Sunbiggin Tarn

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Sunbiggin Tarn & Moors and Little Asby Scar

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Cumbria
Location	Cumbria
Grid reference	NY685083
Coordinates	54°27′48″N 2°30′10″W / 54.4634°N 2.5029°W / 54.4634; -2.5029Coordinates: 54°27′48″N 2°30′10″W / 54.4634°N 2.5029°W / 54.4634; -2.5029
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 .

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Significant site content[]

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[]

Dinantian, Karst

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Sunbiggin Tarn at Wikimedia Commons