29Th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites – Last Updated 12Th July 2016 the Matrices Included in This D

29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites – Last updated 12th July 2016

The matrices included in this document list blocks in the three 29th seaward licensing round areas (West of Hebrides, East of Shetland and Mid North Sea High) along with their proximity to coastal and offshore conservation sites. The conservation sites include Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas (SACs and SPAs respectively, collectively termed Natura 2000 sites)1, and Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)2. Also listed are the features for which the sites are (or are proposed to be) designated for.

The list includes designated sites and those which are at earlier stages in the designation process, including draft and potential sites. Applicants should augment the summary information provided in this document with the most recent site listings on the JNCC website, and also those of the devolved administrations relevant to the 29th Round: Scottish Natural Heritage and the Department of the Environment Northern Ireland.

Links to each of the three areas are provided below:

West of Hebrides East of Shetland Mid North Sea High

1 made under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended), the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (as amended), Conservation (Natural Habitats, & c.) Regulations 2010 (as amended) and Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats & c.) Regulations 2007. 2 made under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 and Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 128/1 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 128/2 X 128/3 X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs 128/4 X 128/5 X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 128/6 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 128/7 X 128/8 X 128/9 X 128/10 X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs 129/1 X 129/2 X 129/3 X 129/4 X 129/5 129/6 X 129/7 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X 129/8 X 129/9 129/10 129/15 130/1 X 130/2 Anton Dohrn Seamount X Reefs 130/3 cSAC/SCI X 130/4 X Burrowed mud Seamount communities Offshore deep-sea mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Orange roughy Continental slope Seamounts Anton Dohrn Seamount The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features 130/5 Reefs X X cSAC/SCI Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount 130/6 130/7 130/8

Burrowed mud Seamount communities Offshore deep-sea mud 130/9 X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Orange roughy Continental slope Seamounts Anton Dohrn Seamount The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features Reefs cSAC/SCI Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: iceberg ploughmark field, prograding 130/10 X wedges, continental slope turbidite X canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

130/11 130/12 1 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km 130/13

Burrowed mud Seamount communities Offshore deep-sea mud 130/14 Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Orange roughy Continental slope Seamounts The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: iceberg ploughmark field, prograding 130/15 wedges, continental slope turbidite X canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

Burrowed mud 131/1 X Seamount communities X Offshore deep-sea mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Orange roughy 131/2 X X Continental slope Seamounts Anton Dohrn Seamount The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features Reefs cSAC/SCI Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and 131/3 X X The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, 131/4 X X continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

2 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Burrowed mud Seamount communities Offshore deep-sea mud 131/6 X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Orange roughy Continental slope Seamounts Anton Dohrn Seamount The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features Reefs cSAC/SCI Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: iceberg ploughmark field, prograding 131/7 X wedges, continental slope turbidite X canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

Burrowed mud Seamount communities 131/8 Offshore deep-sea mud X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Orange roughy Continental slope Seamounts The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: 131/9 X iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

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3 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km 131/12 X 131/13 X 131/14 X 131/15 X 131/18 X 131/19 X 131/20 X 132/1 Burrowed mud X 132/2 Seamount communities X 132/3 Offshore deep-sea mud X 132/4 Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X 132/5 Orange roughy X 132/6 Continental slope X 132/7 Seamounts X 132/8 The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features X 132/9 Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and X 132/10 The Peaches Slide Complex Key X 132/11 Geodiversity Areas: X 132/12 iceberg ploughmark field, prograding X 132/13 wedges, continental slope turbidite X 132/14 canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, X 132/15 continental slope, Hebrides Terrace X 132/16 Seamount X 132/17 X 132/18 X 132/19 X 132/20 X 132/25 X 133/1 X 133/2 X Burrowed mud Seamount communities Offshore deep-sea mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Orange roughy Great northern diver Continental slope Red-throated diver Seamounts Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features 133/3 Slavonian grebe X X Hebrides pSPA Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and Eider The Peaches Slide Complex Key Long-tailed duck Geodiversity Areas: Red-breasted merganser iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

4 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Burrowed mud Seamount communities Offshore deep-sea mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Orange roughy Continental slope Seamounts Razorbill The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features Mingulay and Berneray SPA X X Seabird assemblage Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: 133/4 iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount Great northern diver Red-throated diver Basking shark Black-throated diver Fronts West Coast of the Outer Sea of the Hebrides MPA Slavonian grebe X Minke whale X Hebrides pSPA proposal Eider Geological feature: Marine Long-tailed duck geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Red-breasted merganser East Mingulay SCI Reefs X Razorbill Mingulay and Berneray SPA X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Basking shark Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Fronts Eider Sea of the Hebrides MPA 133/5 Minke whale X Long-tailed duck proposal Geological feature: Marine Red-breasted merganser geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Eoligarry, Barra SPA Corncrake X Kilpheder to Smerclate, Corncrake X South Uist SPA Sandbanks Sound of Barra SCI Reefs X Harbour seal Burrowed mud Seamount communities Offshore deep-sea mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Orange roughy Continental slope Seamounts The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features 133/6 X Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

5 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Burrowed mud Seamount communities Offshore deep-sea mud 133/7 X X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Orange roughy Continental slope Seamounts The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features Stanton Banks SAC Reefs Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: 133/8 X iceberg ploughmark field, prograding X wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount Burrowed mud Seamount communities Offshore deep-sea mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Orange roughy Continental slope Seamounts The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X X Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: iceberg ploughmark field, prograding 133/9 wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount Razorbill Mingulay and Berneray SPA X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Basking shark Red-throated diver Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA Black-throated diver Minke whale X West Coast of the Outer proposal Slavonian grebe X Geological feature: Marine Hebrides pSPA Eider geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Stanton Banks SAC X Reefs East Mingulay SCI X Razorbill Mingulay and Berneray SPA X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Basking shark Red-throated diver Fronts Black-throated diver Sea of the Hebrides MPA 133/10 West Coast of the Outer Minke whale X Slavonian grebe X proposal Hebrides pSPA Geological feature: Marine Eider geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Sandbanks Sound of Barra SCI Reefs X Harbour seal

6 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Burrowed mud Seamount communities 133/11 X Offshore deep-sea mud X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Orange roughy Continental slope Seamounts 133/12 X The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features X Stanton Banks SAC Reefs Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: iceberg ploughmark field, prograding 133/13 X wedges, continental slope turbidite X canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount Burrowed mud Seamount communities Offshore deep-sea mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Orange roughy Continental slope Seamounts The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X X Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: iceberg ploughmark field, prograding 133/14 wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount Razorbill Mingulay and Berneray SPA X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Basking shark Red-throated diver Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA Black-throated diver Minke whale X West Coast of the Outer proposal Slavonian grebe X Geological feature: Marine Hebrides pSPA Eider geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Stanton Banks SAC X Reefs East Mingulay SCI X Razorbill Mingulay and Berneray SPA X Seabird assemblage Basking shark Great northern diver Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA 133/15 Red-throated diver Minke whale X proposal Black-throated diver Geological feature: Marine West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser

7 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Burrowed mud Seamount communities 133/16 X X Offshore deep-sea mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Orange roughy Continental slope Seamounts 133/17 X The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features X Stanton Banks SAC Reefs Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite 133/18 X canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, X continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

Basking shark Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA Minke whale X proposal Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X Basking shark Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA 133/20 Minke whale X proposal Razorbill Geological feature: Marine Mingulay and Berneray SPA X Seabird assemblage geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Burrowed mud 133/21 X Seamount communities X Offshore deep-sea mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Orange roughy Continental slope Seamounts 133/22 X X The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features Stanton Banks SAC Reefs Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite 133/23 X canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, X continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

8 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km 133/24 Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X

Basking shark Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA 133/25 Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X Minke whale X proposal Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Burrowed mud Seamount communities Offshore deep-sea mud 133/27 X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Orange roughy Continental slope Seamounts The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features Stanton Banks SAC Reefs Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: iceberg ploughmark field, prograding 133/28 X wedges, continental slope turbidite X canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

133/29 Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X

Basking shark Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA 133/30 Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X Minke whale X proposal Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Stanton Banks SAC X Reefs East Mingulay SCI X Razorbill Mingulay and Berneray SPA X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver Basking shark West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Fronts Hebrides pSPA Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/6 Eider Minke whale X proposal Long-tailed duck Geological feature: Marine Red-breasted merganser geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Eoligarry, Barra SPA Corncrake X Kilpheder to Smerclate, Corncrake X South Uist SPA Sandbanks Sound of Barra SCI Reefs X Harbour seal

9 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Stanton Banks SAC X Reefs East Mingulay SCI X Great northern diver Coll and Tiree pSPA X Common eider Razorbill Mingulay and Berneray SPA X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Eoligarry, Barra SPA Corncrake X Basking shark Kilpheder to Smerclate, Corncrake X Fronts South Uist SPA Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/7 Minke whale X Sandbanks proposal Geological feature: Marine Sound of Barra SCI Reefs X geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Harbour seal Machairs Standing freshwater Coastal lagoons South Uist Machair SAC X Vegetation of drift lines Slender naiad Otter Corncrake Little tern Dunlin South Uist Machair and Lochs Oystercatcher X SPA Redshank Ringed plover Sanderling Stanton Banks SAC X Reefs East Mingulay SCI X Great northern diver Coll and Tiree pSPA X Common eider Coastal dunes Tiree Machair SAC Machairs X Standing freshwater Barnacle goose Greenland white-fronted goose Dunlin Tiree Wetlands and Coast Oystercatcher X SPA Redshank Basking shark Ringed plover Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/8 Turnstone Minke whale X proposal Razorbill Geological feature: Marine Mingulay and Berneray SPA X Seabird assemblage geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Eoligarry, Barra SPA Corncrake X Sandbanks Sound of Barra SCI Reefs X Harbour seal

10 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Stanton Banks SAC X Reefs East Mingulay SCI X Great northern diver Coll and Tiree pSPA X Common eider Razorbill Basking shark Mingulay and Berneray SPA X Seabird assemblage Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/11 Great northern diver Minke whale X proposal Red-throated diver Geological feature: Marine Black-throated diver geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Stanton Banks SAC X Reefs East Mingulay SCI X Great northern diver Coll and Tiree pSPA X Common eider Coastal dunes Tiree Machair SAC Machairs X Standing freshwater Barnacle goose Greenland white-fronted goose Dunlin Tiree Wetlands and Coast Oystercatcher X SPA Basking shark Redshank Fronts Ringed plover Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/12 Minke whale X Turnstone proposal Geological feature: Marine Razorbill Mingulay and Berneray SPA X geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Sandbanks Sound of Barra SCI Reefs X Harbour seal

11 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Stanton Banks SAC X Reefs East Mingulay SCI X Great northern diver Coll and Tiree pSPA X Common eider Coastal dunes Tiree Machair SAC Machairs X Standing freshwater Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X Barnacle goose Greenland white-fronted goose Dunlin Tiree Wetlands and Coast Oystercatcher X SPA Basking shark Redshank Fronts Ringed plover Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/13 Minke whale X Turnstone proposal Geological feature: Marine Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Razorbill Mingulay and Berneray SPA X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Sandbanks Sound of Barra SCI Reefs X Harbour seal Stanton Banks SAC X Reefs East Mingulay SCI X Great northern diver Coll and Tiree pSPA X Common eider Coastal dunes Tiree Machair SAC Machairs X Standing freshwater Coastal dunes Standing freshwater Coll Machair SAC X Machairs Slender naiad Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X Barnacle goose Greenland white-fronted goose Basking shark Dunlin Fronts Tiree Wetlands and Coast Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/14 Oystercatcher X Minke whale X SPA proposal Redshank Geological feature: Marine Ringed plover geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Turnstone Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X Barnacle goose Coll SPA X Greenland white-fronted goose Razorbill Mingulay and Berneray SPA X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Stanton Banks SAC X Reefs Basking shark East Mingulay SCI X Fronts Great northern diver Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/16 Coll and Tiree pSPA X Minke whale X Common eider proposal Geological feature: Marine Razorbill Mingulay and Berneray SPA X geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Seabird assemblage

12 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Stanton Banks SAC X Reefs East Mingulay SCI X Great northern diver Coll and Tiree pSPA X Common eider Coastal dunes Tiree Machair SAC Machairs X Standing freshwater Basking shark Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/17 Barnacle goose Minke whale X proposal Greenland white-fronted goose Geological feature: Marine Dunlin geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Tiree Wetlands and Coast Oystercatcher X SPA Redshank Ringed plover Turnstone Razorbill Mingulay and Berneray SPA X Seabird assemblage Stanton Banks SAC X Reefs East Mingulay SCI X Great northern diver Coll and Tiree pSPA X Common eider Coastal dunes Tiree Machair SAC Machairs X Standing freshwater Basking shark Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X Fronts Barnacle goose Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/18 Minke whale X Greenland white-fronted goose proposal Geological feature: Marine Dunlin Tiree Wetlands and Coast geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Oystercatcher X SPA Redshank Ringed plover Turnstone Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X Razorbill Mingulay and Berneray SPA X Seabird assemblage Stanton Banks SAC X Reefs East Mingulay SCI X Great northern diver Coll and Tiree pSPA X Common eider Coastal dunes Tiree Machair SAC Machairs X Standing freshwater Coastal dunes Standing freshwater Coll Machair SAC X Machairs Slender naiad Basking shark Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/19 Barnacle goose Minke whale X proposal Greenland white-fronted goose Geological feature: Marine Dunlin geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Tiree Wetlands and Coast Oystercatcher X SPA Redshank Ringed plover Turnstone Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X Coll (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X Barnacle goose Coll SPA X Greenland white-fronted goose Razorbill Mingulay and Berneray SPA X Seabird assemblage

13 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Stanton Banks SAC X Reefs East Mingulay SCI X Great northern diver Coll and Tiree pSPA X Common eider Coastal dunes Tiree Machair SAC Machairs X Standing freshwater Coastal dunes Standing freshwater Coll Machair SAC X Machairs Basking shark Slender naiad Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/20 Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X Minke whale X proposal Barnacle goose Geological feature: Marine Greenland white-fronted goose geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Dunlin Tiree Wetlands and Coast Oystercatcher X SPA Redshank Ringed plover Turnstone Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X Coll (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X Barnacle goose Coll SPA X Greenland white-fronted goose

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X Basking shark Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/21 Minke whale X Great northern diver proposal Coll and Tiree pSPA X Geological feature: Marine Common eider geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X Basking shark Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/22 Minke whale X Great northern diver proposal Coll and Tiree pSPA X Geological feature: Marine Common eider geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

14 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X Great northern diver Coll and Tiree pSPA X Common eider Coastal dunes Tiree Machair SAC Machairs X Standing freshwater Coastal dunes Standing freshwater Coll Machair SAC X Machairs Basking shark Slender naiad Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/24 Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X Minke whale X proposal Barnacle goose Geological feature: Marine Greenland white-fronted goose geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Dunlin Tiree Wetlands and Coast Oystercatcher X SPA Redshank Ringed plover Turnstone Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X Barnacle goose Coll SPA X Greenland white-fronted goose Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X Great northern diver Coll and Tiree pSPA X Common eider Storm petrel Treshnish Isles SPA X Barnacle goose Coastal dunes Tiree Machair SAC Machairs X Standing freshwater Coastal dunes Standing freshwater Coll Machair SAC X Machairs Basking shark Slender naiad 134/25 Fronts Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X Sea of the Hebrides MPA Minke whale X Barnacle goose proposal Geological feature: Marine Greenland white-fronted goose geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Dunlin Tiree Wetlands and Coast Oystercatcher X SPA Redshank Ringed plover Turnstone Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X Coll (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X Barnacle goose Coll SPA X Greenland white-fronted goose Inner Hebrides and the Harbour porpoise X Minches pSAC

Basking shark Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/26 Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X Minke whale X proposal Geological feature: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X Basking shark Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/27 Minke whale X proposal Geological feature: Marine Great northern diver Coll and Tiree pSPA X geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Common eider

15 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X Basking shark Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/28 Minke whale X proposal Great northern diver Geological feature: Marine Coll and Tiree pSPA X Common eider geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed

Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X Great northern diver Coll and Tiree pSPA X Common eider Coastal dunes Tiree Machair SAC Machairs X Standing freshwater Basking shark Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X Fronts Sea of the Hebrides MPA 134/29 Barnacle goose Minke whale X proposal Greenland white-fronted goose Geological feature: Marine Dunlin geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Tiree Wetlands and Coast Oystercatcher X SPA Redshank Ringed plover Turnstone Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X Stanton Banks SAC Reefs X Great northern diver Coll and Tiree pSPA X Common eider Rinns of Islay SAC Marsh fritillary butterfly X Chough Corncrake Hen harrier Rinns of Islay SPA X Whooper swan Greenland white-fronted goose Common scoter Bogs Sea cliffs Glac na Criche SAC X Basking shark Heaths 134/30 Fronts Marsh fritillary butterfly Sea of the Hebrides MPA Minke whale X Coastal dunes proposal Geological feature: Marine Tiree Machair SAC Machairs X geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed Standing freshwater Loch a Phuill SAC Standing freshwater X Barnacle goose Greenland white-fronted goose Dunlin Tiree Wetlands and Coast Oystercatcher X SPA Redshank Ringed plover Turnstone Tiree (Corncrake) SPA Corncrake X Inner Hebrides and the Harbour porpoise X Minches pSAC East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/1 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/2 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/3 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/4 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/5 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/6 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/7 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

16 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/8 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/9 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/10 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/11 NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/12 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/13 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/14 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/15 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/16 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/17 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/18 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/19 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/20 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/21 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/22 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/23 X 138/24 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X 138/25 X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/26 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/27 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 138/28 X 138/29 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X 138/30 X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/1 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/2 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/3 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/4 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/5 Anton Dohrn Seamount Reefs X cSAC/SCI East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/6 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/7 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/8 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/9 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/10 Anton Dohrn Seamount Reefs X cSAC/SCI East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/11 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/12 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

17 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/13 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/14 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/15 Anton Dohrn Seamount Reefs X cSAC/SCI East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/16 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/17 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/18 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X Reefs 139/19 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/20 Anton Dohrn Seamount Reefs X cSAC/SCI 139/21 X 139/22 X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs 139/23 X 139/24 X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/25 Anton Dohrn Seamount Reefs X cSAC/SCI 139/26 X 139/27 X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs 139/28 X 139/29 X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 139/30 Anton Dohrn Seamount Reefs X cSAC/SCI 140/1 X 140/2 X 140/3 X 140/4 X 140/5 X 140/6 X 140/7 X 140/8 Anton Dohrn Seamount X Reefs 140/9 cSAC/SCI X 140/10 X 140/11 X 140/12 X 140/13 X 140/14 X 140/15 X 140/16 X

18 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km 140/17 X 140/18 X 140/19 X 140/20 X 140/21 X 140/22 X 140/23 X 140/24 X 140/25 X 140/26 X 140/27 X 140/28 X 140/29 X 140/30 X 141/1 X 141/2 X 141/3 X 141/4 X 141/5 X 141/6 Anton Dohrn Seamount X Reefs 141/7 cSAC/SCI X 141/8 X 141/9 X 141/10 X 141/11 X 141/12 X 141/13 X 141/14 X 141/15 X 141/16 X 141/17 X 141/18 X 141/19 X 141/20 X 141/21 X 141/22 X 141/23 X 141/24 X 141/25 X 141/26 X

141/27 X Burrowed mud X Seamount communities Offshore deep-sea mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Orange roughy 141/28 X X Continental slope Seamounts Anton Dohrn Seamount The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features Reefs cSAC/SCI Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and 141/29 X The Peaches Slide Complex Key X Geodiversity Areas: iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, 141/30 X continental slope, Hebrides Terrace X Seamount

19 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Burrowed mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean 142/1 Continental slope X Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

Burrowed mud Gannet Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Fulmar Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean 142/2 Seas off St.Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Continental slope X Slope MPA Guillemot Geological feature: Slide deposit and Puffin slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

142/6 Gannet Fulmar 142/7 Seas off St.Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot Puffin Anton Dohrn Seamount 142/11 Reefs X cSAC/SCI 142/12 Anton Dohrn Seamount 142/16 Reefs X cSAC/SCI 142/17 Burrowed mud Seamount communities Offshore deep-sea mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Orange roughy Continental slope Seamounts Anton Dohrn Seamount The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features 142/21 Reefs X X cSAC/SCI Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount

20 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Burrowed mud 142/26 X Seamount communities Offshore deep-sea mud 142/27 Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Orange roughy Continental slope 142/28 Seamounts X The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key 142/29 Geodiversity Areas: X iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, 142/30 continental slope, Hebrides Terrace X Seamount

Burrowed mud Seamount communities Offshore deep-sea mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Orange roughy Continental slope Seamounts The Barra Fan and Hebrides Geological features: Features 143/26 X Terrace Seamount MPA representative of The Barra Fan and The Peaches Slide Complex Key Geodiversity Areas: iceberg ploughmark field, prograding wedges, continental slope turbidite canyons, slide deposits, scour moat, continental slope, Hebrides Terrace Seamount 148/1 X 148/2 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X 148/3 X 148/4 148/5 148/6 X 148/7 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X 148/8 X 148/9 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X 148/10 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/11 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/12 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/13 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/14 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/15 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/16 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/17 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/18 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/19 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/20 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/21 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X

21 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/22 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/23 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/24 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/25 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/26 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/27 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/28 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/29 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 148/30 Reefs NW Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI X 149/1 149/2 149/3 149/4 149/5 149/6 149/7 149/8 149/9 149/10 149/11 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X 149/12 149/13 149/14 149/15 149/16 X 149/17 East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs X 149/18 X 149/19 149/20 149/21 X 149/22 X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs 149/23 X 149/24 X 149/25 149/26 X 149/27 X East Rockall Bank cSAC/SCI Reefs 149/28 X 149/29 X 149/30 150/1

150/2 X Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities 150/3 Seamount X Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and MPA 150/4 adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity X Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat 150/5 X

22 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km 150/6 150/7 Deep sea sponge aggregations 150/8 Seamount communities X Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount 150/9 Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 150/10 sediment wave fields and the seamount X scour moat 150/11 150/12 150/13 150/14 Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount 150/15 Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat 150/16 150/17 150/18 150/19 150/20 150/21 150/22 150/23 150/24 150/25 150/26 150/27 150/28 X Anton Dohrn Seamount 150/29 Reefs X cSAC/SCI 150/30 X

151/1 Deep sea sponge aggregations X Seamount communities Seamount 151/2 Geological features: A range of X features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and MPA 151/3 adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity X Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount 151/4 scour moat X

23 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 151/5 sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

151/6 Deep sea sponge aggregations X Seamount communities Seamount 151/7 Geological features: A range of X features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and MPA 151/8 adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity X Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount 151/9 X scour moat

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 151/10 sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities 151/11 Seamount X Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark 151/12 X fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

24 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount 151/13 scour moat

25 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

26 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 151/20 sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat Burrowed mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean Continental slope X Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area Burrowed mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean 151/21 Continental slope X Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area 151/22

151/23 Burrowed mud X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Offshore deep-sea muds 151/24 Geikie Slide and Hebridean X Continental slope Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie 151/25 Slide Key Geodiversity Area X

151/26 X Anton Dohrn Seamount 151/27 Reefs X cSAC/SCI 151/28 X

Burrowed mud 151/29 X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean Continental slope Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and 151/30 slide scars representative of the Geikie X Slide Key Geodiversity Area

27 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/1 sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/2 sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

28 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/3 sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/4 sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

29 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/5 sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/6 sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

30 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/7 sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Gannet Area, including iceberg ploughmark Fulmar fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/8 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X sediment wave fields and the seamount Guillemot scour moat Puffin

31 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Gannet Area, including iceberg ploughmark Fulmar fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/9 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X sediment wave fields and the seamount Guillemot scour moat Puffin

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Gannet Area, including iceberg ploughmark Fulmar fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/10 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X sediment wave fields and the seamount Guillemot scour moat Puffin

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/11 sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Burrowed mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean Continental slope X Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area 32 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Gannet Area, including iceberg ploughmark Fulmar fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/12 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X sediment wave fields and the seamount Guillemot scour moat Puffin

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Gannet Area, including iceberg ploughmark Fulmar fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/13 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X sediment wave fields and the seamount Guillemot scour moat Puffin

33 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Gannet Area, including iceberg ploughmark Fulmar fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/14 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X sediment wave fields and the seamount Guillemot scour moat Puffin

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Gannet Area, including iceberg ploughmark Fulmar fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/15 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X sediment wave fields and the seamount Guillemot scour moat Puffin

34 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/16 sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Gannet Area, including iceberg ploughmark Fulmar fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/17 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X sediment wave fields and the seamount Guillemot scour moat Puffin

35 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Gannet Area, including iceberg ploughmark Fulmar fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 152/19 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X sediment wave fields and the seamount Guillemot scour moat Puffin

Burrowed mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean Continental slope X Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area Burrowed mud Gannet Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Fulmar Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean 152/20 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Continental slope X Slope MPA Guillemot Geological feature: Slide deposit and Puffin slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area Burrowed mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean 152/21 Continental slope X Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area Burrowed mud Gannet Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Fulmar Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean 152/22 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Continental slope X Slope MPA Guillemot Geological feature: Slide deposit and Puffin slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area Burrowed mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean 152/26 Continental slope X Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area Burrowed mud Gannet Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Fulmar Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean 152/27 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Continental slope X Slope MPA Guillemot Geological feature: Slide deposit and Puffin slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

36 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Gannet Area, including iceberg ploughmark Fulmar fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 153/1 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X sediment wave fields and the seamount Guillemot scour moat Puffin

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Gannet Area, including iceberg ploughmark Fulmar fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 153/2 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X sediment wave fields and the seamount Guillemot scour moat Puffin

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount 153/3 X Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Gannet Area, including iceberg ploughmark Fulmar fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel sediment wave fields and the seamount Guillemot scour moat Puffin

Burrowed mud Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean 153/4 X Continental slope X Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

37 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Gannet Fulmar 153/5 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot Puffin Burrowed mud Gannet Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Fulmar Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean 153/6 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Continental slope X Slope MPA Guillemot Geological feature: Slide deposit and Puffin slide scars representative of the Geikie Slide Key Geodiversity Area

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Gannet Area, including iceberg ploughmark Fulmar fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 153/7 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X sediment wave fields and the seamount Guillemot scour moat Puffin

153/8 X Burrowed mud X Gannet Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Fulmar Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean 153/9 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Continental slope X Slope MPA Guillemot Geological feature: Slide deposit and Puffin slide scars representative of the Geikie 153/10 X Slide Key Geodiversity Area X

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Gannet Area, including iceberg ploughmark Fulmar fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 153/11 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X sediment wave fields and the seamount Guillemot scour moat Puffin

38 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Burrowed mud 153/12 Gannet X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Fulmar Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel Continental slope Slope MPA Guillemot Geological feature: Slide deposit and 153/13 Puffin X slide scars representative of the Geikie X Slide Key Geodiversity Area

Gannet Burrowed mud Fulmar Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Offshore deep-sea muds Guillemot Geikie Slide and Hebridean 153/14 Continental slope X Puffin Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and Leach's storm-petrel slide scars representative of the Geikie Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Slide Key Geodiversity Area Seabird assemblage Gannet Burrowed mud Fulmar Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Offshore deep-sea muds Guillemot Geikie Slide and Hebridean 153/15 Continental slope X Puffin Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and Leach's storm-petrel slide scars representative of the Geikie Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Slide Key Geodiversity Area Seabird assemblage

153/16 X Burrowed mud X Gannet Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Fulmar Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean 153/17 Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Continental slope X Slope MPA Guillemot Geological feature: Slide deposit and Puffin slide scars representative of the Geikie 153/18 X Slide Key Geodiversity Area X

Gannet Burrowed mud Fulmar Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Offshore deep-sea muds Guillemot Geikie Slide and Hebridean 153/19 Continental slope X Puffin Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and Leach's storm-petrel slide scars representative of the Geikie Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Slide Key Geodiversity Area Seabird assemblage Gannet Burrowed mud Fulmar Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Offshore deep-sea muds Guillemot Geikie Slide and Hebridean 153/20 Continental slope X Puffin Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and Leach's storm-petrel slide scars representative of the Geikie Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Slide Key Geodiversity Area Seabird assemblage Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Gannet St. Kilda SPA X Great skua Burrowed mud Puffin Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Seabird assemblage Offshore deep-sea muds Reefs Geikie Slide and Hebridean 153/21 Continental slope X St.Kilda SAC Sea cliffs X Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and Sea caves slide scars representative of the Geikie Gannet Slide Key Geodiversity Area Fulmar Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot Puffin

39 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Gannet St. Kilda SPA X Great skua Burrowed mud Puffin Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Seabird assemblage Offshore deep-sea muds Reefs Geikie Slide and Hebridean 153/22 Continental slope X St. Kilda SAC Sea cliffs X Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and Sea caves slide scars representative of the Geikie Gannet Slide Key Geodiversity Area Fulmar Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot Puffin Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Gannet St. Kilda SPA X Great skua Burrowed mud Puffin Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Seabird assemblage Offshore deep-sea muds Reefs Geikie Slide and Hebridean 153/23 Continental slope X St. Kilda SAC Sea cliffs X Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and Sea caves slide scars representative of the Geikie Gannet Slide Key Geodiversity Area Fulmar Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot Puffin Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Gannet St. Kilda SPA X Great skua Puffin Seabird assemblage Burrowed mud Reefs Offshore subtidal sands and gravels St. Kilda SAC Sea cliffs X Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean 153/24 Sea caves Continental slope X Slope MPA Gannet Geological feature: Slide deposit and Fulmar slide scars representative of the Geikie Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Slide Key Geodiversity Area Guillemot Puffin Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Gannet St. Kilda SPA X Great skua Puffin Seabird assemblage Burrowed mud Reefs Offshore subtidal sands and gravels St. Kilda SAC Sea cliffs X Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean 153/25 Sea caves Continental slope X Slope MPA Gannet Geological feature: Slide deposit and Fulmar slide scars representative of the Geikie Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Slide Key Geodiversity Area Guillemot Puffin Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage

40 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Gannet St. Kilda SPA X Great skua Puffin Seabird assemblage Burrowed mud Reefs Offshore subtidal sands and gravels St. Kilda SAC Sea cliffs X Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean 153/29 Sea caves Continental slope X Slope MPA Gannet Geological feature: Slide deposit and Fulmar slide scars representative of the Geikie Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Slide Key Geodiversity Area Guillemot Puffin Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Gannet St. Kilda SPA X Great skua Puffin Seabird assemblage Reefs St. Kilda SAC Sea cliffs X Sea caves Burrowed mud Gannet Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Fulmar Offshore deep-sea muds Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Geikie Slide and Hebridean 153/30 Continental slope X Guillemot Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and Puffin slide scars representative of the Geikie Leach's storm-petrel Slide Key Geodiversity Area Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser 154/1 154/2 154/3 154/4 154/5 154/6 Gannet X Seas off St. Kilda dSPA 154/7 Fulmar X 154/8 154/9 154/10 Gannet Fulmar Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot 154/11 Puffin Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage

41 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Gannet Fulmar Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot 154/12 Puffin Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Gannet Fulmar Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot 154/13 Puffin Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Black-throated diver 154/14 Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover 154/15 Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Gannet Burrowed mud Fulmar Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Offshore deep-sea muds Guillemot Geikie Slide and Hebridean 154/16 Continental slope X Puffin Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and Leach's storm-petrel slide scars representative of the Geikie Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Slide Key Geodiversity Area Seabird assemblage

42 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Gannet St. Kilda SPA X Great skua Puffin Seabird assemblage 154/17 Reefs St. Kilda SAC Sea cliffs X Sea caves Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Gannet St. Kilda SPA X Great skua Puffin Seabird assemblage Reefs St. Kilda SAC Sea cliffs X Sea caves Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser 154/18 Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Bogs North Harris SAC Scree X Rocky slopes Freshwater pearl mussel Atlantic salmon Otter North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank

43 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Gannet St. Kilda SPA X Great skua Puffin Seabird assemblage Reefs St. Kilda SAC Sea cliffs X Sea caves Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands 154/19 Bogs North Harris SAC Scree X Rocky slopes Freshwater pearl mussel Atlantic salmon Otter North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

44 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Gannet St. Kilda SPA X Great skua Puffin Seabird assemblage Reefs St. Kilda SAC Sea cliffs X Sea caves Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands 154/20 Bogs North Harris SAC Scree X Rocky slopes Freshwater pearl mussel Atlantic salmon Otter North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Gannet St. Kilda SPA X Burrowed mud Great skua Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Puffin Offshore deep-sea muds Seabird assemblage Geikie Slide and Hebridean 154/21 Continental slope X Reefs Slope MPA Geological feature: Slide deposit and St. Kilda SAC Sea cliffs X slide scars representative of the Geikie Sea caves Slide Key Geodiversity Area Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage

45 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Gannet Fulmar Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot Puffin Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider 154/22 Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Bogs North Harris SAC Scree X Rocky slopes Freshwater pearl mussel Atlantic salmon Otter North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Gannet Fulmar Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot Puffin Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Bogs 154/23 North Harris SAC Scree X Rocky slopes Freshwater pearl mussel Atlantic salmon Otter North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter

46 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Gannet Fulmar Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot Puffin Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Bogs North Harris SAC Scree X 154/24 Rocky slopes Freshwater pearl mussel Atlantic salmon Otter North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

47 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Gannet Fulmar Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot Puffin Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Standing freshwater Risso’s dolphin Heaths Sandeels Grasslands Geological features: Bogs Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North Harris SAC Scree X North East Lewis MPA 154/25 seabed – longitudinal bedform field X Rocky slopes proposal Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Freshwater pearl mussel channels / troughs Atlantic salmon Landscape of areal scour Otter Megascale lineation North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

48 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Gannet St. Kilda SPA X Great skua Puffin Seabird assemblage Reefs St. Kilda SAC Sea cliffs X Sea caves Gannet Fulmar Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot Puffin Burrowed mud Leach's storm-petrel Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Offshore deep-sea muds Geikie Slide and Hebridean 154/26 Seabird assemblage Continental slope X Slope MPA Great northern diver Geological feature: Slide deposit and Red-throated diver slide scars representative of the Geikie Black-throated diver Slide Key Geodiversity Area West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Bogs North Harris SAC Scree X Rocky slopes Freshwater pearl mussel Atlantic salmon Otter

49 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Gannet St. Kilda SPA X Great skua Puffin Seabird assemblage Reefs St. Kilda SAC Sea cliffs X Sea caves Gannet Fulmar Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot Puffin Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser 154/27 Salt marshes and salt meadows Machairs Standing freshwater North Uist Machair SAC X Vegetation of drift lines Coastal dunes Slender naiad Corncrake Barnacle goose Dunlin Oystercatcher North Uist Machair and Redshank X Islands SPA Ringed plover Purple sandpiper Ringed plover Turnstone Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Bogs North Harris SAC Scree X Rocky slopes Freshwater pearl mussel Atlantic salmon Otter North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X

50 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Gannet Fulmar Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot Puffin Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Salt marshes and salt meadows Machairs Standing freshwater North Uist Machair SAC X Vegetation of drift lines Coastal dunes Slender naiad Corncrake Barnacle goose Dunlin Oystercatcher North Uist Machair and Redshank X Islands SPA Ringed plover 154/28 Purple sandpiper Ringed plover Turnstone Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Bogs North Harris SAC Scree X Rocky slopes Freshwater pearl mussel Atlantic salmon Otter North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter

51 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Gannet Fulmar Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot Puffin Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Salt marshes and salt meadows Machairs Standing freshwater North Uist Machair SAC Vegetation of drift lines Coastal dunes Slender naiad Corncrake Barnacle goose Dunlin Oystercatcher North Uist Machair and Redshank X Islands SPA Ringed plover Purple sandpiper Ringed plover Turnstone 154/29 Coastal lagoons Inlets and bays Sandbanks Loch nam Madadh SAC X Mudflats and sandflats Reefs Otter Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Bogs North Harris SAC Scree X Rocky slopes Freshwater pearl mussel Atlantic salmon Otter North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter

52 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Gannet Fulmar Seas off St. Kilda dSPA Storm petrel X Guillemot Puffin Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Salt marshes and salt meadows Machairs North Uist Machair and Standing freshwater X Islands SPA Vegetation of drift lines Coastal dunes Slender naiad Standing freshwater 154/30 Heaths Grasslands Bogs North Harris SAC Scree X Rocky slopes Freshwater pearl mussel Atlantic salmon Otter North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir 155/1 Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Risso’s dolphin Sandeels Leach's storm-petrel Geological features: Storm petrel Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North Rona and Sula Sgeir North East Lewis MPA 155/2 Gannet X seabed – longitudinal bedform field X SPA proposal Guillemot Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Seabird assemblage channels / troughs Landscape of areal scour Megascale lineation

53 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Leach's storm-petrel Risso’s dolphin Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Sandeels Gannet X SPA Geological features: Guillemot Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf Seabird assemblage North East Lewis MPA 155/3 seabed – longitudinal bedform field X Reefs proposal Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X channels / troughs Sea caves Landscape of areal scour Grey seal Megascale lineation Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Risso’s dolphin Sandeels Leach's storm-petrel Geological features: Storm petrel Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North Rona and Sula Sgeir North East Lewis MPA Gannet X seabed – longitudinal bedform field X SPA proposal Guillemot Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Seabird assemblage channels / troughs 155/4 Landscape of areal scour Megascale lineation Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Grey seal Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Risso’s dolphin Sandeels Leach's storm-petrel Geological features: Storm petrel Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North Rona and Sula Sgeir North East Lewis MPA Gannet X seabed – longitudinal bedform field X SPA proposal Guillemot Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Seabird assemblage channels / troughs 155/5 Landscape of areal scour Megascale lineation Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Grey seal Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Risso’s dolphin Golden plover Sandeels Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Geological features: Red-throated diver Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf Dunlin North East Lewis MPA 155/6 seabed – longitudinal bedform field X Greenshank proposal Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Standing freshwater channels / troughs Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Landscape of areal scour Heaths Megascale lineation Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

54 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Risso’s dolphin Black-throated diver Sandeels Golden eagle Geological features: Golden plover Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North East Lewis MPA 155/7 Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X seabed – longitudinal bedform field X proposal Red-throated diver Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Dunlin channels / troughs Greenshank Landscape of areal scour Standing freshwater Megascale lineation Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Risso’s dolphin Black-throated diver Sandeels Golden eagle Geological features: Golden plover Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North East Lewis MPA 155/8 Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X seabed – longitudinal bedform field X proposal Red-throated diver Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Dunlin channels / troughs Greenshank Landscape of areal scour Standing freshwater Megascale lineation Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Risso’s dolphin Grey seal Sandeels Black-throated diver Geological features: Golden eagle Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North East Lewis MPA 155/9 Golden plover seabed – longitudinal bedform field X proposal Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Red-throated diver channels / troughs Dunlin Landscape of areal scour Greenshank Megascale lineation Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Inner Hebrides and the Harbour porpoise X Minches pSAC

55 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Risso’s dolphin Grey seal Sandeels Black-throated diver Geological features: Golden eagle Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North East Lewis MPA 155/10 Golden plover seabed – longitudinal bedform field X proposal Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Red-throated diver channels / troughs Dunlin Landscape of areal scour Greenshank Megascale lineation Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Inner Hebrides and the Harbour porpoise X Minches pSAC Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Risso’s dolphin Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Sandeels Black-throated diver Geological features: Golden eagle Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf Golden plover North East Lewis MPA 155/11 seabed – longitudinal bedform field X Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X proposal Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Red-throated diver channels / troughs Dunlin Landscape of areal scour Greenshank Megascale lineation Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Black-throated diver Risso’s dolphin Golden eagle Sandeels Golden plover Geological features: Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North East Lewis MPA 155/12 Red-throated diver seabed – longitudinal bedform field X proposal Dunlin Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Greenshank channels / troughs Standing freshwater Landscape of areal scour Bogs Megascale lineation Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

56 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Risso’s dolphin Golden plover Sandeels Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Geological features: 155/13 Red-throated diver Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North East Lewis MPA Dunlin seabed – longitudinal bedform field X proposal Greenshank Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Standing freshwater channels / troughs Bogs Landscape of areal scour Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Megascale lineation Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Inner Hebrides and the Harbour porpoise X Minches pSAC Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Risso’s dolphin Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Sandeels Red-throated diver Geological features: 155/14 Dunlin Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North East Lewis MPA Greenshank seabed – longitudinal bedform field X proposal Standing freshwater Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Bogs channels / troughs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Landscape of areal scour Otter Megascale lineation Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Inner Hebrides and the Harbour porpoise X Minches pSAC Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Risso’s dolphin Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Sandeels Red-throated diver Geological features: Dunlin Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf Greenshank North East Lewis MPA 155/15 seabed – longitudinal bedform field X Standing freshwater proposal Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X channels / troughs Heaths Landscape of areal scour Otter Megascale lineation Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Inner Hebrides and the Harbour porpoise X Minches pSAC

57 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Bogs Risso’s dolphin North Harris SAC Scree X Sandeels Rocky slopes Geological features: Freshwater pearl mussel Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North East Lewis MPA 155/16 Atlantic salmon seabed – longitudinal bedform field X proposal Otter Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X channels / troughs Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Landscape of areal scour Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Megascale lineation Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

58 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Bogs North Harris SAC Scree X Rocky slopes Risso’s dolphin Freshwater pearl mussel Sandeels Atlantic salmon Geological features: Otter Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X North East Lewis MPA 155/17 seabed – longitudinal bedform field X Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X proposal Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X channels / troughs Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Landscape of areal scour Black-throated diver Megascale lineation Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Inner Hebrides and the Harbour porpoise X Minches pSAC Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Risso’s dolphin Golden plover Sandeels Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Geological features: Red-throated diver Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North East Lewis MPA 155/18 Dunlin seabed – longitudinal bedform field X proposal Greenshank Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Standing freshwater channels / troughs Bogs Landscape of areal scour Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Megascale lineation Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Inner Hebrides and the Harbour porpoise X Minches pSAC

59 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Risso’s dolphin Golden plover Sandeels Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Geological features: Red-throated diver Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf Dunlin North East Lewis MPA 155/19 seabed – longitudinal bedform field X Greenshank proposal Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Standing freshwater channels / troughs Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Landscape of areal scour Heaths Megascale lineation Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Inner Hebrides and the Harbour porpoise X Minches pSAC Leach's storm-petrel Flannan Isles SPA Storm petrel X Seabird assemblage Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Bogs Risso’s dolphin North Harris SAC Scree X Sandeels Rocky slopes Geological features: Freshwater pearl mussel Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North East Lewis MPA 155/21 Atlantic salmon seabed – longitudinal bedform field X proposal Otter Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X channels / troughs Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X Landscape of areal scour Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Megascale lineation Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

60 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Great northern diver Red-throated diver Black-throated diver West Coast of the Outer Slavonian grebe X Hebrides pSPA Eider Long-tailed duck Red-breasted merganser Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Bogs North Harris SAC Scree X Risso’s dolphin Rocky slopes Sandeels Freshwater pearl mussel Geological features: Atlantic salmon Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf Otter North East Lewis MPA 155/22 seabed – longitudinal bedform field X North Harris Mountains SPA Golden eagle X proposal Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Langavat SAC Atlantic salmon X channels / troughs Loch Roag Lagoons SAC Coastal lagoons X Landscape of areal scour Traigh na Berie SAC Sandbanks X Megascale lineation Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Risso’s dolphin Sandeels Geological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North East Lewis MPA Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X seabed – longitudinal bedform field X proposal Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughs Landscape of areal scour Megascale lineation 156/1 Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X

61 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Risso’s dolphin Sandeels Geological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North East Lewis MPA Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X seabed – longitudinal bedform field X proposal Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughs Landscape of areal scour Megascale lineation 156/2 Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X Risso’s dolphin Sandeels Geological features: Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North East Lewis MPA Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X seabed – longitudinal bedform field X proposal Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels / troughs Landscape of areal scour Megascale lineation Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel 156/3 North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Oldshoremore and Sandwood Coastal dunes X SAC Machairs Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs X Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X

62 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Sule Skerry and Sule Stack Gannet X 156/4 SPA West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Puffin Seabird assemblage Oldshoremore and Sandwood Coastal dunes X SAC Machairs Coastal dunes Standing freshwater Grasslands Durness SAC Limestone pavements X Heaths Fens Otter Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs X Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X

63 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Sule Skerry and Sule Stack Gannet X SPA Puffin Seabird assemblage Oldshoremore and Sandwood Coastal dunes X SAC Machairs Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Scree Foinaven SAC Rocky slopes X Bogs Freshwater mussel Otter

Coastal dunes 156/5 Standing freshwater West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Grasslands Durness SAC Limestone pavements X Heaths Fens Otter Standing freshwater Bogs Caithness and Sutherland Heaths X Peatlands SAC Otter Marsh saxifrage

64 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Risso’s dolphin Sea caves Sandeels Grey seal Geological features: Black-throated diver Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf Golden eagle North East Lewis MPA 156/6 seabed – longitudinal bedform field X Golden plover proposal Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X channels / troughs Red-throated diver Landscape of areal scour Dunlin Megascale lineation Greenshank Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Inner Hebrides and the Harbour porpoise X Minches pSAC Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Black-throated diver Golden eagle Risso’s dolphin Golden plover Sandeels Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Geological features: Red-throated diver Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf North East Lewis MPA 156/7 Dunlin seabed – longitudinal bedform field X proposal Greenshank Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Standing freshwater channels / troughs Bogs Landscape of areal scour Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Megascale lineation Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Inlets and bays Loch Laxford SAC X Reefs Oldshoremore and Sandwood Coastal dunes X SAC Machairs Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs X Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X Guillemot Handa SPA Razorbill X Seabird assemblage

65 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Inlets and bays Loch Laxford SAC X Reefs Oldshoremore and Sandwood Coastal dunes X SAC Machairs Risso’s dolphin Standing freshwater Sandeels Heaths Geological features: Grasslands Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf Scree North East Lewis MPA 156/8 seabed – longitudinal bedform field X Foinaven SAC Rocky slopes X proposal Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Bogs channels / troughs Freshwater mussel Landscape of areal scour Otter Megascale lineation

Coastal dunes Standing freshwater Grasslands Durness SAC Limestone pavements X Heaths Fens Otter Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs X Foinaven SPA Golden eagle X Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X Guillemot Handa SPA Razorbill X Seabird assemblage

66 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Inlets and bays Loch Laxford SAC X Reefs Oldshoremore and Sandwood Coastal dunes X SAC Machairs Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Scree Foinaven SAC Rocky slopes X Bogs Freshwater mussel Otter

Coastal dunes Risso’s dolphin Standing freshwater Sandeels Grasslands Geological features: Durness SAC Limestone pavements X Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf Heaths North East Lewis MPA 156/9 seabed – longitudinal bedform field X Fens proposal Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Otter channels / troughs Standing freshwater Landscape of areal scour Bogs Megascale lineation Caithness and Sutherland Heaths X Peatlands SAC Otter Marsh saxifrage

Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Hen harrier Merlin Caithness and Sutherland Red-throated diver X Peatlands SPA Short-eared owl Wood sandpiper Common scoter Dunlin Greenshank Wigeon Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs X Foinaven SPA Golden eagle Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X North Sutherland Coastal Barnacle goose X Islands SPA Guillemot Handa SPA Razorbill X Seabird assemblage

67 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Sule Skerry and Sule Stack Gannet X SPA Puffin Seabird assemblage Inlets and bays Loch Laxford SAC X Reefs Oldshoremore and Sandwood Coastal dunes X SAC Machairs Forests Ardvar and Loch a Mhuilinn Freshwater pearl mussel X Woodlands SAC Otter Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Scree Foinaven SAC Rocky slopes X Bogs Freshwater mussel Otter

Coastal dunes Standing freshwater Grasslands Durness SAC Limestone pavements X Heaths 156/10 Fens Otter Standing freshwater Bogs Caithness and Sutherland Heaths X Peatlands SAC Otter Marsh saxifrage

Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Hen harrier Merlin Caithness and Sutherland Red-throated diver X Peatlands SPA Short-eared owl Wood sandpiper Common scoter Dunlin Greenshank Wigeon Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs X Foinaven SPA Golden eagle X Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X North Sutherland Coastal Barnacle goose X Islands SPA Guillemot Handa SPA Razorbill X Seabird assemblage

68 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Risso’s dolphin Dunlin Sandeels Greenshank Geological features: Standing freshwater Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf Bogs North East Lewis MPA 156/11 Lewis Peatlands SAC X seabed – longitudinal bedform field X Heaths proposal Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Otter channels / troughs Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Landscape of areal scour Oldshoremore and Sandwood Coastal dunes X Megascale lineation SAC Machairs Guillemot Handa SPA Razorbill X Seabird assemblage Inner Hebrides and the Harbour porpoise X Minches pSAC Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank Standing freshwater Bogs Lewis Peatlands SAC X Heaths Otter Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Inlets and bays Loch Laxford SAC X Risso’s dolphin Reefs Sandeels Oldshoremore and Sandwood Coastal dunes X Geological features: SAC Machairs Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf Forests North East Lewis MPA 156/12 Ardvar and Loch a Mhuilinn seabed – longitudinal bedform field X Freshwater pearl mussel X proposal Woodlands SAC Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Otter channels / troughs Standing freshwater Landscape of areal scour Heaths Megascale lineation Grasslands Scree Foinaven SAC Rocky slopes X Bogs Freshwater mussel Otter

Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs X Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X Guillemot Handa SPA Razorbill X Seabird assemblage Inner Hebrides and the Harbour porpoise X Minches pSAC

69 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Lewis Peatlands SPA Merlin X Red-throated diver Dunlin Greenshank Ness and Barvas, Lewis SPA Corncrake X Inlets and bays Loch Laxford SAC X Reefs Oldshoremore and Sandwood Coastal dunes X SAC Machairs Forests Ardvar and Loch a Mhuilinn Freshwater pearl mussel X Woodlands SAC Otter Risso’s dolphin Standing freshwater Sandeels Heaths Geological features: Grasslands Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf Scree North East Lewis MPA 156/13 seabed – longitudinal bedform field X Foinaven SAC Rocky slopes X proposal Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Bogs channels / troughs Freshwater mussel Landscape of areal scour Otter Megascale lineation

70 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Inlets and bays Loch Laxford SAC X Reefs Oldshoremore and Sandwood Coastal dunes X SAC Machairs Forests Ardvar and Loch a Mhuilinn Freshwater pearl mussel X Woodlands SAC Otter Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Scree Foinaven SAC Rocky slopes X Bogs Freshwater mussel Otter

Coastal dunes Standing freshwater Grasslands Durness SAC Limestone pavements X Heaths Risso’s dolphin Fens Sandeels Otter Geological features: Standing freshwater Marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf Bogs North East Lewis MPA 156/14 seabed – longitudinal bedform field X Caithness and Sutherland Heaths proposal X Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated Peatlands SAC Otter channels / troughs Marsh saxifrage Landscape of areal scour Megascale lineation Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Hen harrier Merlin Caithness and Sutherland Red-throated diver X Peatlands SPA Short-eared owl Wood sandpiper Common scoter Dunlin Greenshank Wigeon Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs X Foinaven SPA Golden eagle X Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X North Sutherland Coastal Barnacle goose X Islands SPA Guillemot Handa SPA Razorbill X Seabird assemblage Inner Hebrides and the Harbour porpoise X Minches pSAC

71 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Inlets and bays Loch Laxford SAC X Reefs Oldshoremore and Sandwood Coastal dunes X SAC Machairs Forests Ardvar and Loch a Mhuilinn Freshwater pearl mussel X Woodlands SAC Otter Standing freshwater Heaths Grasslands Scree Foinaven SAC Rocky slopes X Bogs Freshwater mussel Otter

Coastal dunes Standing freshwater Grasslands Durness SAC Limestone pavements X Heaths Fens Otter Standing freshwater 156/15 Bogs Caithness and Sutherland Heaths X Peatlands SAC Otter Marsh saxifrage

Black-throated diver Golden eagle Golden plover Hen harrier Merlin Caithness and Sutherland Red-throated diver X Peatlands SPA Short-eared owl Wood sandpiper Common scoter Dunlin Greenshank Wigeon Cape Wrath SAC Sea cliffs X Foinaven SPA Golden eagle X Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X North Sutherland Coastal Barnacle goose X Islands SPA Guillemot Handa SPA Razorbill X Seabird assemblage 158/2 158/3 158/4 158/5 158/7 158/8 158/9 158/10 158/11 Hatton Bank cSAC Reefs X 158/12 158/13 158/14 158/15 158/16 Hatton Bank cSAC Reefs X

72 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km 158/17 158/18 158/19 158/20 158/21 Hatton Bank cSAC Reefs X 158/22 158/23 158/24 158/25 158/26 158/27 158/28 158/29 158/30 159/1 159/2 159/3 159/4 159/5 159/6 159/7 159/8 159/9 159/10 159/11 159/12 159/13 159/14 159/15 159/16 159/17 159/18 159/19 159/20 159/21 159/22 159/23 159/24 159/25 159/26 159/27 159/28 159/29 159/30 160/1 160/2 160/3 160/4 160/5 160/6 160/7 160/8 160/9

73 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount 160/10 Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

160/11 160/12

Deep sea sponge aggregations 160/13 X Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount 160/14 Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount 160/15 X scour moat

160/16

160/17 Deep sea sponge aggregations X Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of 160/18 X features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity 160/19 Area, including iceberg ploughmark X fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount 160/20 scour moat X

160/21

Deep sea sponge aggregations 160/22 X Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount 160/23 Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount 160/24 X scour moat

160/26

74 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km 160/25 X 160/27 X 160/28 X 160/29 X 160/30 X 161/1 X 161/2 X 161/3 X 161/4 X 161/5 X 161/6 X 161/7 X 161/8 X 161/9 X 161/10 X 161/11 X 161/12 X 161/13 X 161/14 X 161/15 X 161/16 X 161/17 X 161/18 X 161/19 X 161/20 X 161/21 Deep sea sponge aggregations X 161/22 Seamount communities X 161/23 Seamount X 161/24 Geological features: A range of X 161/25 features representative of the X Rosemary Bank Seamount 161/26 Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA 161/27 adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity X 161/28 Area, including iceberg ploughmark X 161/29 fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, X 161/30 sediment wave fields and the seamount X 162/1 scour moat X 162/2 X 162/3 X 162/4 X 162/5 X 162/6 X 162/7 X 162/8 X 162/9 X 162/10 X 162/11 X 162/12 X 162/13 X 162/14 X 162/15 X 162/16 X 162/17 X 162/18 X 162/19 X 162/20 X 162/21 X 162/22 X 162/23 X 162/24 X 162/25 X 162/26 X

75 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 162/27 sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 162/28 sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

76 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, 162/29 sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount 162/30 Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat

163/1 163/2 163/3 163/4 Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs X Darwin Mounds SAC X 163/5 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Deep sea sponge aggregations Seamount communities 163/6 Seamount X Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount Rosemary Bank Seamount (and MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark 163/7 fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, X sediment wave fields and the seamount scour moat 163/8 163/9 Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs X Darwin Mounds SAC X 163/10 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI

77 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Deep sea sponge aggregations 163/11 X Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount 163/12 Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount 163/13 X scour moat

163/14 X Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs 163/15 X

Deep sea sponge aggregations 163/16 X Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount 163/17 Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount 163/18 X scour moat

163/19 X Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs 163/20 X

Deep sea sponge aggregations 163/21 X Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount 163/22 Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount 163/23 X scour moat

163/24 163/25 Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs X

Deep sea sponge aggregations 163/26 X Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount 163/27 Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount 163/28 X scour moat

163/29 163/30

78 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Darwin Mounds SAC X 164/1 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 164/2 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 164/3 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 164/4 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 164/5 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 164/6 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 164/7 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 164/8 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 164/9 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 164/10 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI 164/11 Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs X Darwin Mounds SAC X 164/12 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 164/13 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 164/14 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 164/15 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI 164/16 X 164/17 X 164/18 X 164/19 X 164/20 X Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs 164/21 X 164/22 X 164/23 X 164/24 X 164/25 X 164/26 164/27 164/28 164/29 164/30 Darwin Mounds SAC X 165/1 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 165/2 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI

79 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Darwin Mounds SAC X 165/3 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 165/4 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 165/5 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 165/6 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 165/7 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 165/8 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 165/9 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 165/10 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 165/11 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC 165/12 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 165/13 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 165/14 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Leach's storm-petrel 165/15 West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Darwin Mounds SAC X 165/16 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Leach's storm-petrel 165/17 West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage

80 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X 165/18 SPA West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X 165/19 SPA West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Darwin Mounds SAC X Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X 165/20 SPA West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel 165/21 North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel 165/22 North Rona and Sula Sgeir West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot 165/23 West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal

81 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Darwin Mounds SAC Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot 165/24 West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot 165/25 Seabird assemblage West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir 165/26 Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir 165/27 Gannet X West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot 165/28 Seabird assemblage West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot 165/29 Seabird assemblage West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot 165/30 Seabird assemblage West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal

82 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km 166/1 X X 166/2 X X 166/3 X X 166/4 X X 166/5 Wyville Thomson Ridge X X Reefs West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels 166/6 cSAC/SCI X X 166/7 X X 166/8 X X 166/9 X X 166/10 X X Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Leach's storm-petrel 166/11 Storm petrel West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Leach's storm-petrel 166/12 Storm petrel West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Wyville Thomson Ridge X cSAC/SCI Reefs Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI X Leach's storm-petrel 166/13 West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Wyville Thomson Ridge X 166/14 cSAC/SCI Reefs West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI X 166/15 Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Wyville Thomson Ridge X cSAC/SCI Reefs Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X 166/16 SPA West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Wyville Thomson Ridge X cSAC/SCI Reefs Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X 166/17 SPA West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal

83 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot 166/18 West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot 166/19 West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel 166/20 North Rona and Sula Sgeir West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot 166/21 West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot 166/22 West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot 166/23 West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal

84 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot 166/24 West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs 166/25 Sea cliffs West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Sule Skerry and Sule Stack Gannet X SPA Puffin Seabird assemblage Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot 166/26 West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot 166/27 West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot 166/28 West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs North Rona SAC X Sea caves Grey seal

85 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs 166/29 North Rona SAC X West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Sea caves Grey seal Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Sule Skerry and Sule Stack Gannet X SPA Puffin Seabird assemblage Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel North Rona and Sula Sgeir Gannet X SPA Guillemot Seabird assemblage Reefs Sea cliffs 166/30 North Rona SAC X West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Sea caves Grey seal Leach's storm-petrel Storm petrel Sule Skerry and Sule Stack Gannet X SPA Puffin Seabird assemblage Cape Wrath SPA Seabird assemblage X 168/30 169/26 169/27 169/28 169/29 169/30 170/26 170/27 170/28 170/29 170/30 171/26 171/27

Deep sea sponge aggregations 171/28 X Seamount communities Seamount Geological features: A range of features representative of the Rosemary Bank Seamount 171/29 Rosemary Bank Seamount (and X MPA adjacent sea floor) Key Geodiversity Area, including iceberg ploughmark fields, slide scars, sediment drifts, sediment wave fields and the seamount 171/30 X scour moat

173/28 173/29 Darwin Mounds SAC X 173/30 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI

86 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Darwin Mounds SAC X 174/26 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 174/27 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 174/28 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 174/29 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 174/30 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 175/21 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 175/22 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 175/23 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI 175/24 Wyville Thomson Ridge X Reefs 175/25 cSAC/SCI X Darwin Mounds SAC X 175/26 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 175/27 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 175/28 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Darwin Mounds SAC X 175/29 Wyville Thomson Ridge Reefs X cSAC/SCI Wyville Thomson Ridge 175/30 Reefs X cSAC/SCI Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits 176/20 X MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area 176/21 X Wyville Thomson Ridge 176/22 Reefs X cSAC/SCI 176/23 X

87 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, Wyville Thomson Ridge Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits 176/24 Reefs X X cSAC/SCI MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits 176/25 X MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area 176/26 X Wyville Thomson Ridge 176/27 Reefs X cSAC/SCI 176/28 X Wyville Thomson Ridge 176/29 Reefs X West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X cSAC/SCI West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, 176/30 Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits X MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, 202/1 Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits X MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

88 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, 202/2 Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits X MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, 202/3 Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits X MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, 202/4 Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits X MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area Sandeels Sand banks, sand wave fields and North West Orkney MPA sediment wave fields representative of X the Fair Isle Strait Marine Process Bedforms Key Geodiversity Area West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope 202/5 Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits X MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area 89 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km 202/6 X 202/7 West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X 202/8 X Sandeels Sand banks, sand wave fields and North West Orkney MPA sediment wave fields representative of X 202/9 the Fair Isle Strait Marine Process Bedforms Key Geodiversity Area West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Sandeels Sand banks, sand wave fields and North West Orkney MPA sediment wave fields representative of X 202/10 the Fair Isle Strait Marine Process Bedforms Key Geodiversity Area West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X 202/11 Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Deep-sea sponge aggregations 204/16 Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope 204/17 channels, iceberg plough marks, X Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits MPA representative of the West Shetland 204/18 Margin paleo-depositional system Key X Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West 204/19 Shetland Margin contourite deposits X Key Geodiversity Area

Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope Great skua channels, iceberg plough marks, Fulmar Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits 204/20 Seas off Foula dSPA Arctic skua X X MPA representative of the West Shetland Guillemot Margin paleo-depositional system Key Puffin Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits 204/21 X MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

90 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, 204/22 Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits X MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, 204/23 Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits X MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, 204/24 Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits X MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Great skua Geological features: Continental slope Fulmar channels, iceberg plough marks, 204/25 Seas off Foula dSPA Arctic skua X Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits X Guillemot MPA representative of the West Shetland Puffin Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

91 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, 204/26 Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits X MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, 204/27 Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits X MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, 204/28 Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits X MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Geological features: Continental slope channels, iceberg plough marks, 204/29 Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits X MPA representative of the West Shetland Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

92 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: West of Hebrides Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km West Shetland Shelf MPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ocean quahog aggregations Continental slope Great skua Geological features: Continental slope Fulmar channels, iceberg plough marks, 204/30 Seas off Foula dSPA Arctic skua X Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt prograding wedges and slide deposits X Guillemot MPA representative of the West Shetland Puffin Margin paleo-depositional system Key Geodiversity Area Sand wave fields and sediment wave fields representative of the West Shetland Margin contourite deposits Key Geodiversity Area

93 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: East of Shetland Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km 2/3 X 2/4 X 2/5 X 2/8 X 2/9 X 2/10 Pobie Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X 2/13 X 2/14 X 2/15 X 2/18 X 2/19 X 2/20 2/23 Pobie Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X 2/24 2/25 2/28 Pobie Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X 2/29 2/30 3/1 3/6 3/7 3/8 3/11 3/12 3/13 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/21 3/22 3/23 3/26 3/27 3/28 7/18 X 7/19 X 7/20 X Burrowed mud 7/23 X Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel 7/24 Central Fladen MPA X valley representative of the Fladen 7/25 X Deeps Key Geodiversity Area 7/28 X 7/29 X 7/30 X 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/13 8/14 8/15

8/16 Burrowed mud X Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel 8/17 Central Fladen MPA X valley representative of the Fladen 8/18 Deeps Key Geodiversity Area X 8/19 8/20 8/21 X Burrowed mud 8/22 Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel X Central Fladen MPA 8/23 valley representative of the Fladen X Deeps Key Geodiversity Area 8/24 X

94 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: East of Shetland Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Submarine structures made by leaking 8/25 Braemar Pockmarks SAC X gases

8/26 Burrowed mud X Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel 8/27 Central Fladen MPA X valley representative of the Fladen Deeps Key Geodiversity Area 8/28 X

Burrowed mud Submarine structures made by leaking Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel 8/29 Braemar Pockmarks SAC X Central Fladen MPA X gases valley representative of the Fladen Deeps Key Geodiversity Area

Submarine structures made by leaking 8/30 Braemar Pockmarks SAC X gases 9/1 9/2 9/3 9/6 9/7 9/8 9/11 9/12 9/16 9/17 X 9/21 X Submarine structures made by leaking 9/22 Braemar Pockmarks SAC X gases 9/26 X 9/27 X 14/2 X 14/3 X 14/4 X 14/5 X 14/6 X 14/7 X Burrowed mud 14/8 X Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel 14/9 Central Fladen MPA X valley representative of the Fladen 14/10 X Deeps Key Geodiversity Area 14/13 X 14/15 X 14/14 X 15/1 X 15/2 X 15/3 X

15/4 X Burrowed mud X Submarine structures made by leaking Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel Braemar Pockmarks SAC Central Fladen MPA gases valley representative of the Fladen 15/5 X Deeps Key Geodiversity Area X

15/6 X Burrowed mud 15/7 Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel X Central Fladen MPA valley representative of the Fladen 15/8 X Deeps Key Geodiversity Area 15/9 X

Burrowed mud Submarine structures made by leaking Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel 15/10 Braemar Pockmarks SAC X Central Fladen MPA X gases valley representative of the Fladen Deeps Key Geodiversity Area

95 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: East of Shetland Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Burrowed mud Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel 15/11 Central Fladen MPA X valley representative of the Fladen Deeps Key Geodiversity Area

15/12 X Burrowed mud X Submarine structures made by leaking Geological feature: Sub-glacial tunnel Scanner Pockmark SAC Central Fladen MPA 15/13 gases X valley representative of the Fladen X Deeps Key Geodiversity Area 15/14 X X Submarine structures made by leaking 15/15 Scanner Pockmark SAC X gases 16/1 X 16/2 Submarine structures made by leaking X Braemar Pockmarks SAC 16/6 gases X 16/7 X Scanner Pockmark SAC Submarine structures made by leaking X 16/11 Braemar Pockmarks SAC gases X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore deep-sea muds Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Continental slope NE Faroe Shetland Channel Scanner Pockmark SAC X Geological feature: A wide range of X Submarine structures made by leaking MPA 16/12 features representative of the West gases Shetland Margin Palaeo-depositional, Miller Slide and Pilot Whale Diapirs Key Geodiversity Areas Norwegian Boundary Braemar Pockmarks SAC X Sediment Plain MPA Ocean quahog aggregations X

209/4 X Deep-sea sponge aggregations 209/5 Offshore deep-sea muds X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Continental slope 209/9 NE Faroe Shetland Channel X Geological feature: A wide range of MPA 209/10 features representative of the West X Shetland Margin Palaeo-depositional, 209/14 Miller Slide and Pilot Whale Diapirs Key X Geodiversity Areas 209/15 X 209/19 209/20 209/24 X Pobie Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs 209/25 X 210/1 Deep-sea sponge aggregations X 210/2 Offshore deep-sea muds X 210/3 Offshore subtidal sands and gravels X 210/4 Continental slope X NE Faroe Shetland Channel 210/5 Geological feature: A wide range of X MPA 210/6 features representative of the West X 210/7 Shetland Margin Palaeo-depositional, X 210/8 Miller Slide and Pilot Whale Diapirs Key X 210/9 Geodiversity Areas X 210/10

96 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: East of Shetland Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km 210/11 X Deep-sea sponge aggregations Offshore deep-sea muds Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Continental slope NE Faroe Shetland Channel Geological feature: A wide range of 210/12 MPA X features representative of the West Shetland Margin Palaeo-depositional, Miller Slide and Pilot Whale Diapirs Key Geodiversity Areas

210/13 210/16 210/17 210/18 210/21 210/22 210/23 210/28 Pobie Bank Reef cSAC/SCI Reefs X 218/19 X 218/20 X 218/24 X 218/25 X 218/29 X 218/30 X 219/16 X 219/17 X 219/18 X Deep-sea sponge aggregations 219/19 X Offshore deep-sea muds 219/20 X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels 219/21 X Continental slope 219/22 NE Faroe Shetland Channel X Geological feature: A wide range of 219/23 MPA X features representative of the West 219/24 X Shetland Margin Palaeo-depositional, 219/25 X Miller Slide and Pilot Whale Diapirs Key 219/26 X Geodiversity Areas 219/27 X 219/28 X 219/29 X 219/30 X 220/16 X 220/21 X 220/22 X 220/26 X 220/27 X

97 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Seabird assemblage X SPA Common tern Ocean quahog aggregations Little tern Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern X Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 18/30 and Meikle Loch SPA X Pink-footed goose MPA Geological feature: Moraines Waterfowl assemblage representative of the Wee Bankie Key Guillemot Geodiversity Area Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X Seabird assemblage Greylag goose Knot Montrose Basin SPA Pink-footed goose X Redshank Waterfowl assemblage Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Seabird assemblage X SPA Common tern Little tern Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern X Burrowed mud and Meikle Loch SPA Pink-footed goose Fronts Waterfowl assemblage Minke whale (Balaenoptera Sandwich tern Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) 19/11 X Barnacle goose Proposal Shelf deeps Whooper swan Geological features: Loch of Strathbeg SPA X Greylag goose Submarine mass movement – slide scars Pink-footed goose Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines Waterfowl assemblage Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads Guillemot X SPA Seabird assemblage Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA

98 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Seabird assemblage X SPA Common tern Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Little tern Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern X and Meikle Loch SPA Pink-footed goose Waterfowl assemblage Sandwich tern 19/12 Barnacle goose Burrowed mud Whooper swan Loch of Strathbeg SPA X Fronts Greylag goose Minke whale (Balaenoptera Pink-footed goose Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) Waterfowl assemblage X Proposal Shelf deeps Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads Guillemot X Geological features: SPA Seabird assemblage Submarine mass movement – slide scars Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Seabird assemblage X SPA Common tern Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Little tern Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern X and Meikle Loch SPA Pink-footed goose Waterfowl assemblage Sandwich tern 19/13 Barnacle goose Burrowed mud Whooper swan Loch of Strathbeg SPA X Fronts Greylag goose Minke whale (Balaenoptera Pink-footed goose Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) Waterfowl assemblage X Proposal Shelf deeps Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads Guillemot X Geological features: SPA Seabird assemblage Submarine mass movement – slide scars Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Seabird assemblage X SPA Common tern Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Little tern Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern X and Meikle Loch SPA Pink-footed goose Waterfowl assemblage 19/14 Sandwich tern Burrowed mud Barnacle goose Fronts Whooper swan Loch of Strathbeg SPA X Minke whale (Balaenoptera Greylag goose Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) Pink-footed goose X Proposal Shelf deeps Waterfowl assemblage Geological features: Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern Submarine mass movement – slide scars and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines pSPA

99 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Seabird assemblage X SPA Sandwich tern Burrowed mud Barnacle goose Fronts Whooper swan 19/15 Loch of Strathbeg SPA X Minke whale (Balaenoptera Greylag goose Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) Pink-footed goose X Proposal Shelf deeps Waterfowl assemblage Geological features: Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern Submarine mass movement – slide scars and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines pSPA Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Seabird assemblage X SPA Common tern Burrowed mud Little tern Fronts Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern X Minke whale (Balaenoptera and Meikle Loch SPA Pink-footed goose Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) 19/16 X Waterfowl assemblage Proposal Shelf deeps Sandwich tern Geological features: Barnacle goose Submarine mass movement – slide scars Whooper swan Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines Loch of Strathbeg SPA X Greylag goose Pink-footed goose Waterfowl assemblage Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads Guillemot X SPA Seabird assemblage Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Seabird assemblage X SPA Common tern Little tern Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern X and Meikle Loch SPA Pink-footed goose 19/17 Waterfowl assemblage Burrowed mud Sandwich tern Fronts Barnacle goose Minke whale (Balaenoptera Whooper swan Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) Loch of Strathbeg SPA X X Greylag goose Proposal Shelf deeps Pink-footed goose Geological features: Waterfowl assemblage Submarine mass movement – slide scars Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads Guillemot Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines X SPA Seabird assemblage Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA

100 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Seabird assemblage X SPA Common tern Little tern Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern X and Meikle Loch SPA Pink-footed goose 19/18 Waterfowl assemblage Burrowed mud Sandwich tern Fronts Barnacle goose Minke whale (Balaenoptera Whooper swan Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) Loch of Strathbeg SPA X X Greylag goose Proposal Shelf deeps Pink-footed goose Geological features: Waterfowl assemblage Submarine mass movement – slide scars Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads Guillemot Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines X SPA Seabird assemblage Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Seabird assemblage X SPA Common tern Little tern Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern X and Meikle Loch SPA Pink-footed goose Burrowed mud Waterfowl assemblage Fronts 19/19 Sandwich tern Minke whale (Balaenoptera Barnacle goose Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) X Whooper swan Proposal Shelf deeps Loch of Strathbeg SPA X Greylag goose Geological features: Pink-footed goose Submarine mass movement – slide scars Waterfowl assemblage Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Seabird assemblage X SPA

Burrowed mud Fronts 19/20 Minke whale (Balaenoptera Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) and Meikle Loch (extension) X X Little tern Proposal Shelf deeps pSPA Geological features: Submarine mass movement – slide scars Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

101 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Burrowed mud Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Fronts Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Minke whale (Balaenoptera Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast X Seabird assemblage X Proposal Shelf deeps SPA Geological features: Common tern Submarine mass movement – slide scars Little tern Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines Sandwich tern X and Meikle Loch SPA Pink-footed goose Waterfowl assemblage 19/21 Guillemot Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X Seabird assemblage Sandwich tern Barnacle goose Ocean quahog aggregations Whooper swan Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Loch of Strathbeg SPA X Greylag goose Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Pink-footed goose MPA Geological feature: Moraines Waterfowl assemblage representative of the Wee Bankie Key Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads Guillemot Geodiversity Area X SPA Seabird assemblage Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Burrowed mud Seabird assemblage X SPA Fronts Minke whale (Balaenoptera Common tern Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) X Little tern Proposal Shelf deeps Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern X Geological features: and Meikle Loch SPA Pink-footed goose Submarine mass movement – slide scars 19/22 Waterfowl assemblage Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

Guillemot Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X Seabird assemblage Sandwich tern Ocean quahog aggregations Barnacle goose Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Whooper swan Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds Loch of Strathbeg SPA X X Greylag goose MPA Geological feature: Moraines Pink-footed goose representative of the Wee Bankie Key Waterfowl assemblage Geodiversity Area Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA

102 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Seabird assemblage X SPA Burrowed mud Fronts Minke whale (Balaenoptera Common tern Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) Little tern X Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Proposal Shelf deeps Sandwich tern X 19/23 and Meikle Loch SPA Geological features: Pink-footed goose Submarine mass movement – slide scars Waterfowl assemblage Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

Sandwich tern Barnacle goose Ocean quahog aggregations Whooper swan Loch of Strathbeg SPA X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Greylag goose Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds Pink-footed goose X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Waterfowl assemblage representative of the Wee Bankie Key Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern Geodiversity Area and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Otter Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Burrowed mud Fronts Minke whale (Balaenoptera Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast X Seabird assemblage X Proposal Shelf deeps SPA Geological features: 19/24 Submarine mass movement – slide scars Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

Common tern Little tern Ocean quahog aggregations Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels and Meikle Loch SPA Pink-footed goose Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Waterfowl assemblage MPA Geological feature: Moraines Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie representative of the Wee Bankie Key Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Geodiversity Area Little tern pSPA Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Burrowed mud Fronts Minke whale (Balaenoptera Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) Seabird assemblage X X SPA Proposal Shelf deeps Geological features: 19/25 Submarine mass movement – slide scars Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

Ocean quahog aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds and Meikle Loch (extension) X X Little tern MPA Geological feature: Moraines pSPA representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

103 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Burrowed mud Otter Fronts Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Minke whale (Balaenoptera Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata) X Proposal Shelf deeps Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Geological features: Submarine mass movement – slide scars Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X

Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast 19/26 Seabird assemblage X SPA Common tern Little tern Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Ocean quahog aggregations Sandwich tern X and Meikle Loch SPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Pink-footed goose Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds Waterfowl assemblage X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Guillemot representative of the Wee Bankie Key Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X Geodiversity Area Seabird assemblage Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Otter Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Burrowed mud Fronts Minke whale (Balaenoptera Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Proposal Shelf deeps Seabird assemblage X SPA Geological features: Submarine mass movement – slide scars 19/27 Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

Common tern Little tern Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern X and Meikle Loch SPA Ocean quahog aggregations Pink-footed goose Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Waterfowl assemblage Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds Guillemot X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X representative of the Wee Bankie Key Seabird assemblage Geodiversity Area Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA

104 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X

Burrowed mud Coastal dunes Sands of Forvie SAC X Fronts Minke whale (Balaenoptera Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) X Proposal Shelf deeps Geological features: Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Seabird assemblage X Submarine mass movement – slide scars 19/28 SPA Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

Burrowed mud Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Fronts Minke whale (Balaenoptera Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) X Proposal Shelf deeps Geological features: 19/29 Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Seabird assemblage X Submarine mass movement – slide scars SPA Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

Burrowed mud Fronts Minke whale (Balaenoptera Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) X Proposal Shelf deeps Geological features: Submarine mass movement – slide scars 19/30 Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

105 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Burrowed mud Fronts Minke whale (Balaenoptera 20/11 Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) X Proposal Shelf deeps Geological features: Submarine mass movement – slide scars Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Burrowed mud Fronts Minke whale (Balaenoptera 20/12 Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) X Proposal Shelf deeps Geological features: Submarine mass movement – slide scars Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines 20/13 X Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels 20/14 X Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Burrowed mud Fronts Minke whale (Balaenoptera 20/16 Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) X Proposal Shelf deeps Geological features: Submarine mass movement – slide scars Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Burrowed mud Fronts Minke whale (Balaenoptera 20/17 Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) X Proposal Shelf deeps Geological features: Submarine mass movement – slide scars Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines 20/18 X 20/19 Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X 20/20 X Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Burrowed mud Fronts Minke whale (Balaenoptera Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) X Proposal Shelf deeps Geological features: 20/21 Submarine mass movement – slide scars Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines Ocean quahog aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

106 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Burrowed mud Fronts Minke whale (Balaenoptera 20/22 Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata) X Proposal Shelf deeps Geological features: Submarine mass movement – slide scars Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines 20/23 X 20/24 Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X 20/25 X Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Burrowed mud Fronts Minke whale (Balaenoptera Southern Trench MPA acutorostrata ) X Proposal Shelf deeps Geological features: Submarine mass movement – slide scars 20/26 Sub-glacial tunnel valleys and moraines

Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Ocean quahog aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels 20/27 Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area 20/28 X 20/29 Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X 20/30 X 21/21 X 21/22 Offshore deep sea muds X 21/23 East of Gannet and Montrose Ocean quahog aggregations (including X 21/26 Fields MPA sands and gravels as their supporting X 21/27 habitat) X 21/28 X

107 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Common tern Little tern Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern X and Meikle Loch SPA Pink-footed goose Waterfowl assemblage Guillemot Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X Seabird assemblage Greylag goose Knot Montrose Basin SPA Pink-footed goose X Redshank Ocean quahog aggregations Waterfowl assemblage Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/4 Red-throated diver X Slavonian grebe MPA Geological feature: Moraines Little gull representative of the Wee Bankie Key Common gull Geodiversity Area Arctic tern Eider Long-tailed duck Velvet scoter Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA

108 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Seabird assemblage X SPA Common tern Little tern Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern X and Meikle Loch SPA Pink-footed goose Waterfowl assemblage Guillemot Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X Seabird assemblage Greylag goose Knot Ocean quahog aggregations Montrose Basin SPA Pink-footed goose X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Redshank Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/5 X Waterfowl assemblage MPA Geological feature: Moraines Red-throated diver representative of the Wee Bankie Key Slavonian grebe Geodiversity Area Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Eider Long-tailed duck Velvet scoter Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA

109 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal Standing freshwater Atlantic salmon Sea lamprey River Tay SAC X Brook lamprey River lamprey Otter Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X Guillemot Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X Seabird assemblage Little tern Marsh harrier Bar-tailed godwit Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Ocean quahog aggregations Greylag goose X SPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Pink-footed goose Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/8 X Redshank MPA Geological feature: Moraines Waterfowl assemblage representative of the Wee Bankie Key Greylag goose Geodiversity Area Knot Montrose Basin SPA Pink-footed goose X Redshank Waterfowl assemblage Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Eider Long-tailed duck Velvet scoter Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull

110 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal Standing freshwater Atlantic salmon Sea lamprey River Tay SAC X Brook lamprey River lamprey Otter Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X Guillemot Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X Seabird assemblage Little tern Marsh harrier Bar-tailed godwit Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Greylag goose X SPA Pink-footed goose Ocean quahog aggregations Redshank Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Waterfowl assemblage Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/9 X Greylag goose MPA Geological feature: Moraines Knot representative of the Wee Bankie Key Montrose Basin SPA Pink-footed goose X Geodiversity Area Redshank Waterfowl assemblage Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Eider Long-tailed duck Velvet scoter Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA

111 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X Guillemot Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X Seabird assemblage Little tern Marsh harrier Bar-tailed godwit Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Greylag goose X SPA Pink-footed goose Redshank Waterfowl assemblage Greylag goose Knot Ocean quahog aggregations Montrose Basin SPA Pink-footed goose X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Redshank Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/10 X Waterfowl assemblage MPA Geological feature: Moraines Red-throated diver representative of the Wee Bankie Key Slavonian grebe Geodiversity Area Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Eider Long-tailed duck Velvet scoter Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA

112 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal Standing freshwater Atlantic salmon Sea lamprey River Tay SAC X Brook lamprey River lamprey Otter Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Ocean quahog aggregations Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/12 X Waterfowl assemblage MPA Geological feature: Moraines Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed representative of the Wee Bankie Key Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed Geodiversity Area X SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage Greylag goose, Knot, Pink-footed Montrose Basin SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl X assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

113 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal Standing freshwater Atlantic salmon Sea lamprey River Tay SAC X Brook lamprey River lamprey Otter Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Ocean quahog aggregations Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/13 X goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , MPA Geological feature: Moraines Waterfowl assemblage representative of the Wee Bankie Key Guillemot, Kittiwake, Seabird Geodiversity Area Fowlsheugh SPA X assemblage Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed X SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage Greylag goose, Knot, Pink-footed Montrose Basin SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl X assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

114 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal Standing freshwater Atlantic salmon Sea lamprey River Tay SAC X Brook lamprey River lamprey Otter Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Ocean quahog aggregations Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/14 X goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , MPA Geological feature: Moraines Waterfowl assemblage representative of the Wee Bankie Key Guillemot, Kittiwake, Seabird Geodiversity Area Fowlsheugh SPA X assemblage Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed X SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage Greylag goose, Knot, Pink-footed Montrose Basin SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl X assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

115 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X Sandwich tern Bar-tailed godwit Golden plover Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Firth of Forth SPA Knot X Pink-footed goose Redshank Shelduck Turnstone Waterfowl assemblage Guillemot Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X Seabird assemblage Little tern Marsh harrier Bar-tailed godwit Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Greylag goose X SPA Pink-footed goose Ocean quahog aggregations Redshank Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Waterfowl assemblage Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/15 X Greylag goose MPA Geological feature: Moraines Knot representative of the Wee Bankie Key Montrose Basin SPA Pink-footed goose X Geodiversity Area Redshank Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern Common tern Roseate tern Sandwich tern Forth Islands SPA Gannet X Lesser black-backed gull Puffin Shag Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Eider Long-tailed duck Velvet scoter Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull

116 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal Standing freshwater Atlantic salmon Sea lamprey River Tay SAC X Brook lamprey River lamprey Otter Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Ocean quahog aggregations Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/18 X Waterfowl assemblage MPA Geological feature: Moraines Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed representative of the Wee Bankie Key Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed Geodiversity Area X SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage Greylag goose, Knot, Pink-footed Montrose Basin SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl X assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

117 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal Standing freshwater Atlantic salmon Sea lamprey River Tay SAC X Brook lamprey River lamprey Otter Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Ocean quahog aggregations Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/19 X Waterfowl assemblage MPA Geological feature: Moraines Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed representative of the Wee Bankie Key Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed Geodiversity Area X SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage Greylag goose, Knot, Pink-footed Montrose Basin SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl X assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

118 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X Sandwich tern Bar-tailed godwit Golden plover Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Firth of Forth SPA Knot X Pink-footed goose Redshank Shelduck Turnstone Waterfowl assemblage Little tern Marsh harrier Bar-tailed godwit Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Greylag goose X SPA Pink-footed goose Redshank Waterfowl assemblage Greylag goose Ocean quahog aggregations Knot Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Montrose Basin SPA Pink-footed goose X Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/20 X Redshank MPA Geological feature: Moraines Waterfowl assemblage representative of the Wee Bankie Key Arctic tern Geodiversity Area Common tern Roseate tern Sandwich tern Forth Islands SPA Gannet X Lesser black-backed gull Puffin Shag Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Eider Long-tailed duck Velvet scoter Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull

119 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Standing freshwater Atlantic salmon Sea lamprey River Tay SAC X Ocean quahog aggregations Brook lamprey Offshore subtidal sands and gravels River lamprey Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/22 X Otter MPA Geological feature: Moraines Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X representative of the Wee Bankie Key Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Geodiversity Area Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage Imperial Dock Lock, Leith SPA Common tern X St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X SPA Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed X SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

120 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Standing freshwater Atlantic salmon Ocean quahog aggregations Sea lamprey River Tay SAC X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Brook lamprey Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/23 River lamprey X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Otter representative of the Wee Bankie Key Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X Geodiversity Area Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X SPA Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed X SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

121 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X Ocean quahog aggregations Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/24 Golden plover, Red-throated diver, X Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X MPA Geological feature: Moraines goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , representative of the Wee Bankie Key Waterfowl assemblage Geodiversity Area St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X SPA Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed X SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

122 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X Ocean quahog aggregations Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/25 Golden plover, Red-throated diver, X Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X MPA Geological feature: Moraines goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , representative of the Wee Bankie Key Waterfowl assemblage Geodiversity Area St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X SPA Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed X SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

123 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Standing freshwater Atlantic salmon Sea lamprey River Tay SAC X Brook lamprey Ocean quahog aggregations River lamprey Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Otter Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/27 X Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, representative of the Wee Bankie Key Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Geodiversity Area Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage Imperial Dock Lock, Leith SPA Common tern X St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X SPA Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed X SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

124 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal Estuaries Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X Ocean quahog aggregations Little tern Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/28 X Turnstone MPA Geological feature: Moraines Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, representative of the Wee Bankie Key Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Geodiversity Area Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage Imperial Dock Lock, Leith SPA Common tern X St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X SPA Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed X SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull Roseate tern, Little tern, Common Northumberland pSPA tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, X Seabird assemblage

125 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal Estuaries Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X Estuaries Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Sandbanks X SAC Mudflats and sandflats Common seal North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Barry Links SAC Coastal dunes X Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X Ocean quahog aggregations Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/29 X Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X MPA Geological feature: Moraines goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , representative of the Wee Bankie Key Waterfowl assemblage Geodiversity Area St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X SPA Little tern, Marsh harrier , Bar-tailed Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary godwit , Greylag goose, Pink-footed X SPA goose, Redshank, Waterfowl assemblage Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light- X bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull Roseate tern, Little tern, Common Northumberland pSPA tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, X Seabird assemblage

126 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Estuaries Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X SAC

North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Ocean quahog aggregations Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 25/30 X Golden plover, Red-throated diver, MPA Geological feature: Moraines Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X representative of the Wee Bankie Key goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Geodiversity Area Waterfowl assemblage St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light- X bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull Roseate tern, Little tern, Common Northumberland pSPA tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, X Seabird assemblage

127 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Seabird assemblage X SPA Common tern Ocean quahog aggregations Little tern Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern X Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 26/1 and Meikle Loch SPA X Pink-footed goose MPA Geological feature: Moraines Waterfowl assemblage representative of the Wee Bankie Key Guillemot Geodiversity Area Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X Seabird assemblage Greylag goose Knot Montrose Basin SPA Pink-footed goose X Redshank Waterfowl assemblage Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Buchan Ness to Collieston SAC Sea cliffs X Sands of Forvie SAC Coastal dunes X Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Seabird assemblage X Ocean quahog aggregations SPA Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Common tern Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 26/2 Little tern X Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie MPA Geological feature: Moraines Sandwich tern X and Meikle Loch SPA representative of the Wee Bankie Key Pink-footed goose Geodiversity Area Waterfowl assemblage Guillemot Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X Seabird assemblage Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Ocean quahog aggregations Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Guillemot Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 26/3 X Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Seabird assemblage representative of the Wee Bankie Key Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Geodiversity Area Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Ocean quahog aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels 26/4 Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

128 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X

Ocean quahog aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels 26/5 Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Freshwater pearl mussel MPA Geological feature: Moraines River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X representative of the Wee Bankie Key Otter Geodiversity Area Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Guillemot Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X Seabird assemblage Greylag goose Knot Montrose Basin SPA Pink-footed goose X Redshank Waterfowl assemblage Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Ocean quahog aggregations Eider Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Long-tailed duck Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 26/6 X Velvet scoter MPA Geological feature: Moraines Goldeneye representative of the Wee Bankie Key Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Geodiversity Area Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA

129 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Freshwater pearl mussel River Dee SAC Atlantic salmon X Otter Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Guillemot Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Ocean quahog aggregations Eider Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Long-tailed duck Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 26/7 Velvet scoter X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay representative of the Wee Bankie Key Red-breasted merganser X Complex dSPA Geodiversity Area Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie Sandwich tern and Meikle Loch (extension) X Little tern pSPA

Ocean quahog aggregations Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 26/8 X Guillemot MPA Geological feature: Moraines Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X representative of the Wee Bankie Key Seabird assemblage Geodiversity Area

Ocean quahog aggregations 26/9 X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key 26/10 X Geodiversity Area

130 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Garron Point SAC Narrow-mouthed whorl snail X Freshwater pearl mussel River South Esk SAC X Atlantic salmon Guillemot Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X Seabird assemblage Greylag goose Knot Montrose Basin SPA Pink-footed goose X Redshank Waterfowl assemblage Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Ocean quahog aggregations Little gull Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 26/11 Common gull X Arctic tern MPA Geological feature: Moraines Eider representative of the Wee Bankie Key Long-tailed duck Geodiversity Area Velvet scoter Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Guillemot Fowlsheugh SPA Kittiwake X Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Eider Ocean quahog aggregations Long-tailed duck Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Velvet scoter Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 26/12 X Goldeneye MPA Geological feature: Moraines Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X representative of the Wee Bankie Key Complex dSPA Gannet Geodiversity Area Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull

131 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Eider Long-tailed duck Ocean quahog aggregations Velvet scoter Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 26/13 Red-breasted merganser X X Complex dSPA MPA Geological feature: Moraines Gannet representative of the Wee Bankie Key Manx shearwater Geodiversity Area Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Eider Long-tailed duck Ocean quahog aggregations Velvet scoter Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 26/14 Red-breasted merganser X X Complex dSPA MPA Geological feature: Moraines Gannet representative of the Wee Bankie Key Manx shearwater Geodiversity Area Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Ocean quahog aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 26/15 X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

132 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal Sandwich tern Bar-tailed godwit Golden plover Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Firth of Forth SPA Knot X Pink-footed goose Redshank Shelduck Turnstone Waterfowl assemblage Greylag goose Knot Montrose Basin SPA Pink-footed goose X Redshank Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern Common tern Roseate tern Ocean quahog aggregations Sandwich tern Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Forth Islands SPA Gannet X Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 26/16 X Lesser black-backed gull MPA Geological feature: Moraines Puffin representative of the Wee Bankie Key Shag Geodiversity Area Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Eider Long-tailed duck Velvet scoter Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe 26/17 Little gull X X Common gull Arctic tern Eider Long-tailed duck 26/18 X Ocean quahog aggregations X Velvet scoter Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds Red-breasted merganser Complex dSPA MPA Geological feature: Moraines Gannet representative of the Wee Bankie Key 26/19 Manx shearwater X X Geodiversity Area Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill 26/20 Puffin X X Black-headed gull Herring gull

133 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Sandwich tern Bar-tailed godwit Golden plover Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Firth of Forth SPA Knot X Pink-footed goose Redshank Shelduck Turnstone Waterfowl assemblage St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X Arctic tern Common tern Ocean quahog aggregations Roseate tern Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Sandwich tern Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 26/21 X Forth Islands SPA Gannet X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Lesser black-backed gull representative of the Wee Bankie Key Puffin Geodiversity Area Shag Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Eider Long-tailed duck Velvet scoter Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull

134 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X SAC Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures

Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull 26/22 Common gull Ocean quahog aggregations Arctic tern Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Eider Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds Long-tailed duck X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Velvet scoter representative of the Wee Bankie Key Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Geodiversity Area Red-breasted merganser X Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull

Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Moderate energy circalittoral rock Common gull Subtidal coarse sediment Arctic tern Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Eider Subtidal mixed sediment Long-tailed duck Peat and clay exposures Velvet scoter Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay 26/23 Red-breasted merganser X Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Ocean quahog aggregations Kittiwake Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Guillemot Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Razorbill MPA Geological feature: Moraines Puffin representative of the Wee Bankie Key Black-headed gull Geodiversity Area Herring gull

135 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Red-throated diver Moderate energy circalittoral rock Slavonian grebe Subtidal coarse sediment Little gull Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Common gull Subtidal mixed sediment Arctic tern Peat and clay exposures Eider Long-tailed duck Velvet scoter Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay 26/24 Red-breasted merganser X Ocean quahog aggregations Complex dSPA Gannet Offshore subtidal sands and gravels

Manx shearwater Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Shag MPA Geological feature: Moraines

Kittiwake representative of the Wee Bankie Key

Guillemot Geodiversity Area Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull

North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment Red-throated diver X MCZ Subtidal sediment Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Moderate energy circalittoral rock Arctic tern Subtidal coarse sediment Eider Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Long-tailed duck Subtidal mixed sediment Velvet scoter Peat and clay exposures Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay 26/25 Red-breasted merganser X Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Ocean quahog aggregations Kittiwake Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Guillemot Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Razorbill MPA Geological feature: Moraines Puffin representative of the Wee Bankie Key Black-headed gull Geodiversity Area Herring gull

136 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal Estuaries Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey Moderate energy circalittoral rock St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X Subtidal coarse sediment SAC Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X Subtidal mixed sediment SAC Petalwort Peat and clay exposures Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, 26/26 Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light- X bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Forth Islands SPA X Ocean quahog aggregations black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Seabird assemblage Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, representative of the Wee Bankie Key Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Geodiversity Area Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull Roseate tern, Little tern, Common Northumberland pSPA tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, X Seabird assemblage

137 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Estuaries Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Moderate energy circalittoral rock Mudflats and sandflats Subtidal coarse sediment Inlets and bays Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Berwickshire and North Reefs X Subtidal mixed sediment Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Peat and clay exposures Grey seal Little tern Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Turnstone St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X Arctic tern Common tern Roseate tern Farne Islands SPA Sandwich tern X Guillemot Puffin Seabird assemblage Little tern Bar-tailed godwit Golden plover 26/27 Whooper swan Ringed plover Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover X Greylag goose Knot Light-bellied brent goose Wigeon Waterfowl assemblage Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Ocean quahog aggregations Eider Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Long-tailed duck Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Velvet scoter MPA Geological feature: Moraines Goldeneye representative of the Wee Bankie Key Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Geodiversity Area Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Roseate tern Little tern Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Sandwich tern Seabird assemblage

138 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Estuaries Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Moderate energy circalittoral rock Mudflats and sandflats Subtidal coarse sediment Inlets and bays Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Berwickshire and North Reefs X Subtidal mixed sediment Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Peat and clay exposures Grey seal Little tern Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Turnstone St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X Arctic tern Common tern Roseate tern Farne Islands SPA Sandwich tern X Guillemot Puffin Seabird assemblage Little tern Bar-tailed godwit Golden plover 26/28 Whooper swan Ringed plover Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover X Greylag goose Knot Light-bellied brent goose Wigeon Waterfowl assemblage Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Ocean quahog aggregations Eider Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Long-tailed duck Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Velvet scoter MPA Geological feature: Moraines Goldeneye representative of the Wee Bankie Key Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Geodiversity Area Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Roseate tern Little tern Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Sandwich tern Seabird assemblage

139 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment Reefs X X Northumberland Coast SAC MCZ Subtidal sediment Sea caves Grey seal Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Eider Long-tailed duck Velvet scoter Moderate energy circalittoral rock Goldeneye Subtidal coarse sediment Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Complex dSPA 26/29 Gannet Subtidal mixed sediment Manx shearwater Peat and clay exposures Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Roseate tern Ocean quahog aggregations Little tern Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Common tern Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds Northumberland pSPA X X Arctic tern MPA Geological feature: Moraines Sandwich tern representative of the Wee Bankie Key Seabird assemblage Geodiversity Area Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Eider Long-tailed duck Velvet scoter Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment Red-breasted merganser X X Complex dSPA MCZ Subtidal sediment Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot 26/30 Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Roseate tern Subtidal mixed sediment Little tern Peat and clay exposures Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Ocean quahog aggregations Arctic tern Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Sandwich tern Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds Seabird assemblage X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

140 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Ocean quahog aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels 27/1 Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Ocean quahog aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels 27/2 Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area Turbot Bank MPA Sandeels X Ocean quahog aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels 27/3 Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area 27/4 27/5

27/6 Ocean quahog aggregations X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels 27/7 Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key 27/8 Geodiversity Area X 27/9 27/10 27/11 Ocean quahog aggregations X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels 27/12 Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key 27/13 X Geodiversity Area 27/14 27/15 Ocean quahog aggregations 27/16 X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 27/17 MPA Geological feature: Moraines X representative of the Wee Bankie Key 27/18 Geodiversity Area X

27/19 Subtidal coarse sediment X Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ Geological feature: North Sea glacial 27/20 tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) X

141 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment

Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment 27/21 Peat and clay exposures

Ocean quahog aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures 27/22 Ocean quahog aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment 27/23 Ocean quahog aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area

Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial 27/24 tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial 27/25 tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment

142 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment

Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment 27/26 Peat and clay exposures

Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment 27/27 Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Ocean quahog aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment 27/28 Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Ocean quahog aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial 27/29 tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial 27/30 tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment 28/1 143 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Offshore deep sea muds 28/2 X East of Gannet and Montrose Ocean quahog aggregations (including Fields MPA sands and gravels as their supporting 28/3 X habitat) 28/6 28/7 Offshore deep sea muds East of Gannet and Montrose Ocean quahog aggregations (including 28/8 X Fields MPA sands and gravels as their supporting habitat) 28/11 28/12 28/13

28/14

28/16 X

28/17 X 28/18 X Subtidal coarse sediment 28/19 X Subtidal sand 28/21 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial 28/22 X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) 28/23 X 28/24 X 28/25 X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial 28/26 tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment 28/27 Subtidal coarse sediment X 28/28 Subtidal sand X Swallow Sand MCZ 28/29 Geological feature: North Sea glacial X 28/30 tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) 29/21 Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Fulmar MCZ X Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) 29/22 Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Fulmar MCZ X Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) 29/23 Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Fulmar MCZ X Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica )

144 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) 29/26 Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Fulmar MCZ X Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) 29/27 Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Fulmar MCZ X Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) 29/28 Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Fulmar MCZ X Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica )

145 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal Estuaries Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X SAC

North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X Ocean quahog aggregations Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 33/3 Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X X MPA Geological feature: Moraines goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , representative of the Wee Bankie Key Waterfowl assemblage Geodiversity Area Imperial Dock Lock, Leith SPA Common tern X St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X SPA Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light- X bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull Roseate tern, Little tern, Common Northumberland pSPA tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, X Seabird assemblage

146 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal Estuaries Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X SAC North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Little tern Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Ocean quahog aggregations Turnstone Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds 33/4 X Golden plover, Red-throated diver, MPA Geological feature: Moraines Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X representative of the Wee Bankie Key goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Geodiversity Area Waterfowl assemblage St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X SPA Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light- X bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull Roseate tern, Little tern, Common Northumberland pSPA tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, X Seabird assemblage

147 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal Estuaries Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X Moderate energy circalittoral rock SAC Subtidal coarse sediment North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X X SAC Petalwort Subtidal mixed sediment Mudflats and sandflats Peat and clay exposures Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X 33/5 goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X SPA Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate Farne Islands SPA tern, Sandwich tern , Guillemot, Puffin X , Seabird assemblage Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light- X bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate Ocean quahog aggregations tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Seabird assemblage MPA Geological feature: Moraines Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, representative of the Wee Bankie Key Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Geodiversity Area Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull Roseate tern, Little tern, Common Northumberland pSPA tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, X Seabird assemblage

148 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Estuaries Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X SAC Moderate energy circalittoral rock North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes Subtidal coarse sediment X SAC Petalwort Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Mudflats and sandflats Subtidal mixed sediment Inlets and bays Peat and clay exposures Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, 33/10 Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X SPA Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate Farne Islands SPA tern, Sandwich tern , Guillemot, Puffin X , Seabird assemblage Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light- X bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Ocean quahog aggregations Waterfowl assemblage Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, MPA Geological feature: Moraines Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, representative of the Wee Bankie Key Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Geodiversity Area Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull Roseate tern, Little tern, Common Northumberland pSPA tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, X Seabird assemblage

149 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Reefs Isle of May SAC X Grey seal Estuaries Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Moderate energy circalittoral rock Sea cliffs X SAC Subtidal coarse sediment

North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X X SAC Petalwort Subtidal mixed sediment Mudflats and sandflats Peat and clay exposures Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Red-throated diver, Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X 34/1 goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Waterfowl assemblage St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X SPA Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate Farne Islands SPA tern, Sandwich tern , Guillemot, Puffin X , Seabird assemblage Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light- X bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate Ocean quahog aggregations tern, Sandwich tern , Gannet, Lesser Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Forth Islands SPA X black-backed gull, Puffin, Shag , Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Seabird assemblage MPA Geological feature: Moraines Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, representative of the Wee Bankie Key Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Geodiversity Area Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull Roseate tern, Little tern, Common Northumberland pSPA tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, X Seabird assemblage

150 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Estuaries Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Moderate energy circalittoral rock Mudflats and sandflats Subtidal coarse sediment Inlets and bays Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Berwickshire and North Reefs X Subtidal mixed sediment Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Peat and clay exposures Grey seal Little tern Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Turnstone St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X Arctic tern Common tern Roseate tern Farne Islands SPA Sandwich tern X Guillemot Puffin Seabird assemblage Little tern Bar-tailed godwit Golden plover 34/2 Whooper swan Ringed plover Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover X Greylag goose Knot Light-bellied brent goose Wigeon Waterfowl assemblage Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Ocean quahog aggregations Eider Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Long-tailed duck Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Velvet scoter MPA Geological feature: Moraines Goldeneye representative of the Wee Bankie Key Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Geodiversity Area Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Roseate tern Little tern Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Sandwich tern Seabird assemblage

151 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment Estuaries X MCZ Subtidal sediment Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Little tern Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Turnstone St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X Arctic tern Common tern Roseate tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Farne Islands SPA Sandwich tern X Subtidal coarse sediment Guillemot Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Puffin Subtidal mixed sediment Seabird assemblage Peat and clay exposures Little tern Bar-tailed godwit Golden plover 34/3 Whooper swan Ringed plover Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover X Greylag goose Knot Light-bellied brent goose Wigeon Waterfowl assemblage Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Eider Long-tailed duck Velvet scoter Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Complex dSPA Ocean quahog aggregations Gannet Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Manx shearwater Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds Shag X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Kittiwake representative of the Wee Bankie Key Guillemot Geodiversity Area Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Roseate tern Little tern Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Sandwich tern Seabird assemblage

152 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Estuaries Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Mudflats and sandflats North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X Inlets and bays MCZ Subtidal sediment Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Little tern Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Turnstone Arctic tern Common tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Roseate tern Subtidal coarse sediment Farne Islands SPA Sandwich tern X Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Guillemot Subtidal mixed sediment Puffin Peat and clay exposures Seabird assemblage Little tern Bar-tailed godwit Golden plover Whooper swan Ringed plover Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover X Greylag goose 34/4 Knot Light-bellied brent goose Wigeon Waterfowl assemblage Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Ocean quahog aggregations Eider Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Long-tailed duck Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Velvet scoter MPA Geological feature: Moraines Goldeneye representative of the Wee Bankie Key Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Geodiversity Area Complex dSPA Gannet Manx shearwater Shag Kittiwake Guillemot Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Roseate tern Little tern Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Sandwich tern Seabird assemblage

153 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment Northumberland Coast SAC X Sea caves MCZ Subtidal sediment Grey seal Little tern Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Turnstone Arctic tern Common tern Roseate tern Farne Islands SPA Sandwich tern X Guillemot Puffin Seabird assemblage Moderate energy circalittoral rock Little tern Subtidal coarse sediment Bar-tailed godwit Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Golden plover Subtidal mixed sediment Whooper swan Peat and clay exposures Ringed plover Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover X Greylag goose Knot Light-bellied brent goose 34/5 Wigeon Waterfowl assemblage Red-throated diver Slavonian grebe Little gull Common gull Arctic tern Eider Long-tailed duck Velvet scoter Goldeneye Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Red-breasted merganser X Complex dSPA Ocean quahog aggregations Gannet Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Manx shearwater Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds Shag X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Kittiwake representative of the Wee Bankie Key Guillemot Geodiversity Area Razorbill Puffin Black-headed gull Herring gull Roseate tern Little tern Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Sandwich tern Seabird assemblage

154 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort

Low energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden High energy intertidal rock plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Intertidal mixed sediments Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light- X Intertidal coarse sediments bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Intertidal sand and muddy sand Waterfowl assemblage Intertidal mud Intertidal underboulder communities Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Peat and clay exposures Moderate energy infralittoral rock High energy infralittoral rock Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Roseate tern, Little tern, Common Subtidal sand Northumberland pSPA tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, X 34/6 Subtidal mixed sediment Seabird assemblage Subtidal mud Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X Running freshwater, Atlantic salmon, River Tweed SAC Otter, Sea lamprey, Brook lamprey, X River lamprey Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate Farne Islands SPA tern, Sandwich tern , Guillemot, Puffin X , Seabird assemblage Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Moderate energy circalittoral rock Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Subtidal coarse sediment Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Subtidal mixed sediment Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Peat and clay exposures Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X SPA

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X SAC Ocean quahog aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Sandwich tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Golden plover, Red-throated diver, MPA Geological feature: Moraines Firth of Forth SPA Slavonian grebe , Knot, Pink-footed X representative of the Wee Bankie Key goose, Redshank, Shelduck, Turnstone , Geodiversity Area Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate Coquet Island SPA tern, Sandwich tern, Puffin, Seabird X assemblage

155 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Moderate energy circalittoral rock Sea caves Subtidal coarse sediment Grey seal Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X Subtidal mixed sediment SAC Petalwort Peat and clay exposures Roseate tern, Little tern, Common Northumberland pSPA tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, X Seabird assemblage Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Ocean quahog aggregations Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light- X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds Waterfowl assemblage X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X representative of the Wee Bankie Key Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate Geodiversity Area Farne Islands SPA tern, Sandwich tern , Guillemot, Puffin X , Seabird assemblage Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey Estuaries Coastal saltmarshes and saline Mudflats and sandflats reedbeds Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey Aln Estuary MCZ Intertidal mud X 34/7 River lamprey Estuarine rocky habitats Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Sheltered muddy gravels Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

Low energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock High energy intertidal rock Intertidal mixed sediments St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Intertidal coarse sediments Seabird assemblage X SPA Intertidal sand and muddy sand Intertidal mud Intertidal underboulder communities Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Peat and clay exposures Moderate energy infralittoral rock High energy infralittoral rock Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate Subtidal sand Coquet Island SPA tern, Sandwich tern, Puffin, Seabird X Subtidal mixed sediment assemblage Subtidal mud St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X SAC

156 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Moderate energy circalittoral rock Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Subtidal coarse sediment Sea caves Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Grey seal Subtidal mixed sediment Roseate tern, Little tern, Common Peat and clay exposures Northumberland pSPA tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, X Seabird assemblage Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate Farne Islands SPA tern, Sandwich tern , Guillemot, Puffin X Ocean quahog aggregations , Seabird assemblage Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light- X representative of the Wee Bankie Key bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Geodiversity Area Waterfowl assemblage Northumbria Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X

North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Coastal saltmarshes and saline Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, reedbeds Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Aln Estuary MCZ Intertidal mud X Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Estuarine rocky habitats Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Sheltered muddy gravels Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Black-headed gull, Herring gull

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Low energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock High energy intertidal rock St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X Intertidal mixed sediments SPA Intertidal coarse sediments Intertidal sand and muddy sand Intertidal mud Intertidal underboulder communities Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Peat and clay exposures Moderate energy infralittoral rock High energy infralittoral rock Moderate energy circalittoral rock Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate Subtidal coarse sediment Coquet Island SPA tern, Sandwich tern, Puffin, Seabird X Subtidal sand assemblage Subtidal mixed sediment Running freshwater Subtidal mud Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey River lamprey St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X SAC Estuaries North east of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X Mudflats and sandflats MCZ Subtidal sediment Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey

157 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X River lamprey MCZ Subtidal sediment Estuaries Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Mudflats and sandflats Moderate energy circalittoral rock Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Subtidal coarse sediment Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Sea caves Subtidal mixed sediment Grey seal Peat and clay exposures Little tern Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Turnstone Coastal saltmarshes and saline 34/9 Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate reedbeds Coquet Island SPA tern, Sandwich tern, Puffin, Seabird X Aln Estuary MCZ X Intertidal mud assemblage Estuarine rocky habitats Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate Low energy intertidal rock Farne Islands SPA tern, Sandwich tern , Guillemot, Puffin X Moderate energy intertidal rock , Seabird assemblage High energy intertidal rock Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden Intertidal mixed sediments Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Intertidal coarse sediments Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light- X Intertidal sand and muddy sand bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Intertidal mud Waterfowl assemblage Intertidal underboulder communities Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Ocean quahog aggregations Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, MPA Geological feature: Moraines Black-headed gull, Herring gull representative of the Wee Bankie Key Roseate tern, Little tern, Common Geodiversity Area Northumberland pSPA tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, X Seabird assemblage

158 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X Subtidal coarse sediment SAC Petalwort Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Mudflats and sandflats Coastal saltmarshes and saline Inlets and bays reedbeds Berwickshire and North Reefs X Aln Estuary MCZ Intertidal mud X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Estuarine rocky habitats Grey seal Sheltered muddy gravels Low energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock High energy intertidal rock Intertidal mixed sediments Intertidal coarse sediments Intertidal sand and muddy sand Intertidal mud Little tern Intertidal underboulder communities Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Peat and clay exposures Turnstone Moderate energy infralittoral rock High energy infralittoral rock Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand 34/10 Subtidal mixed sediment Subtidal mud Arctic tern Common tern Roseate tern Farne Islands SPA Sandwich tern X Guillemot Puffin Seabird assemblage Little tern Bar-tailed godwit Golden plover Ocean quahog aggregations Whooper swan Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Ringed plover Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Greylag goose representative of the Wee Bankie Key Knot Geodiversity Area Light-bellied brent goose Wigeon Waterfowl assemblage Roseate tern Little tern Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Sandwich tern Seabird assemblage

159 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire & North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Moderate energy circalittoral rock Grey seal Subtidal coarse sediment Farne East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Northumberland Coast SPA Little tern, Purple sandpiper, Turnstone X Peat and clay exposures

Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate Farne Islands SPA tern, Sandwich tern , Guillemot, Puffin X , Seabird assemblage Little tern , Bar-tailed godwit, Golden plover, Whooper swan, Ringed plover , Coastal saltmarshes and saline Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover, Greylag goose, Knot, Light- X reedbeds bellied brent goose, Wigeon , Aln Estuary MCZ Intertidal mud X Waterfowl assemblage Estuarine rocky habitats Roseate tern, Little tern, Common Sheltered muddy gravels Northumberland pSPA tern, Arctic tern, Sandwich tern, X Seabird assemblage

Low energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock High energy intertidal rock Intertidal mixed sediments 34/12 Intertidal coarse sediments Running freshwater Intertidal sand and muddy sand Atlantic salmon Intertidal mud Otter River Tweed SAC X Intertidal underboulder communities Sea lamprey Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Peat and clay exposures Brook lamprey Moderate energy infralittoral rock River lamprey High energy infralittoral rock Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Subtidal mixed sediment Subtidal mud St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Seabird assemblage X Red-throated diver, Slavonian grebe, Little gull, Common gull, Arctic tern, Eider, Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter, Firth of Forth and Tay Bay Goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, X Complex dSPA Gannet, Manx shearwater, Shag, Ocean quahog aggregations Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Black-headed gull, Herring gull Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds St Abb's Head to Fast Castle Sea cliffs X X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Estuaries representative of the Wee Bankie Key Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Geodiversity Area Sea lamprey River lamprey Arctic tern, Common tern, Roseate Coquet Island SPA tern, Sandwich tern, Puffin, Seabird X assemblage

160 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Arctic tern Common tern Roseate tern Farne Islands SPA Sandwich tern X Guillemot Moderate energy circalittoral rock Puffin Subtidal coarse sediment Seabird assemblage Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Roseate tern Subtidal mixed sediment Little tern Peat and clay exposures Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Sandwich tern Seabird assemblage Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Little tern Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Coastal saltmarshes and saline Turnstone reedbeds Little tern Aln Estuary MCZ Intertidal mud X Bar-tailed godwit Estuarine rocky habitats 34/13 Golden plover Sheltered muddy gravels Whooper swan Ringed plover Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover X Greylag goose Knot Light-bellied brent goose Wigeon Waterfowl assemblage Arctic tern Common tern Roseate tern Coquet Island SPA X Sandwich tern Puffin Seabird assemblage Ocean quahog aggregations Running freshwater Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Atlantic salmon Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X Otter MPA Geological feature: Moraines River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey representative of the Wee Bankie Key Brook lamprey Geodiversity Area River lamprey Estuaries Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey

161 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Brook lamprey North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X River lamprey MCZ Subtidal sediment Estuaries Mudflats and sandflats Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Moderate energy circalittoral rock Mudflats and sandflats Subtidal coarse sediment Inlets and bays Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Berwickshire and North Reefs X Subtidal mixed sediment Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Peat and clay exposures Grey seal

Coastal saltmarshes and saline Little tern reedbeds Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Aln Estuary MCZ Intertidal mud X Turnstone Estuarine rocky habitats Sheltered muddy gravels

Arctic tern Common tern Low energy intertidal rock Roseate tern Moderate energy intertidal rock Coquet Island SPA X Sandwich tern High energy intertidal rock Puffin Intertidal mixed sediments Seabird assemblage Intertidal coarse sediments 34/14 Intertidal sand and muddy sand Intertidal mud Intertidal underboulder communities Arctic tern Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Peat and clay exposures Common tern Moderate energy infralittoral rock Roseate tern High energy infralittoral rock Farne Islands SPA Sandwich tern X Moderate energy circalittoral rock Guillemot Subtidal coarse sediment Puffin Subtidal sand Seabird assemblage Subtidal mixed sediment Subtidal mud

Little tern Bar-tailed godwit Golden plover Whooper swan Ringed plover Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover X Ocean quahog aggregations Greylag goose Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Knot Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds Light-bellied brent goose X MPA Geological feature: Moraines Wigeon representative of the Wee Bankie Key Waterfowl assemblage Geodiversity Area Roseate tern Little tern Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Sandwich tern Seabird assemblage

162 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X X SAC Petalwort MCZ Subtidal sediment Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Moderate energy circalittoral rock Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Subtidal coarse sediment Sea caves Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Grey seal Subtidal mixed sediment Little tern Peat and clay exposures Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Turnstone Arctic tern Common tern Roseate tern Coquet Island SPA X Sandwich tern Puffin Coastal saltmarshes and saline Seabird assemblage reedbeds Arctic tern Aln Estuary MCZ Intertidal mud X Common tern Estuarine rocky habitats Roseate tern Sheltered muddy gravels Farne Islands SPA Sandwich tern X 34/15 Guillemot Puffin Seabird assemblage Little tern Low energy intertidal rock Bar-tailed godwit Moderate energy intertidal rock Golden plover High energy intertidal rock Whooper swan Intertidal mixed sediments Ringed plover Intertidal coarse sediments Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover X Intertidal sand and muddy sand Greylag goose Intertidal mud Knot Intertidal underboulder communities Light-bellied brent goose Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Peat and clay exposures Wigeon Moderate energy infralittoral rock Waterfowl assemblage High energy infralittoral rock Roseate tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Little tern Subtidal coarse sediment Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Subtidal sand Arctic tern Subtidal mixed sediment Sandwich tern Subtidal mud Seabird assemblage

163 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Coastal saltmarshes and saline Roseate tern reedbeds Little tern Aln Estuary MCZ Intertidal mud X Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Estuarine rocky habitats Arctic tern Sheltered muddy gravels Sandwich tern Seabird assemblage

Low energy intertidal rock Little tern Moderate energy intertidal rock Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X High energy intertidal rock Turnstone Intertidal mixed sediments Intertidal coarse sediments Intertidal sand and muddy sand Intertidal mud Intertidal underboulder communities Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Peat and clay exposures Moderate energy infralittoral rock Running freshwater High energy infralittoral rock Atlantic salmon Moderate energy circalittoral rock Otter Subtidal coarse sediment River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Subtidal sand Brook lamprey Subtidal mixed sediment River lamprey Subtidal mud Arctic tern 34/17 Common tern Roseate tern Coquet Island SPA X Sandwich tern Puffin Seabird assemblage Little tern Bar-tailed godwit Golden plover Whooper swan Ringed plover Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover X Greylag goose Mudflats and sandflats Knot Inlets and bays Light-bellied brent goose Berwickshire and North Reefs X Wigeon Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Waterfowl assemblage Grey seal Arctic tern Common tern Roseate tern Farne Islands SPA Sandwich tern X Guillemot Puffin Seabird assemblage

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Estuaries Subtidal mixed sediment Mudflats and sandflats Peat and clay exposures Tweed Estuary SAC X Sea lamprey River lamprey

164 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment Brook lamprey X MCZ Subtidal sediment River lamprey Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Moderate energy circalittoral rock Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Subtidal coarse sediment Sea caves Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Grey seal Subtidal mixed sediment Little tern Peat and clay exposures Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Turnstone Arctic tern Common tern Roseate tern Coquet Island SPA X Sandwich tern Puffin Coastal saltmarshes and saline Seabird assemblage reedbeds 34/19 Arctic tern Aln Estuary MCZ Intertidal mud X Common tern Estuarine rocky habitats Roseate tern Sheltered muddy gravels Farne Islands SPA Sandwich tern X Guillemot Puffin Seabird assemblage Little tern Low energy intertidal rock Bar-tailed godwit Moderate energy intertidal rock Golden plover High energy intertidal rock Whooper swan Intertidal mixed sediments Ringed plover Intertidal coarse sediments Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover X Intertidal sand and muddy sand Greylag goose Intertidal mud Knot Intertidal underboulder communities Light-bellied brent goose Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Peat and clay exposures Wigeon Moderate energy infralittoral rock Waterfowl assemblage High energy infralittoral rock Roseate tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Little tern Subtidal coarse sediment Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Subtidal sand Arctic tern Subtidal mixed sediment Sandwich tern Subtidal mud Seabird assemblage

165 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X X MCZ Subtidal sediment SAC Petalwort Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Moderate energy circalittoral rock Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Subtidal coarse sediment Sea caves Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Grey seal Subtidal mixed sediment Little tern Peat and clay exposures Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Turnstone Arctic tern Common tern Roseate tern Coquet Island SPA X Sandwich tern Puffin Coastal saltmarshes and saline Seabird assemblage reedbeds Arctic tern Aln Estuary MCZ Intertidal mud X Common tern Estuarine rocky habitats Roseate tern Sheltered muddy gravels 34/20 Farne Islands SPA Sandwich tern X Guillemot Puffin Seabird assemblage Little tern Low energy intertidal rock Bar-tailed godwit Moderate energy intertidal rock Golden plover High energy intertidal rock Whooper swan Intertidal mixed sediments Ringed plover Intertidal coarse sediments Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover X Intertidal sand and muddy sand Greylag goose Intertidal mud Knot Intertidal underboulder communities Light-bellied brent goose Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Peat and clay exposures Wigeon Moderate energy infralittoral rock Waterfowl assemblage High energy infralittoral rock Roseate tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Little tern Subtidal coarse sediment Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Subtidal sand Arctic tern Subtidal mixed sediment Sandwich tern Subtidal mud Seabird assemblage

166 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Running freshwater Atlantic salmon Otter Moderate energy circalittoral rock River Tweed SAC X Sea lamprey Subtidal coarse sediment Brook lamprey Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X River lamprey Subtidal mixed sediment Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X Peat and clay exposures North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Coastal saltmarshes and saline Little tern reedbeds Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Aln Estuary MCZ Intertidal mud X Turnstone Estuarine rocky habitats Arctic tern Sheltered muddy gravels Common tern Roseate tern Coquet Island SPA X Sandwich tern Puffin Seabird assemblage 34/24 Arctic tern Common tern Roseate tern Farne Islands SPA Sandwich tern X Guillemot Low energy intertidal rock Puffin Moderate energy intertidal rock Seabird assemblage High energy intertidal rock Little tern Intertidal mixed sediments Bar-tailed godwit Intertidal coarse sediments Golden plover Intertidal sand and muddy sand Whooper swan Intertidal mud Ringed plover Intertidal underboulder communities Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Lindisfarne SPA Grey plover X Peat and clay exposures Greylag goose Moderate energy infralittoral rock Knot High energy infralittoral rock Light-bellied brent goose Moderate energy circalittoral rock Wigeon Subtidal coarse sediment Waterfowl assemblage Subtidal sand Roseate tern Subtidal mixed sediment Little tern Subtidal mud Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Sandwich tern Seabird assemblage

167 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X SAC Petalwort Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Mudflats and sandflats Coastal saltmarshes and saline Inlets and bays reedbeds Berwickshire and North Reefs X Aln Estuary MCZ Intertidal mud X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Estuarine rocky habitats Grey seal Sheltered muddy gravels Little tern Low energy intertidal rock Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Moderate energy intertidal rock 34/25 Turnstone High energy intertidal rock Arctic tern Intertidal mixed sediments Common tern Intertidal coarse sediments Roseate tern Coquet Island SPA X Intertidal sand and muddy sand Sandwich tern Intertidal mud Puffin Intertidal underboulder communities Seabird assemblage Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Peat and clay exposures Moderate energy infralittoral rock Roseate tern High energy infralittoral rock Little tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Subtidal coarse sediment Arctic tern Subtidal sand Sandwich tern Subtidal mixed sediment Seabird assemblage Subtidal mud

Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X Subtidal mixed sediment SAC Petalwort Peat and clay exposures

Mudflats and sandflats Coastal saltmarshes and saline Inlets and bays reedbeds Berwickshire and North Reefs X Aln Estuary MCZ Intertidal mud X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Estuarine rocky habitats Grey seal Sheltered muddy gravels Little tern Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Turnstone Low energy intertidal rock Little tern Moderate energy intertidal rock Sandwich tern 34/30 High energy intertidal rock Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast Ringed plover X Intertidal mixed sediments SPA Knot Intertidal coarse sediments Redshank Intertidal sand and muddy sand Waterfowl assemblage Intertidal mud Arctic tern Intertidal underboulder communities Common tern Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Peat and clay exposures Roseate tern Coquet Island SPA X Moderate energy infralittoral rock Sandwich tern High energy infralittoral rock Puffin Moderate energy circalittoral rock Seabird assemblage Subtidal coarse sediment Roseate tern Subtidal sand Little tern Subtidal mixed sediment Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Subtidal mud Arctic tern Sandwich tern Seabird assemblage

168 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment Reefs X X Northumberland Coast SAC MCZ Subtidal sediment Sea caves Grey seal Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X 35/1 Roseate tern Subtidal mixed sediment Little tern Peat and clay exposures Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Ocean quahog aggregations Arctic tern Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Sandwich tern Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds Seabird assemblage X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment 35/2 Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Ocean quahog aggregations Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds X MPA Geological feature: Moraines representative of the Wee Bankie Key Geodiversity Area Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X 35/3 MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X 35/4 MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial 35/5 tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment

169 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment Reefs X X Northumberland Coast SAC MCZ Subtidal sediment Sea caves Grey seal Arctic tern Common tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Roseate tern Subtidal coarse sediment Farne Islands SPA Sandwich tern X Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X 35/6 Guillemot Subtidal mixed sediment Puffin Peat and clay exposures Seabird assemblage Roseate tern Ocean quahog aggregations Little tern Offshore subtidal sands and gravels Common tern Firth of Forth Banks Complex Shelf banks and mounds Northumberland pSPA X X Arctic tern MPA Geological feature: Moraines Sandwich tern representative of the Wee Bankie Key Seabird assemblage Geodiversity Area Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Roseate tern tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Little tern North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment Common tern X 35/7 Northumberland pSPA X MCZ Subtidal sediment Arctic tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Sandwich tern Subtidal coarse sediment Seabird assemblage Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X 35/8 MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X 35/9 MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial 35/10 tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment

170 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X X SAC Petalwort MCZ Subtidal sediment Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Moderate energy circalittoral rock Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Subtidal coarse sediment Sea caves Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Grey seal Subtidal mixed sediment Little tern Peat and clay exposures Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Turnstone Arctic tern Common tern Low energy intertidal rock Roseate tern Coquet Island SPA X Moderate energy intertidal rock Sandwich tern High energy intertidal rock 35/11 Puffin Intertidal mixed sediments Seabird assemblage Intertidal coarse sediments Arctic tern Intertidal sand and muddy sand Common tern Intertidal mud Roseate tern Intertidal underboulder communities Farne Islands SPA Sandwich tern X Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Peat and clay exposures Guillemot Moderate energy infralittoral rock Puffin High energy infralittoral rock Seabird assemblage Moderate energy circalittoral rock Roseate tern Subtidal coarse sediment Little tern Subtidal sand Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Subtidal mixed sediment Arctic tern Subtidal mud Sandwich tern Seabird assemblage Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Roseate tern tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Little tern North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment Common tern X 35/12 Northumberland pSPA X MCZ Subtidal sediment Arctic tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Sandwich tern Subtidal coarse sediment Seabird assemblage Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X 35/13 MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X 35/14 MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures

171 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial 35/15 tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X X SAC Petalwort MCZ Subtidal sediment Mudflats and sandflats Moderate energy circalittoral rock Inlets and bays Subtidal coarse sediment Berwickshire and North Reefs X Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Subtidal mixed sediment Grey seal Peat and clay exposures Little tern Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Low energy intertidal rock Turnstone Moderate energy intertidal rock High energy intertidal rock Arctic tern Intertidal mixed sediments 35/16 Common tern Intertidal coarse sediments Roseate tern Intertidal sand and muddy sand Coquet Island SPA X Sandwich tern Intertidal mud Puffin Intertidal underboulder communities Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Seabird assemblage Peat and clay exposures Moderate energy infralittoral rock Roseate tern High energy infralittoral rock Little tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Common tern Subtidal coarse sediment Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Subtidal sand Sandwich tern Subtidal mixed sediment Seabird assemblage Subtidal mud

Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Roseate tern tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Little tern North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment Common tern X 35/17 Northumberland pSPA X MCZ Subtidal sediment Arctic tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Sandwich tern Subtidal coarse sediment Seabird assemblage Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X 35/18 MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X 35/19 MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures

172 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand 35/20 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X X MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X SAC Petalwort Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Low energy intertidal rock Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Moderate energy intertidal rock Grey seal High energy intertidal rock Little tern Intertidal mixed sediments 35/21 Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Intertidal coarse sediments Turnstone Intertidal sand and muddy sand Arctic tern Intertidal mud Common tern Intertidal underboulder communities Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Roseate tern Peat and clay exposures Coquet Island SPA X Sandwich tern Moderate energy infralittoral rock Puffin High energy infralittoral rock Seabird assemblage Moderate energy circalittoral rock Roseate tern Subtidal coarse sediment Little tern Subtidal sand Common tern Subtidal mixed sediment Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Subtidal mud Sandwich tern Seabird assemblage North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures

Low energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock Roseate tern High energy intertidal rock Little tern Intertidal mixed sediments Common tern 35/22 Northumberland pSPA X Intertidal coarse sediments Arctic tern Intertidal sand and muddy sand Sandwich tern Intertidal mud Seabird assemblage Intertidal underboulder communities Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ Peat and clay exposures Moderate energy infralittoral rock High energy infralittoral rock Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Subtidal mixed sediment Subtidal mud

173 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X 35/23 MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial 35/24 tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial 35/25 tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment Moderate energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X Farnes East MCZ Subtidal sand X Subtidal mixed sediment Peat and clay exposures Mudflats and sandflats Inlets and bays Berwickshire and North Reefs X Northumberland Coast SAC Sea caves Grey seal Little tern Low energy intertidal rock Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Moderate energy intertidal rock Turnstone High energy intertidal rock Little tern Intertidal mixed sediments Sandwich tern Intertidal coarse sediments 35/26 Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast Ringed plover Intertidal sand and muddy sand X SPA Knot Intertidal mud Redshank Intertidal underboulder communities Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Waterfowl assemblage Peat and clay exposures Arctic tern Moderate energy infralittoral rock Common tern High energy infralittoral rock Roseate tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Coquet Island SPA X Sandwich tern Subtidal coarse sediment Puffin Subtidal sand Seabird assemblage Subtidal mixed sediment Roseate tern Subtidal mud Little tern Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Sandwich tern Seabird assemblage

174 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X Low energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock High energy intertidal rock Little tern Intertidal mixed sediments Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Intertidal coarse sediments Turnstone Intertidal sand and muddy sand Intertidal mud Intertidal underboulder communities 35/27 Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Peat and clay exposures Moderate energy infralittoral rock Roseate tern High energy infralittoral rock Little tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Subtidal coarse sediment Arctic tern Subtidal sand Sandwich tern Subtidal mixed sediment Seabird assemblage Subtidal mud

35/28

35/29 Subtidal coarse sediment X Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ Geological feature: North Sea glacial 35/30 X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial 36/1 tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment

Subtidal coarse sediment 36/2 X Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ Geological feature: North Sea glacial 36/3 tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) X Subtidal coarse sediment 36/4 X X Subtidal sand Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise Swallow Sand MCZ Geological feature: North Sea glacial 36/5 X X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial 36/6 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment 36/7 X Subtidal coarse sediment X 36/8 X Subtidal sand X Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise Swallow Sand MCZ 36/9 X Geological feature: North Sea glacial X 36/10 X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial 36/11 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment 36/12 X Subtidal coarse sediment X 36/13 X Subtidal sand X Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise Swallow Sand MCZ 36/14 X Geological feature: North Sea glacial X 36/15 X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) X

175 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial 36/16 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) North East of Farnes Deep Subtidal coarse sediment X MCZ Subtidal sediment 36/17 X Subtidal coarse sediment X Subtidal sand 36/18 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial 36/19 X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) X

Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 36/20 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

36/21 X Subtidal coarse sediment X Subtidal sand Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise Swallow Sand MCZ 36/22 X Geological feature: North Sea glacial X 36/23 X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand 36/24 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand 36/25 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X 36/26 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X 36/27 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand 36/28 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand 36/29 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand 36/30 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand 37/1 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) 37/2 Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Fulmar MCZ X Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica )

176 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) 37/3 Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Fulmar MCZ X Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) 37/4 Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Fulmar MCZ X Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand 37/6 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) 37/7 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Fulmar MCZ X Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) 37/8 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Fulmar MCZ X Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) 37/9 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Fulmar MCZ X Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) 37/10 Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Fulmar MCZ X Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand 37/11 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/12 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/13 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole)

177 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/14 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/15 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/16 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/17 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/18 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/19 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/20 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/21 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/22 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/23 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/24 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/25 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/26 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/27 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Subtidal coarse sediment Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal sand 37/28 Swallow Sand MCZ X Geological feature: North Sea glacial Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X tunnel valleys (Swallow Hole) Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 37/29 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 37/30 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

178 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand 38/6 Fulmar MCZ X Subtidal mud Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica )

38/7 X Subtidal mixed sediments X 38/8 X Subtidal sand X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks Fulmar MCZ 38/9 X Subtidal mud X 38/10 X Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 38/11 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 38/12 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X 38/13 X 38/14 Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 38/15 X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 38/16 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 38/17 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 38/18 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X 38/19 X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks 38/20 X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 38/21 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 38/22 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 38/23 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 38/24 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X 38/25 Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 38/26 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 38/27 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 38/28 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 38/29 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 38/30 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X 39/6 X 39/7 X 39/11 X 39/12 X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks 39/16 X 39/17 X 39/21 X 39/26 X

179 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X North Northumberland Dunes Coastal dunes X SAC Petalwort Little tern Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Low energy intertidal rock Turnstone Moderate energy intertidal rock Little tern High energy intertidal rock Sandwich tern Intertidal mixed sediments Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast Ringed plover Intertidal coarse sediments X SPA Knot Intertidal sand and muddy sand Redshank Intertidal mud Waterfowl assemblage Intertidal underboulder communities 40/3 Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Arctic tern Peat and clay exposures Common tern Moderate energy infralittoral rock Roseate tern High energy infralittoral rock Coquet Island SPA X Sandwich tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Puffin Subtidal coarse sediment Seabird assemblage Subtidal sand Roseate tern Subtidal mixed sediment Little tern Subtidal mud Common tern Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Sandwich tern Seabird assemblage Low energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock High energy intertidal rock Intertidal sand and muddy sand Moderate energy infralittoral rock Runswick Bay MCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Low energy intertidal rock Little tern Moderate energy intertidal rock 40/5 Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X High energy intertidal rock Turnstone Intertidal mixed sediments Little tern Intertidal coarse sediments Sandwich tern Intertidal sand and muddy sand Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast Ringed plover Intertidal mud X SPA Knot Intertidal underboulder communities Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Redshank Peat and clay exposures Waterfowl assemblage Moderate energy infralittoral rock Roseate tern High energy infralittoral rock Little tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Common tern Subtidal coarse sediment Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Subtidal sand Sandwich tern Subtidal mixed sediment Seabird assemblage Subtidal mud

180 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Low energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock High energy intertidal rock Intertidal sand and muddy sand Moderate energy infralittoral rock Runswick Bay MCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Low energy intertidal rock Little tern Moderate energy intertidal rock 40/9 Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X High energy intertidal rock Turnstone Intertidal mixed sediments Little tern Intertidal coarse sediments Sandwich tern Intertidal sand and muddy sand Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast Ringed plover Intertidal mud X SPA Knot Intertidal underboulder communities Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Redshank Peat and clay exposures Waterfowl assemblage Moderate energy infralittoral rock Roseate tern High energy infralittoral rock Little tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Common tern Subtidal coarse sediment Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Subtidal sand Sandwich tern Subtidal mixed sediment Seabird assemblage Subtidal mud Low energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock High energy intertidal rock Intertidal sand and muddy sand Moderate energy infralittoral rock Runswick Bay MCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Low energy intertidal rock Little tern Moderate energy intertidal rock 41/1 Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X High energy intertidal rock Turnstone Intertidal mixed sediments Little tern Intertidal coarse sediments Sandwich tern Intertidal sand and muddy sand Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast Ringed plover Intertidal mud X SPA Knot Intertidal underboulder communities Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Redshank Peat and clay exposures Waterfowl assemblage Moderate energy infralittoral rock Roseate tern High energy infralittoral rock Little tern Moderate energy circalittoral rock Common tern Subtidal coarse sediment Northumberland pSPA X Arctic tern Subtidal sand Sandwich tern Subtidal mixed sediment Seabird assemblage Subtidal mud

181 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Low energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock High energy intertidal rock Intertidal sand and muddy sand Moderate energy infralittoral rock Runswick Bay MCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Low energy intertidal rock Little tern Moderate energy intertidal rock 41/2 Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X High energy intertidal rock Turnstone Intertidal mixed sediments Intertidal coarse sediments Intertidal sand and muddy sand Intertidal mud Little tern Intertidal underboulder communities Coquet to St. Mary's MCZ X Sandwich tern Peat and clay exposures Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast Ringed plover Moderate energy infralittoral rock X SPA Knot High energy infralittoral rock Redshank Moderate energy circalittoral rock Waterfowl assemblage Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal sand Subtidal mixed sediment Subtidal mud Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

Low energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock Little tern High energy intertidal rock Sandwich tern Intertidal sand and muddy sand Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast Ringed plover Moderate energy infralittoral rock 41/3 X SPA Knot Runswick Bay MCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Redshank Subtidal coarse sediment Waterfowl assemblage Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica )

Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Low energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock High energy intertidal rock Intertidal sand and muddy sand Moderate energy infralittoral rock 41/4 Runswick Bay MCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) 41/5 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

182 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Low energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock High energy intertidal rock Intertidal sand and muddy sand Moderate energy infralittoral rock Runswick Bay MCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal mixed sediments Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin 41/9 Sea cliffs X Subtidal sand Hood's Bay) SAC Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) High energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock Low energy intertidal rock Castle Ground rMCZ Intertidal coarse sediment X Intertidal sand and muddy sand Intertidal mud Intertidal underboulder communities Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Low energy intertidal rock Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Moderate energy intertidal rock Sea cliffs X Hood's Bay) SAC High energy intertidal rock Intertidal sand and muddy sand Moderate energy infralittoral rock 41/10 Runswick Bay MCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal mixed sediments Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Subtidal sand Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Low energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock High energy intertidal rock Intertidal sand and muddy sand Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Moderate energy infralittoral rock Sea cliffs X Hood's Bay) SAC Runswick Bay MCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal mixed sediments Subtidal sand Subtidal mud 41/15 Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Reefs Flamborough Head SAC Sea cliffs X Sea caves High energy intertidal rock Flamborough Head and Kittiwake Moderate energy intertidal rock X Bempton Cliffs SPA Seabird assemblage Low energy intertidal rock Kittiwake Castle Ground rMCZ Intertidal coarse sediment X Gannet Intertidal sand and muddy sand Flamborough and Filey Coast Guillemot X Intertidal mud pSPA Razorbill Intertidal underboulder communities Seabird assemblage Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

183 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Sea cliffs X Low energy intertidal rock Hood's Bay) SAC Moderate energy intertidal rock High energy intertidal rock Reefs Intertidal sand and muddy sand Flamborough Head SAC Sea cliffs X Moderate energy infralittoral rock Sea caves Runswick Bay MCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Subtidal coarse sediment Subtidal mixed sediments Flamborough Head and Kittiwake X Subtidal sand Bempton Cliffs SPA Seabird assemblage Subtidal mud Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Bewick's swan Black-tailed godwit Common scoter Common tern Curlew Dark-bellied brent goose 41/23 Dunlin Gadwall High energy intertidal rock Goldeneye Moderate energy intertidal rock Grey plover Low energy intertidal rock Greater Wash dSPA Knot X Castle Ground rMCZ Intertidal coarse sediment X Little tern Intertidal sand and muddy sand Oystercatcher Intertidal mud Pink-footed goose Intertidal underboulder communities Pintail Redshank Sanderling Shelduck Turnstone Widgeon Waterfowl assemblage Kittiwake Gannet Flamborough and Filey Coast Subtidal coarse sediment Guillemot X Holderness Offshore rMCZ X pSPA Subtidal mixed sediment Razorbill Seabird assemblage

184 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Intertidal sand and muddy sand Reefs Moderate energy circalittoral rock Flamborough Head SAC Sea cliffs X High energy circalittoral rock Sea caves Subtidal coarse sediment Holderness Inshore MCZ Subtidal mixed sediments X Subtidal sand Kittiwake Subtidal mud Gannet Geological feature: Spurn Head Flamborough and Filey Coast Guillemot X (subtidal) pSPA Razorbill Seabird assemblage

Flamborough Head and Kittiwake X Bempton Cliffs SPA Seabird assemblage

Bewick's swan Black-tailed godwit 41/29 Common scoter Common tern Curlew High energy intertidal rock Dark-bellied brent goose Moderate energy intertidal rock Dunlin Low energy intertidal rock Gadwall Castle Ground rMCZ Intertidal coarse sediment X Goldeneye Intertidal sand and muddy sand Grey plover Intertidal mud Greater Wash dSPA Knot X Intertidal underboulder communities Little tern Oystercatcher Pink-footed goose Pintail Redshank Sanderling Shelduck Turnstone Widgeon Waterfowl assemblage Hornsea Mere SPA Gadwall X Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Subtidal coarse sediment Sea cliffs X Holderness Offshore rMCZ X Hood's Bay) SAC Subtidal mixed sediment Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X

185 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Reefs Intertidal sand and muddy sand Flamborough Head SAC Sea cliffs X Moderate energy circalittoral rock Sea caves High energy circalittoral rock Subtidal coarse sediment Holderness Inshore MCZ Subtidal mixed sediments X Flamborough Head and Kittiwake Subtidal sand X Bempton Cliffs SPA Seabird assemblage Subtidal mud Kittiwake Geological feature: Spurn Head Gannet (subtidal) Flamborough and Filey Coast Guillemot X pSPA Razorbill Seabird assemblage Bewick's swan Black-tailed godwit Common scoter Common tern Curlew 41/30 Dark-bellied brent goose Dunlin Gadwall High energy intertidal rock Goldeneye Moderate energy intertidal rock Grey plover Low energy intertidal rock Greater Wash dSPA Knot X Castle Ground rMCZ Intertidal coarse sediment X Little tern Intertidal sand and muddy sand Oystercatcher Intertidal mud Pink-footed goose Intertidal underboulder communities Pintail Redshank Sanderling Shelduck Turnstone Widgeon Waterfowl assemblage Hornsea Mere SPA Gadwall X Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Subtidal coarse sediment Sea cliffs X Holderness Offshore rMCZ X Hood's Bay) SAC Subtidal mixed sediment Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X 42/1 X X Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock 42/2 X X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 42/3 Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 42/4 Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 42/5 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X 42/6 X X Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock 42/7 X X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 42/8 Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 42/9 Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 42/10 Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

186 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Sea cliffs X Hood's Bay) SAC Reefs High energy intertidal rock Flamborough Head SAC Sea cliffs X Moderate energy intertidal rock Sea caves 42/11 Low energy intertidal rock Kittiwake Castle Ground rMCZ Intertidal coarse sediment X Gannet Flamborough and Filey Coast Intertidal sand and muddy sand Guillemot X pSPA Intertidal mud Razorbill Intertidal underboulder communities Seabird assemblage Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 42/12 Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 42/13 Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 42/14 Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Sea cliffs X Hood's Bay) SAC High energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock Reefs Low energy intertidal rock Flamborough Head SAC Sea cliffs X Castle Ground rMCZ Intertidal coarse sediment X Sea caves Intertidal sand and muddy sand Flamborough Head and Kittiwake Intertidal mud X Bempton Cliffs SPA Seabird assemblage Intertidal underboulder communities Bewick's swan Black-tailed godwit Common scoter Common tern Curlew Dark-bellied brent goose Dunlin Intertidal sand and muddy sand Gadwall Moderate energy circalittoral rock 42/16 Goldeneye High energy circalittoral rock Grey plover Subtidal coarse sediment Greater Wash dSPA Knot X Holderness Inshore MCZ Subtidal mixed sediments X Little tern Subtidal sand Oystercatcher Subtidal mud Pink-footed goose Geological feature: Spurn Head Pintail (subtidal) Redshank Sanderling Shelduck Turnstone Widgeon Waterfowl assemblage Kittiwake Gannet Flamborough and Filey Coast Guillemot X Subtidal coarse sediment pSPA Holderness Offshore rMCZ X Razorbill Subtidal mixed sediment Seabird assemblage Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

187 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km

Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Low energy intertidal rock Sea cliffs X Hood's Bay) SAC Moderate energy intertidal rock High energy intertidal rock Intertidal sand and muddy sand Moderate energy infralittoral rock Durham Coast SAC Sea cliffs X Runswick Bay MCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Reefs Subtidal coarse sediment Flamborough Head SAC Sea cliffs X Subtidal mixed sediments Sea caves Subtidal sand Kittiwake Subtidal mud Gannet Flamborough and Filey Coast Ocean quahog (Arctica islandica ) Guillemot X pSPA Razorbill Seabird assemblage 42/17

Flamborough Head and Kittiwake X Bempton Cliffs SPA Seabird assemblage High energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock Low energy intertidal rock Little tern Castle Ground rMCZ Intertidal coarse sediment X Northumbria Coast SPA Purple sandpiper X Intertidal sand and muddy sand Turnstone Intertidal mud Little tern Intertidal underboulder communities Sandwich tern Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast Ringed plover X SPA Knot Redshank Waterfowl assemblage

188 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Sea cliffs X Hood's Bay) SAC High energy intertidal rock Reefs Moderate energy intertidal rock Flamborough Head SAC Sea cliffs X Low energy intertidal rock Sea caves Castle Ground rMCZ Intertidal coarse sediment X Hornsea Mere SPA Gadwall X Intertidal sand and muddy sand Flamborough Head and Kittiwake Intertidal mud X Bempton Cliffs SPA Seabird assemblage Intertidal underboulder communities Bewick's swan Black-tailed godwit Common scoter Common tern Curlew Dark-bellied brent goose Dunlin Intertidal sand and muddy sand Gadwall Moderate energy circalittoral rock Goldeneye High energy circalittoral rock 42/21 Grey plover Subtidal coarse sediment Greater Wash dSPA Knot X Holderness Inshore MCZ Subtidal mixed sediments X Little tern Subtidal sand Oystercatcher Subtidal mud Pink-footed goose Geological feature: Spurn Head Pintail (subtidal) Redshank Sanderling Shelduck Turnstone Widgeon Waterfowl assemblage Kittiwake Gannet Flamborough and Filey Coast Guillemot X Subtidal coarse sediment pSPA Holderness Offshore rMCZ X Razorbill Subtidal mixed sediment Seabird assemblage Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

189 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Reefs Flamborough Head SAC Sea cliffs X Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Sea caves

Hornsea Mere SPA Gadwall X High energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock Low energy intertidal rock Castle Ground rMCZ Intertidal coarse sediment X Flamborough Head and Kittiwake Intertidal sand and muddy sand X Bempton Cliffs SPA Seabird assemblage Intertidal mud Intertidal underboulder communities

Bewick's swan Black-tailed godwit Common scoter Common tern Curlew Dark-bellied brent goose Dunlin Intertidal sand and muddy sand 42/22 Gadwall Moderate energy circalittoral rock Goldeneye High energy circalittoral rock Grey plover Subtidal coarse sediment Greater Wash dSPA Knot X Holderness Inshore MCZ Subtidal mixed sediments X Little tern Subtidal sand Oystercatcher Subtidal mud Pink-footed goose Geological feature: Spurn Head Pintail (subtidal) Redshank Sanderling Shelduck Turnstone Widgeon Waterfowl assemblage Kittiwake Gannet Flamborough and Filey Coast Guillemot X Subtidal coarse sediment pSPA Holderness Offshore rMCZ X Razorbill Subtidal mixed sediment Seabird assemblage Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

190 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Sea cliffs X Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Hood's Bay) SAC High energy intertidal rock Moderate energy intertidal rock Reefs Low energy intertidal rock Flamborough Head SAC Sea cliffs X Castle Ground rMCZ Intertidal coarse sediment X Sea caves Intertidal sand and muddy sand Intertidal mud Intertidal underboulder communities Hornsea Mere SPA Gadwall X Flamborough Head and Kittiwake X Bempton Cliffs SPA Seabird assemblage Bewick's swan Black-tailed godwit Common scoter Common tern Curlew Intertidal sand and muddy sand Dark-bellied brent goose Moderate energy circalittoral rock Dunlin High energy circalittoral rock 42/26 Gadwall Subtidal coarse sediment Goldeneye Holderness Inshore MCZ Subtidal mixed sediments X Grey plover Subtidal sand Greater Wash dSPA Knot X Subtidal mud Little tern Geological feature: Spurn Head Oystercatcher (subtidal) Pink-footed goose Pintail Redshank Sanderling Shelduck Turnstone Widgeon Waterfowl assemblage Kittiwake Gannet Flamborough and Filey Coast Guillemot X Subtidal coarse sediment pSPA Holderness Offshore rMCZ X Razorbill Subtidal mixed sediment Seabird assemblage Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

191 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Reefs Flamborough Head SAC Sea cliffs X Compass Rose rMCZ Moderate energy circalittoral rock X Sea caves

High energy intertidal rock Hornsea Mere SPA Gadwall X Moderate energy intertidal rock Low energy intertidal rock Castle Ground rMCZ Intertidal coarse sediment X Flamborough Head and Kittiwake Intertidal sand and muddy sand X Bempton Cliffs SPA Seabird assemblage Intertidal mud Intertidal underboulder communities

Bewick's swan

Black-tailed godwit

Common scoter

Common tern

Curlew Dark-bellied brent goose Dunlin Intertidal sand and muddy sand 42/27 Gadwall Moderate energy circalittoral rock Goldeneye High energy circalittoral rock Grey plover Subtidal coarse sediment Greater Wash dSPA Knot X Holderness Inshore MCZ Subtidal mixed sediments X Little tern Subtidal sand Oystercatcher Subtidal mud Pink-footed goose Geological feature: Spurn Head Pintail (subtidal) Redshank Sanderling Shelduck Turnstone Widgeon Waterfowl assemblage Kittiwake Gannet Flamborough and Filey Coast Guillemot X Subtidal coarse sediment pSPA Holderness Offshore rMCZ X Razorbill Subtidal mixed sediment Seabird assemblage Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 43/1 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 43/2 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 43/3 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 43/4 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 43/5 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 43/6 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 43/7 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 43/8 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 43/9 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 43/10 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 44/1 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 44/2 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 44/3 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X

192 Last updated 12th July 2016 29th Licensing Round – Matrix of Blocks and Conservation Sites: Mid North Sea High Natura 2000 Sites Marine Protected Areas (MPAs and MCZs) Block Site name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Site Name Features Inside Within 10km Within 15km Within 40km Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 44/4 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X 44/5 Southern North Sea pSAC Harbour porpoise X 45/1 Dogger Bank SCI Sandbanks X

193 Last updated 12th July 2016