Nature
There are 15 Sites of Special Scientific Interest on Lewis in the biology category, spread across the island. Additionally, the Lewis Peatlands are recognised by Scottish Natural Heritage as a Special Protection Area, Special Area of Conservation and a Ramsar site, showing their importance as a wetland habitat for migratory and resident bird life.
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“Such pure and genuine and childlike love of Nature is hardly to be found in any poet.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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