Footnotes

1. Part IV Environment Act, Chapter 25, Air Quality, 1995

2. Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, The UK National Air Quality Strategy, March 1997

^3. Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs The Air Quality Strategy, January 2000

^4. Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs The Air Quality Strategy Addendum, February 2003

6. Otters are a European protected species due to their inclusion within Schedule 2 of The Conservation (Natural Habitats, & c.) Regulations 1994 (as amended). Certain activities may therefore require to be licensed if otters are present. The otter is also the subject of UK Species Action Plan (SAP).

7. All species of British bat are protected as European protected species due to inclusion on Schedule 2 of The Conservation (Natural Habitats, & c.) Regulations 1994 (as amended). This protection also covers their roosts and licenses are required for certain activities. Eight bat species are known to occur within Scotland, two of which (common pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus and brown long-eared Plecotus auritus) are listed within the Scottish Borders Local Biodiversity Action Plan.

8. Red squirrels are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended). Red squirrels are also a national and local BAP priority species.

9. In Scotland, water vole shelters / places of protection are protected through inclusion on Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended. The water vole is also the subject of a UK Species Action Plan (SAP).

10. Badgers (Meles meles) and their setts are protected by the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, by Schedule 6 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) and by Schedule 6 of the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004.

11. Species of bird, their nests and eggs benefit from a degree of protection under Section 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended. However, certain species of wild bird, benefit from a higher level of "special" protection through inclusion on Schedule 1 of The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended. These species are often referred to as "Schedule 1 birds".