The pools and rivers around the Forth are home to wetland wildlife including ducks, geese and many amphibians.

While the Forth itself is tidal up to Stirling, the rivers and streams that feed into it, like the Devon and Black Devon in Clackmannanshire, and the Bluther Burn in Fife, and the pools that surround it, like those at Black Devon Wetlands, Cambus Pools and Bothkennar, provide freshwater habitats for a whole range of birds, amphibians and plants.