National nature reserves in England are designated by Natural England as key places for wildlife and natural features in England. They were established to protect the most significant areas of habitat and of geological formations. NNRs are managed on behalf of the nation, many by Natural England itself, but also by non-governmental organisations, including the members of The Wildlife Trusts partnership, the National Trust, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
There are 229 NNRs in England covering 939 square kilometres (363 square miles).[1] Often they contain rare species or nationally important species of plants, insects, butterflies, birds, mammals, etc.
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Spotlight NNRs
Natural England has selected 35 as spotlight reserves:[2]
- Ainsdale Sand Dunes NNR, Merseyside
- Aston Rowant NNR, Oxfordshire
- Barnack Hills & Holes NNR, Cambridgeshire
- Castle Eden Dene, County Durham
- Derbyshire Dales NNR, Derbyshire
- Duncombe Park NNR, North Yorkshire
- Durham Coast, County Durham
- East Dartmoor Woods and Heaths NNR, Devon
- Farne Islands NNR, Northumberland
- Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses NNR, Shropshire/Wales
- Finglandrigg Woods NNR, Cumbria
- Gait Barrows NNR, Lancashire
- Gibraltar Point NNR, Lincolnshire
- Golitha Falls NNR, Cornwall
- Holkham NNR, Norfolk
- Ingleborough NNR, North Yorkshire
- Kingley Vale NNR, West Sussex
- Lindisfarne, Northumberland
- Lower Derwent Valley NNR, East Riding of Yorkshire
- Moor House-Upper Teesdale, Cumbria & County Durham
- North Meadow, Cricklade NNR, Wiltshire
- Old Winchester Hill NNR, Hampshire
- Redgrave and Lopham Fen, Norfolk & Suffolk
- Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR, Lincolnshire
- Shapwick Heath NNR, Somerset
- Slapton Ley NNR, Devon
- Stiperstones NNR, Shropshire
- Stodmarsh NNR, Kent
- Studland and Godlingston Heath NNR, Dorset
- Teesmouth NNR, Teesside
- The Lizard NNR, Cornwall
- Suffolk Coast NNR, Suffolk
- Thursley NNR, Surrey
- Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire
- Wye NNR, Kent
For a full list of English NNRs, see List of national nature reserves in England
See also
- Nature reserve
- National nature reserve (United Kingdom)
- Nature reserves in Northern Ireland
- National nature reserve (Scotland)
- National nature reserves in Wales
References
- ^ "All NNR condition summary". Natural England. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ Natural England Archived 2007-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Spotlight Reserves
External links
- Interactive map of designations in England from sketchmap.co.uk, including National Nature Reserves boundaries (select 'Nature Reserves' in UK map layers)
- "England's National Nature Reserves by region". Natural England.
This page was last edited on 23 October 2023, at 11:48