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*****SWAAG_ID***** | 881 |
Date Entered | 21/07/2015 |
Updated on | 22/07/2015 |
Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
Category | Geographical Record |
Record Type | General HER |
Site Access | Public Access Land |
Record Date | 20/07/2015 |
Location | Satron Moor |
Civil Parish | Grinton |
Brit. National Grid | SD 942 948 |
Altitude | 530m |
Geology | Blanket peat over sandstones of Namurian Age. |
Record Name | Satron Tarn. A small, shallow high moorland tarn on eroding blanket peat. |
Record Description | This small peat tarn is the lonely haunt of gulls and geese whose remains litter the shoreline exposed during the summer drought. The peat exposed during low water conditions show a swarm of eroded sphagnum hummock structures once incorporated within the deep blanket peat.
Some images of the moorland vegetation provided. |
Dimensions | See photos |
Image 1 ID | 6265 Click image to enlarge |
Image 1 Description | Satron Tarn from the west. | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/6265.jpg) |
Image 2 ID | 6269 Click image to enlarge |
Image 2 Description | Remnants of sphagnum hummocks exposed at low water | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/6269.jpg) |
Image 3 ID | 6267 Click image to enlarge |
Image 3 Description | The eastern shoreline. | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/6267.jpg) |
Image 4 ID | 6266 Click image to enlarge |
Image 4 Description | Satron Tarn from the North with overflow pipe to limit erosion down stream during floods. | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/6266.jpg) |
Image 5 ID | 6268 Click image to enlarge |
Image 5 Description | Remnants of sphagnum hummocks exposed at low water | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/6268.jpg) |
Image 6 ID | 6269 Click image to enlarge |
Image 6 Description | Remnants of sphagnum hummocks exposed at low water | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/6269.jpg) |
Image 7 ID | 6281 Click image to enlarge |
Image 7 Description | Sphagnum rubellum on peat | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/6281.jpg) |
Image 8 ID | 6272 Click image to enlarge |
Image 8 Description | Sphagnum moss lines the shoreline. | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/6272.jpg) |
Image 9 ID | 6274 Click image to enlarge |
Image 9 Description | Gull rissole! Remains of a meal enjoyed by a Great Black Backed Gull, large pellet of feathers and bones of a small black headed gull. | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/6274.jpg) |
Image 10 ID | 6275 Click image to enlarge |
Image 10 Description | Remains of a black headed gull. | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/6275.jpg) |
Image 11 ID | 6271 Click image to enlarge |
Image 11 Description | The Tarn seen from the south with sphagnum mound in foreground. | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/6271.jpg) |