National nature reserves in Cumbria
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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 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.[1] 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[2]
- Blelham Bog[2]
- Clawthorpe Fell[2]
- Cliburn Moss[2]
- Drumburgh Moss[2]
- Duddon Mosses[2]
- Finglandrigg Woods[3]
- Gowk Bank[2]
- Great Asby Scar[2]
- Hallsenna Moor[2]
- High Leys[2]
- Moor House-Upper Teesdale[2]
- North Fen[2]
- North Walney[2]
- Park Wood[2]
- Roudsea Wood & Mosses[2]
- Rusland Moss[2]
- Sandscale Haws[2]
- Sandybeck Meadow[2]
- Smardale Gill[2]
- South Solway Mosses[2](Bowness Common, Glasson Moss, Wedholme Flow SSSI's)
- Tarn Moss[2]
- Thornhill Moss and Meadows[2]
- Walton Moss[2]
- Whitbarrow[2]