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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 |
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| Site Type | |
| Site Name | |
| Site Description | |
| 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 |
| Geographical area | |
| Species | |
| Scientific Name | |
| Common / Notable Species | |
| Tree and / or Stem Girth | |
| Tree: Position / Form / Status | |
| Tree Site ID | 0 |
| Associated Site SWAAG ID | 0 |
| Additional Notes | |
| Image 1 ID | 6265 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Satron Tarn from the west. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 6269 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Remnants of sphagnum hummocks exposed at low water |  |
| Image 3 ID | 6267 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | The eastern shoreline. |  |
| 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. |  |
| Image 5 ID | 6268 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | Remnants of sphagnum hummocks exposed at low water |  |
| Image 6 ID | 6269 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | Remnants of sphagnum hummocks exposed at low water | |
| Image 7 ID | 6281 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | Sphagnum rubellum on peat |  |
| Image 8 ID | 6272 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 8 Description | Sphagnum moss lines the shoreline. |  |
| 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. |  |
| Image 10 ID | 6275 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 10 Description | Remains of a black headed gull. |  |
| Image 11 ID | 6271 |
| Image 11 Description | The Tarn seen from the south with sphagnum mound in foreground. |  |
