Blelham Bog National Nature Reserve

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Overview

Blelham Bog NNR is a small boggy site lying on the northwest side of Blelham Tarn, which lies above the northwestern tip of Windermere in the centre of the Lake District National Park. Although Blelham Bog is quite a small site and remote, there is a certain tranquillity to be found in the wet woodlands and bogs of the reserve. The bogs contain a number of sphagnum moss species, aromatic bog myrtle, delicate cotton-grass and the tiny white-beaked sedge. On the southern fringe of the nature reserve, oak, birch and hornbeam grow on the outcropping of Lakeland slate. The tarn attracts a variety of waterfowl, and great crested grebes breed here, while whooper swan and golden-eye can often be seen during the winter. The site is also very important for a number of rare insects and invertebrates, including a rich population of caddis-flies and the snail Vertigo liiljeborgi.

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Cumbria's rugged yet beautiful landscape is best known for the Lake District National Park that sits within its boundaries. It’s famous for Lake Windermere, England’s largest lake, and Derwent Water, ‘Queen of the English Lakes', but other lesser-known areas in the south, such as the Lune Valley and the coastal towns, are secret gems of wide cobbled streets and rolling hills.

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Blelham Bog National Nature Reserve

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Overview

Blelham Bog NNR is a small boggy site lying on the northwest side of Blelham Tarn, which lies above the northwestern tip of Windermere in the centre of the Lake District National Park. Although Blelham Bog is quite a small site and remote, there is a certain tranquillity to be found in the wet woodlands and bogs of the reserve. The bogs contain a number of sphagnum moss species, aromatic bog myrtle, delicate cotton-grass and the tiny white-beaked sedge. On the southern fringe of the nature reserve, oak, birch and hornbeam grow on the outcropping of Lakeland slate. The tarn attracts a variety of waterfowl, and great crested grebes breed here, while whooper swan and golden-eye can often be seen during the winter. The site is also very important for a number of rare insects and invertebrates, including a rich population of caddis-flies and the snail Vertigo liiljeborgi.

Location

Hawkshead

About the area

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Cumbria's rugged yet beautiful landscape is best known for the Lake District National Park that sits within its boundaries. It’s famous for Lake Windermere, England’s largest lake, and Derwent Water, ‘Queen of the English Lakes', but other lesser-known areas in the south, such as the Lune Valley and the coastal towns, are secret gems of wide cobbled streets and rolling hills.

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