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Milton Loch
Milton Loch is an alkaline freshwater loch located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. In the loch and nearby are archaeological sites including three crannogs. Location Milton Loch is in the region of Dumfries and Galloway and more locally, the parish of Haugh of Urr, Urr. It is part of the Urr Basin. Close locations include Milton, Crocketford and Dumfries. Biology Milton Loch and its surroundings are popular birdwatching locations. They are home to many species of wildlife, including: Plant life *Alder *Bottle sedge, Bottle Sedge *Canadian Waterweed *Common Duckweed *Common nettle, Common Nettle *Common swallow-wart, Common Sallow *Ivy-leaved duckweed, Ivy-leaved Duckweed *Lesser pondweed, Lesser Pondweed *Marsh Horsetail *Marsh Marigold, Marsh-marigold *Meadow-sweet, Meadowsweet *Perfoliate Pondweed *Purple loosestrife, Purple-loosestrife *Reed Canary-grass *''Chara aspera'' *''Chara globularis'' *Shoreweed *Water horsetail, Water Horsetail *Water Mint Animal lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumfries And Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Wigtownshire, the latter two of which are collectively known as Galloway. The administrative centre and largest settlement is the town of Dumfries. The second largest town is Stranraer, on the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel coast, some to the west of Dumfries. Following the 1975 reorganisation of local government in Scotland, the three counties were joined to form a single regions and districts of Scotland, region of Dumfries and Galloway, with four districts within it. The districts were abolished in 1996, since when Dumfries and Galloway has been a unitary local authority. For lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy purposes, the area is divided into three lieutenancy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
