Red Moor (nature reserve)

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Coordinates: 50°25′10″N 4°42′54″W / 50.4194°N 4.7151°W / 50.4194; -4.7151
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Red Moor
Notification
1979 (1979)
Natural England website

Red Moor is a nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), noted for its biological characteristics, near Lanlivery in mid Cornwall, England, UK.

Geography

The 89-hectare (220-acre) SSSI, notified in 1979, is located mainly within Lanlivery civil parish, 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of the town of Lostwithiel. The similarly named hamlet of Redmoor is directly east of the reserve.[1][2]

The nature reserve is owned by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust/Cornwall Trust for Nature.[3]

History

The river coursing out of the north of the site, a tributary of the

River Par, was found to flow through tin-bearing gravels by the early mediaeval period.[4] This part of Red Moor was mined for loose tin until the end of the 19th century[5] and the oxidised metal is thought to give the moor its descriptive name.[4]

This SSSI used to belong to the Red Moor–Breney Common SSSI, the two sites having split in the 1986 revision where both sites were expanded.[5] It is adjacent to Helman Tor nature reserve.

Flora and fauna

There are two main habitat types within the site; the dry

Potentilla palustris). Other flora on the site include the climbing corydalis (Ceratocapnos claviculata) and the royal fern (Osmunda regalis).[5]

On the site can be found 13 species of

Aquatic beetles are also present on the moor, the very scarce Hydrochus nitidicollis being one, as well as 2 uncommon spiders.[5]

Birds recorded on the site include the willow tit, tree pipit, European nightjar and the Eurasian sparrowhawk.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Red Moor map". Natural England. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  2. ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
  3. ^ a b "Helman Tor Nature Reserve (including Breney Common and Red Moor Memorial Nature Reserve)". Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  4. ^
    OCLC 499357591. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Red Moor" (PDF). Natural England. 1986. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
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