List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Moray and Nairn

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The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the Moray and Nairn Area of Search. For other areas, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.

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River Avon, Strathspey

The River Avon is a river in the Strathspey area of the Scottish Highlands, and a tributary of the River Spey. It drains the north-eastern area of the Cairngorm Mountains and is largely contained within the Cairngorms National Park

Lossiemouth Human settlement in Scotland

Lossiemouth is a town in Moray, Scotland. Originally the port belonging to Elgin, it became an important fishing town. Although there has been over 1,000 years of settlement in the area, the present day town was formed over the past 250 years and consists of four separate communities that eventually merged into one. From 1890 to 1975, it was a police burgh as Lossiemouth and Branderburgh.

County of Moray Historic county in Scotland

Moray or Morayshire, called Elginshire until 1919, is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east. It was a local government county, with Elgin the county town, until 1975. The county was officially called Elginshire, sharing the name of the Elginshire parliamentary constituency, so named since 1708.

Moray (UK Parliament constituency) Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards

Moray is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

River Findhorn River in Scotland

The River Findhorn is one of the longest rivers in Scotland. Located in the north east, it flows into the Moray Firth on the north coast. It has one of the largest non-firth estuaries in Scotland.

The Muckle Spate was a great flood in August 1829, which devastated much of Strathspey, in the north east of Scotland.