The loch is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and has a large number of pondweed species three of which are scarce, a rare caddis fly (Ylodes reuteri) and is the only known site in Scotland for a nerite snail Theodoxus fluviatilis which is more commonly found in English rivers.
Potamogeton alpinus, the alpine pondweed or red pondweed, an aquatic plant species native to much of the Northern Hemisphere