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Sunset over Loch Spiggie The Lochs of Spiggie and Brow are located west of Boddam in the parish of Dunrossness, in the South Mainland of Shetland, Scotland. They are designated as a Special Protection Area and a Site of Special Scientific Interest for wildlife conservation purposes. Loch of Spiggie The Loch of Spiggie was historically a voe (Shetland Dialect: fjord or inlet) in which a sand bar formed, cutting off the sea. It is considered "the only moderately large loch" in the South Mainland of Shetland, and is the fourth longest loch in Shetland. It is roughly the shape of an oblong, with the longest dimension running approximately north–south, and the maximum width is almost 0.5 miles (0.80 km). The loch is an RSPB Nature reserve. The loch supports many species of birds, including lapwings, tufted ducks, redshanks, snipes and whooper swans. Additionally, various seasonal visiting birds also make use of the loch - in spring, long-tailed ducks and skylarks; and in summer, oystercatchers, curlews, mallards, arctic terns, kittiwakes and great skuas. The birds breed in the marshes and farmland next to the loch. Loch of Brow The Loch of Brow is a smaller loch, triangular in shape, lying to the south-east of the Loch of Spiggie, into which it outflows. The remains of a broch can be found on a small island in the loch. It used to be accessible by a number of stepping stones which formed a "rough causeway", however these now lie 2 feet (0.61 m) underwater. The remnants of a circular hollow approximately 8.5 metres (28 ft) in diameter can be seen, which is thought to have been the interior lining of the broch. A small portion of an outward-facing wall was excavated at the north end that suggested the broch's walls may have been between 3.5–4.0 metres (11.5–13.1 ft) thick. References Sources Murray, John, Sir; Pullar, Laurence; Chumley, James (1910). Bathymetrical survey of the Scottish fresh-water lochs. Vol. 2. Surveyed by T. N. Johnson and R. C. Marshall. Edinburgh: Challenger Office. pp. 244–245. Retrieved 2020-03-15 – via archive.org.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) "Loch of Brow". Canmore. Retrieved 2020-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) "Loch of Brow". UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Retrieved 2020-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) "Loch of Spiggie". UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Retrieved 2020-03-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) "Loch of Spiggie". RSPB. Retrieved 2020-03-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) External links Special Protection Area designation RSPB Loch of Spiggie website

Loch of Brow Brow Loch Location Scousburgh Type Loch Primary inflows Burn of Hogarth Primary outflows Loch of Spiggie Catchment area 4.33 square kilometres (1.67 sq mi) Max. length 0.77 kilometres (0.48 mi) Max. width 0.18 kilometres (1⁄9 mi) Surface area 0.20 square kilometres (0.077 sq mi) Average depth 0.8 metres (0.44 fathoms; 2.6 ft) Max. depth 1.8 metres (0.98 fathoms; 5.9 ft) Water volume 155,579 cubic metres (0.000155579 km3; 3.7325×10−5 cu mi) Shore length1 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) Surface elevation 7 metres (23 ft) Islands 1 References 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch of Spiggie Loch of Spiggie from the north end looking south Location Scousburgh Type Loch Primary inflows Loch of Brow, Burn of Hillwell, Burn of Scousburgh Primary outflows Beach of Spiggie Catchment area 14.61 square kilometres (5.64 sq mi) Max. length 2.01 kilometres (1.25 mi) Surface area 0.97 square kilometres (0.37 sq mi) Average depth 3.5 metres (1.9 fathoms; 11 ft) Max. depth 12.5 metres (6.8 fathoms; 41 ft) Water volume 3,395,469 cubic metres (0.003395469 km3; 0.000814616 cu mi) Shore length1 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) Surface elevation 5 metres (16 ft) References 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Category:Special Protection Areas in Scotland Category:Royal Society for the Protection of Birds reserves in Scotland Spiggie and Brow Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Shetland Category:Protected areas of Shetland Category:Mainland, Shetland