Loch Ruthven
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox lake Loch Ruthven is a large loch which lies to the southeast of Loch Ness in the Highland region of Scotland. It is Template:Convert long, extends over an area of Template:Convert and is up to Template:Convert deep.[1] 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.
References
External links
- JNCC: Profile Loch Ruthven
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- ↑ Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Murray & Pullar