Abbotts Moss Nature Reserve | |
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![]() Shemmy Moss | |
Abbotts Moss NR within Cheshire | |
Type | Nature reserve and SSSI |
Location | Delamere Forest, Cheshire |
OS grid | SJ595688 |
Coordinates | 53°12′55″N2°36′28″W / 53.2154°N 2.6078°W Coordinates: 53°12′55″N2°36′28″W / 53.2154°N 2.6078°W |
Area | 12 hectares (30 acres) [1] |
Elevation | 75m [2] |
Operated by | Cheshire Wildlife Trust |
Open | any reasonable time |
Abbotts Moss is a 12-hectare (30-acre) nature reserve near Delamere Forest, northwest of Winsford, Cheshire. It is managed by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust under lease from the Forestry Commission and lies within a larger Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). [3] The reserve is south of the A556 road near Sandiway and is divided in two by the Whitegate Way, a former railway line now used as a footpath and bridleway. [2]
The SSSI citation notes that the site is an acidic wetland of particular importance because of two mature Schwingmoors , namely South Moss and Shemmy Moss. A Schwingmoor or quaking bog occurs when plants such as Sphagnum mosses and cotton grass Eriophorum sp. colonise the surface of a waterbody and form a floating mat of vegetation. [3]
Locally uncommon plants growing here include common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium , cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos , round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia , crowberry Empetrum nigrum , hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum , bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia , white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and the carnivorous lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor .
Dragonflies include the nationally rare white-faced darter Leucorrhinia dubia and the locally uncommon downy emerald Cordulia aenea and black darter Sympetrum danae . Abbotts Moss is one of only two sites in Cheshire where adders Vipera berus are found. [3] Eurasian woodcock Scolopax rusticola breed, as do common redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus and tree pipit Anthus trivialis . Over 150 species of spider have been recorded within the reserve. [1]
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