Sunbiggin Tarn & Moors and Little Asby Scar | |
Aos: | Cumbria |
Interest: | Biological/Geological |
Coordinates: | 54.4634°N -2.5029°W |
Map: | Magic Map (Defra) |
Area: | 1000.435ha for the full SSSI |
Notifydate: | 30 November 1994 |
Enref: | 1007193 |
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.
common bent, mother of thyme, sheep fescue, Sesleria albicans, Galium sterneri grasslandCalluna vulgaris Erica cinerea, Vaccinium myrtillus heathScirpus cespitosus, Erica tetralix wet heathCarex elata, Equisetum fluviatile, Cladium mariscus, Carex rostrata, Potentilla palustris, Phragmites australis swamp, sedge and reed-beds
black-headed gull, gadwall, little grebe, osprey, starling, water rail, wigeon Geyer's whorl snail