Sunbiggin Tarn

Sunbiggin Tarn is a tarn near Sunbiggin in Cumbria. It is in a Site of Special Scientific Interest which also includes the surrounding moorland and limestone pavement of Little Asby Scar.

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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 Geyer's whorl snail

Geology

Dinantian, Karst