Fladda (Ramna Stacks)

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View from the west with the rock gate

Fladda is the southernmost and largest island of the Ramna Stacks , a group of uninhabited islands in the north-west of the Shetlands that make up Scotland . It is located about 500 meters northwest of Gruney and two kilometers north of the Point of Fethaland in the North Atlantic . Its dimensions are around 150 meters in a north-south and 50 meters in an east-west direction. A striking feature is a rock gate that runs beneath the island. Only one of the Ramna Stacks Fladda has a significant vegetation, mainly of grasses and based on peat - soil . The other islands in the group are essentially made of bare rock.

Fladda, like Gruney and the rest of the Ramna Stacks, serves as an important breeding ground for various species of seabirds . The island is located within Ramna Stacks and Gruney , a nature reserve ( SSSI ) that is also designated as a protected area under the EU Birds Directive (SPA). Both also fall under the SSSI Uyea - North Roe Coast .

Web links

Commons : Fladda  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SSSI Ramna Stacks and Gruney, Site Management Statement. Available online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Scottish Natural Heritage website , PDF file, 45 kB, accessed July 5, 2018@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / gateway.snh.gov.uk  
  2. ↑ Information on the SSSI Ramna Stacks and Gruney on the Scottish Natural Heritage website, accessed on July 5, 2018 (English)
  3. ↑ Information about the SPA Ramna Stacks and Gruney on the Scottish Natural Heritage website, accessed on July 5, 2018 (English)
  4. ↑ Information on SSSI Uyea - North Roe Coast on the Scottish Natural Heritage website, accessed on July 5, 2018 (English)

Coordinates: 60 ° 39 ′  N , 1 ° 19 ′  W