Talk:List of lochs of Scotland

message: There are other natural lakes in Scotland - Pressmennan Lake being an example.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.84.101.231 (talk • contribs) 20:55, 22 October 2006  (UTC)
:Artificial, according to here and here – dave souza, talk 23:36, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
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message: Although Loch Jess appears to have been removed by the person who added it, it seems that there really is a Loch Jess (a two acre lochan in Ayrshire). On the other hand I don't suppose we want to have every little pond in Scotland listed here. Lavateraguy 20:05, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Loch Jess

message: There is no Loch of that name on Shetland. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.54.132.175 (talk) 20:47, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite right - silly typo now fixed. Ben MacDui 18:35, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Loch of Gerista

message: Hello, I am going to translate this article in French and I have found two lochs "Carabhat" here-> . Is it a mistake? Could you please answer to me in the french discussion page? Thanks. Skiff (talk) 17:44, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: (answering in both places) No these are both lochs, you can see them on OS maps here and here. JMiall₰ 17:59, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for your quick answer. Skiff (talk) 20:45, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: 2 Lochs Carabhat ?

message: I read somewhere that Kilbirnie Loch is the only one where the source enters at the same énd as the river that drains it. Can anyone confirm or negate this? Rosser Gruffydd 11:15, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Kilbirnie Loch

message: As I've also asked at the lakes/lochs of the UK page - it's not clear to me where the figures for the areas of each of the lochs listed has come from. Can anyone point me to a source and ought that source to be referenced in the article?  I may be missing something obvious of course! thanks Geopersona (talk) 19:57, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess it's the Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909 ? Geopersona (talk) 20:47, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes - see note 6: "Source for all quantities is the same unless otherwise stated." Ben MacDui 07:55, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I realised it could only be the Bathymetrical Survey though I still don't think that's obvious to the lay-reader. I'm unaware of any other sources available except by physically measuring the lochs on OS mapping - but that might count as original research then.  cheers Geopersona (talk) 19:56, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: In attempting to expand and fill out the lists with some more loch statistics I have turned to the Bathymetrical Survey but alas Murray and Pullar whilst undertaking an enormous task in surveying the lochs of Scotland failed to visit many sizeable lochs. Is anyone aware of any other systematic (or otherwise) sources of information on areas, elevations, depths etc? Druidibeg (South Uist) and Coruisk (Skye) are two examples of well-known lochs that were not surveyed. Add to that the fact that many have been dammed since the days of the survey (now more than a century ago) and the difficulties grow.  cheers Geopersona (talk) 18:08, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Not I. Ben MacDui 18:10, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: An enquiry directed to SEPA gave rise to this lead: http://www.uklakes.net/index.php - quite useful since it includes data that I haven't encountered elsewhere and including surface area, elevation, location, perimeter length etc. cheers Geopersona (talk) 20:55, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, I've just visited this page and am keen to contribute. I'm a researcher at the University of Dundee with a focus on the changing ecohydrology of Scottish lochs and have a number of data sets which might be of interest to you. I see you've been pointed in the direction of www.uklakes.net which is a great resource arising out of a digitised version of the OS 1:50000 scale maps of the UK - the academic source for this would be Hughes, M., Hornby, D.D., Bennion, H., Kernan, M., Hilton, J., Phillips, G. & Thomas, R. (2004) The development of a GIS-based inventory of standing waters in Great Britain together with a risk-based prioritisation protocol. Water, Air, and Soil Polluition, 4, p.pp.73-84. I have a series of work using data from this source amongst others, including a number of GIS maps etc which might be useful here.There are a few things in the article which might warrant some clarification but as a complete newbie to editing wikipedia (i signed up to start this communication) I thought I would say hi first!Look forward to hearing from you. Martin (m.c.a.muir@dundee.ac.uk)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcamuir (talk • contribs) 14:09, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Figures for areas of lochs 

message: Loch of Fithie seems to be missing from the list. It's in the Bathymerical survey and British Lakes and on OS maps to the east of Forfar Triptropic (talk) 20:41, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Loch of Fithie?

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message: This is missing. Forth basin. Mile long 65 feet deep. Stirlingshire. Next to Loch Voil. scope_creep (talk) 10:54, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Loch Doine

message: Several of these are very large, and some are very small and may not be notable. Need to check later. scope_creepTalk 21:53, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Multiple Loch nam Eun

message: scope_creepTalk 21:50, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Multiple Black Loch

message: I can't help feeling this article would be more "encyclopedic" if it was structured in a different way. For example, if rather than a long list of all and sundry in alphabetical order it had headings for each local authority area or 'region' with short descriptions of each of the major lochs in a table and a list of smaller lochs below that table and heading. (I confess I am unlikely to have time for such a project.)
Something that could be done easily is replace the existing table with the one that existed until a while ago here. The latter avoids the duplciation of every column and identifies the 3 largest in each category. An alternative might be to use the convert template in each column if imperial measures are really held to be useful. </nowiki>
Thoughts? Ben MacDui 18:32, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two suggestions