Butterburn Flow

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Butterburn Flow
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location within Cumbria
Location Cumbria
Grid reference NY673763
Coordinates 55°04′48″N2°30′49″W / 55.080064°N 2.5137330°W / 55.080064; -2.5137330
Area1,011 acres (4.1 km2; 1.6 sq mi)
Notification 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.

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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. [1]

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. [3]

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References

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