Pillar and Ennerdale Fells

Pillar and Ennerdale Fells is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Ennerdale, Cumbria, England. Protected for its biological interest, the site is named after Pillar, which at 892 metres (2,927 ft) is the eighth-highest mountain in the Lake District, and other fells in the same range. The area is 425.25 ha.

History

The site was notified in 1991.[1] The site includes Side Wood on the south side of Ennerdale Water, which was formerly part of the adjacent Ennerdale SSSI.

Ecology

Forestry

Side Wood is described as one of the best examples of an upland birch Betula pubescens – sessile oak Quercus petraea woodland in West Cumbria.

The trees of Ennerdale are important as an example of altitudinal succession (from "native upland birch-oak woodland at 120 m on the shores of Ennerdale (Water) the vegetation changes through sub-montane heaths and grasslands to montane heaths along the summit ridge at an altitude of 890 m").[1]

Wild Ennerdale

Ennerdale is managed as a rewilding project called "Wild Ennerdale", which was established in 2003. The Wild Ennerdale Partnership gives scope for the management of this site holistically at the landscape scale.[2]

Other measures of protection

The SSSI is one of ten underpinning a Special Area of Conservation, Lake District High Fells, which was designated in 2005.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Site Name: Pillar and Ennerdale Fells" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Wild Ennerdale SSSI Plan" (PDF). Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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