Loch Ruthven

Loch Ruthven
Loch Ruthven
Location	Highland
Coordinates	57°19′05″N 4°17′35″W / 57.318°N 4.293°W / 57.318; -4.293
Type	loch, mesotrophic
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	3.62 km (2.25 mi)
Max. width	0.87 km (0.54 mi)
Surface area	368 acres (149 ha)
Average depth	11 ft (3.4 m)
Max. depth	42 ft (13 m)
Ramsar Wetland
Designated	16 August 1996
Reference no.	855[1]

Loch Ruthven is a large loch which lies to the southeast of Loch Ness in the Highland region of Scotland. It is 2.25 miles (3.62 km) long, extends over an area of 368 acres (149 ha) and is up to 42 feet (13 m) deep.^[2] The most important breeding site in the UK for Slavonian grebes, it has one of the highest populations of this species in Europe. These rare birds can also be found in several other local lochs. The RSPB has established a reserve at Loch Ruthven.

Loch Ruthven was designated a Ramsar site on 31 August 1992.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Loch Ruthven.

• JNCC: Profile Loch Ruthven
• Northern Ecological Services (2006). "Habitat survey of the non-open water parts of Loch Ruthven Special Area of Conservation" (PDF). Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 157 (ROAME No. F05LE02). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2007.

This article about a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Scotland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e