Sunbiggin Tarn
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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  Location within Cumbria | |
| Location | Cumbria |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | NY685083 |
| Coordinates | 54°27′48″N 2°30′10″W / 54.4634°N 2.5029°W |
| Interest | Biological/Geological |
| Area | 3.86 square miles (1,000.435 ha) for the full SSSI |
| Notification | 30 November 1994 |
| Location map | Magic Map (Defra) |
| Natural England website | |
Sunbiggin Tarn is a tarn near Sunbiggin in Cumbria. It is in a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) which also includes the surrounding moorland and limestone pavement of Little Asby Scar.
Site history
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Site location and designation
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Flora
common bent, mother of thyme, sheep fescue, Sesleria albicans, Galium sterneri grassland Calluna vulgaris Erica cinerea, Vaccinium myrtillus heath Scirpus cespitosus, Erica tetralix wet heath Carex elata, Equisetum fluviatile, Cladium mariscus, Carex rostrata, Potentilla palustris, Phragmites australis swamp, sedge and reed-beds
Fauna
black-headed gull, gadwall, little grebe, osprey, starling, water rail, wigeon[1] Geyer's whorl snail
Geology
References
- ^ Mike Bagshaw (2019), "Sunbiggin Tarn", Slow Travel: Yorkshire Dales, Bradt Travel Guides, p. 33, ISBN 9781784776091
External links
Media related to Sunbiggin Tarn at Wikimedia Commons
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- Glacial lakes
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1994
- Orton, Eden