National nature reserves in Cumbria
National nature reserves in England were established by English Nature, now Natural England, which manages them either directly or through non-governmental organisations such as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds or the National Trust.
There are 25 national nature reserves in Cumbria,[1] including the large Moor House-Upper Teesdale reserve which is shared with County Durham.
All national nature reserves include all or part of a named Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Moor House-Upper Teesdale is also a Biosphere reserve.
Types of habitat
- Wetlands
A number of the reserves are bogs (often called "moss" in local dialect), a type of habit which the European Union is keen to protect.[2] Bassenthwaite Lake, one of the largest lakes in the English Lake District, is a habitat for the Osprey.
- Limestone pavements
Whitbarrow and Park Wood are limestone habitats.
List
- Bassenthwaite Lake[3]
- Blelham Bog[3]
- Clawthorpe Fell[3]
- Cliburn Moss[3]
- Drumburgh Moss[3]
- Duddon Mosses[3]
- Finglandrigg Woods[4]
- Gowk Bank[3]
- Great Asby Scar[3]
- Hallsenna Moor[3]
- High Leys[3]
- Moor House-Upper Teesdale[3]
- North Fen[3]
- North Walney[3]
- Park Wood[3]
- Roudsea Wood & Mosses[3]
- Rusland Moss[3]
- Sandscale Haws[3]
- Sandybeck Meadow[3]
- Smardale Gill[3]
- South Solway Mosses[3](Bowness Common, Glasson Moss, Wedholme Flow SSSI's)
- Tarn Moss[3]
- Thornhill Moss and Meadows[3]
- Walton Moss[3]
- Whitbarrow[3]