Butterburn Flow Explained

Butterburn Flow
Aos:Cumbria
Coordinates:55.0801°N -2.5137°W
Notifydate:1984

Butterburn Flow is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)[1] [2] in Cumbria, England. It is located north of Greenhead. Some of the borders of this protected area follow the River Irthing. This protected area contains important blanket bog habitat that occurs over deep peat.

Details

This protected area contains large extents of blanket bog that are intact. Moss species include Sphagnum magellanicum, Sphagnum papillosum, Sphagnum pulcrum and Sphagnum imbricatum. Plant species recorded in this protected area include bog rosemary and cloudberry.

There are no paths on this site.[3]

Land ownership and management

All of the land within Butterburn Flow SSSI is owned by the Forestry Commission.[4] The site is managed by the Northumberland Wildlife Trust.

References

  1. Web site: SSSI detail . 2024-11-29 . designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk.
  2. Web site: Protected Planet Butterburn Flow . 2024-11-29 . Protected Planet.
  3. Web site: Butterburn Flow Northumberland Wildlife Trust . 2024-11-29 . www.nwt.org.uk . en.
  4. Web site: 2020-10-06 . Mapping the habitats of England’s ten largest institutional landowners . 2024-11-29 . Who owns England? . en.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Butterburn Flow".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.