir David Bellamy. - more on St. Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve...