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Unspoilt Wilderness: Burns Beck Moss

Burns Beck Moss is just 5 miles east of Kendal but has a genuine “out in the wilderness” feel to it. There’s ample parking in the disused quarry opposite and a clear, if boggy, path around the…

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Burns Beck Moss

Wild and undisturbed, this small reserve of raised and valley mires provides a habitat for many animal and plant species.

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Steve Doyle

An instrumental force in bringing species of butterfly back from the brink in Cumbria.
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Thacka Beck

Hay meadows, wet grassland, scrub, hedges, ponds and the beck provide homes for a wealth of wildlife. Although small in size, the nature reserve has a remarkable number of birds.

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The Naddles Beck Project

Naddles Beck is a stream that flows around the east-side of Eycott Hill Nature Reserve, and runs all the way into the River Glenderamackin, which joins the River Derwent to flow through Keswick…

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Ordinary moss

Ordinary moss is very common in gardens and woodlands. moss provides shelter for many minibeasts, so encourage it to grow in your garden by providing logs, stone piles and untidy areas.

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Marsh hair moss

The marsh hair moss is the largest moss in the UK. Look out for it in damp woodland and on boggy heathlands where it forms large, green and spikey 'cushions'.

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Foulshaw Moss

Ospreys use Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve as a nesting site. Visit for free.