Our Nature Reserves
Visitors are welcome at ten Reserves.
Locations are shown on the map. The Ordnance Survey Landranger series
has been used to give the grid reference for access points. Please
respect the Countryside Code and visit at your own risk.
1 BANKHEAD MOSS Peat Inn
NO 447 106 O.S. Sheet 59
Small remnant raised bog with surrounding mixed woodland and fen, main
interest acid bog habitat; locally uncommon bog plants in former lint
holes; orchids, sedges on fen; wildfowl, waders in winter; hide,
boardwalk.
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2 FIFE NESS MUIR Crail
NO 637 097 O.S. Sheet 59
Small area of scrub and trees on most easterly point of the Fife coast;
excellent for migrant and breeding birds
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3 KILMINNING COAST Crail
NO 631 087 O.S. Sheet 59
Rock pools, shingle, saltmarsh, grassland heath; Fife Coastal Path runs
through the Reserve.
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4 WEST QUARRY BRAES Crail
NO 597 088 O.S. Sheet 59
Former refuse tip,transformed and revitalised by scrub and tree
planting; good for migrating birds and woodland edge species.
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5 BARNYARDS MARSH Kilconquhar
NO 484 021 O.S. Sheet 59
Small fen with interesting wetland plants.
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6 LIELOWAN MEADOW near Saline
NT 090 926 O.S. Sheet 58
Marsh-meadow mosaic, with rich diversity of plant and insect life.
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7 CULLALOE Aberdour
NT 186 878 O.S. Sheet 65
Former reservoir for Burntisland, supporting several locally and
nationally rare plants, and a wide range of wildfowl; scrub and
grassland adjacent with a good variety of wildlife. Disabled access.
(SWT Management Agreement with Fife Council)
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8 CARLINGNOSE Queensferry
NT 132 805 O.S. Sheet 65
Cliffs and rich grassland beside Fife Coastal Footpath.
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9 FLEECEFAULDS MEADOW Ceres
NO 401 086 O.S. Sheet 59
A superb remnant of unimproved calcareous grassland and fen. Covers
12.5 hectares on the north-facing slope of the central "rigging of
Fife". Contains the sole surviving colony in east Fife of the beautiful
globe flower - Trollius europaeus .
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10 DUMBARNIE LINKS Largo Bay
NO 441 022 O.S. Sheet 59
A system of dunes and associated grassland at the east end of Largo
Bay. First designated as an SSSI in 1955, it is one of the most
extensive and important examples of of calcareous dune systems in the
east of Scotland.
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0 JOHN WIFFEN HIDE Cameron
NO 479 114 O.S. Sheet 59
Reservoir, good for birds, especially winter geese. (SWT and SOC member
keyholders)
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