World Species : Protected Area : Firth of Tay & Eden Estuary

Firth of Tay & Eden Estuary

Location:	Scotland, United Kingdom
Area:	38,085 acres (15,413 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Website:	View website
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Cfb (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Celtic broadleaf forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B	C		D			E

Share	80 %	10 %	10 %		50 %	50 %	40 %	40 %	20 %	40 %	40 %	20 %
Soil Type	Eutric Fluvisols	Dystric Fluvisols	Eutric Cambisols	Dystric Regosols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Cambisols	Gleyic Cambisols	Eutric Gleysols	Haplic Podzols	Ferric Podzols	Dystric Gleysols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Poor	Well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Well	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	75 m	15 m	100 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1		Gravelly	Gravelly
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm
Soil Water Regime	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	10 %	10 %	19 %	9 %	9 %	10 %	4 %	4 %	15 %	15 %	2 %
Sand	39 %	79 %	77 %	78 %	42 %	42 %	77 %	45 %	37 %	50 %	45 %	40 %
Silt	40 %	12 %	14 %	13 %	36 %	36 %	14 %	36 %	40 %	40 %	52 %	39 %
Clay	21 %	9 %	9 %	9 %	22 %	22 %	9 %	19 %	23 %	10 %	3 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Silt loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.36 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	0.96 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.86 %	0.87 %	0.7 %	0.7 %	1 %	1 %	0.7 %	1 %	1.07 %	5.27 %	4.6 %	1.17 %
PH	7.2	5.3	6.9	5.6	6.6	6.6	6.9	6.4	6.2	4.5	4.6	5.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	63 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	89 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	91 %	55 %	91 %	98 %	93 %	93 %	91 %	85 %	88 %	11 %	10 %	47 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	6.7 cmol kg⁻¹	4.1 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	6.7 cmol kg⁻¹	8.2 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.6 cmol kg⁻¹	4.4 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.5 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	3 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	7 %	17 %	20 %	14 %	12 %	12 %	20 %	18 %	5 %	15 %	17 %	6 %
Sand	41 %	79 %	67 %	77 %	41 %	41 %	67 %	39 %	36 %	55 %	51 %	41 %
Silt	38 %	11 %	16 %	13 %	34 %	34 %	16 %	34 %	36 %	35 %	45 %	34 %
Clay	21 %	10 %	17 %	10 %	25 %	25 %	17 %	27 %	28 %	10 %	4 %	25 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.38 %	0.26 %	0.4 %	0.31 %	0.37 %	0.37 %	0.4 %	0.47 %	0.37 %	0.81 %	0.81 %	0.4 %
PH	7.5	5.5	7.3	5.3	7	7	7.3	6.7	6.6	5	5.1	5.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	61 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	14 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	96 %	46 %	91 %	28 %	93 %	93 %	91 %	88 %	90 %	13 %	13 %	47 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	9.3 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	9.3 cmol kg⁻¹	11.3 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	2.5 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	2 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	0 %	2 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1

Soil data provided by FAO/IIASA/ISRIC/ISSCAS/JRC, 2012. Harmonized World Soil Database (version 1.2). FAO, Rome, Italy and IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.

Köppen climate classification provided by Kottek, M., J. Grieser, C. Beck, B. Rudolf, and F. Rubel, 2006: World Map of Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification updated. Meteorol. Z., 15, 259-263