Land cover change in Scotland
| Rough Grassland | Intermediate Grassland | Smooth Grassland | Blanket Mire | Lowland Mire | Heather Moorland | Lochs | Canals | Reservoirs | Ditches | Rivers | Marginal Inundation | Streams | Wet Ground | Built Land | Quarry | Recreational Land | Rock/Cliff | Transport Corridor | Bare Ground | Tracks | Bracken | Low Scrub | Tall Scrub | Arable | Broadleaved Woodland | Coniferous Woodland | Mixed Woodland | Young Plantation | Broadleaved Plantation | Coniferous Plantation | Parkland | Felled Woodland | Hedgerows | Line of Trees |
Results - Feature - Mire
Lowland Mire
Generally dome formations of raised bog, but included unwooded fens.
Lowland mire decreased by around 44 percent, mainly due to afforestation and drainage
- 1940s baseline - less than 0.3% of the area of Scotland
- 1940s-1980s change - 44% reduction in area
- Dynamics of change - biggest reductions to afforestation and, through drainage, to rough grassland
- 1980s outcome - less than 0.2% of the area of Scotland
- 1940s baseline - less than 0.3% of the area of Scotland
- 1940s-1980s change - 44% reduction in area
- Dynamics of change - biggest reductions to afforestation and, through drainage, to rough grassland
- 1980s outcome - less than 0.2% of the area of Scotland