National nature reserves in Cumbria

National nature reserves in England were established by English Nature, now Natural England, which manages them either directly or through non-governmental organisations such as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds or the National Trust.

There are 25 national nature reserves in Cumbria,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> including the large Moor House-Upper Teesdale reserve which is shared with County Durham.

All national nature reserves include all or part of a named Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Moor House-Upper Teesdale is also a Biosphere reserve.

Types of habitat

A number of the reserves are bogs (often called "moss" in local dialect), a type of habit which the European Union is keen to protect.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bassenthwaite Lake, one of the largest lakes in the English Lake District, is a habitat for the Osprey.

Whitbarrow and Park Wood are limestone habitats.

Bassenthwaite Lake<ref name="Northwest">Template:Cite web</ref>
Blelham Bog<ref name="Northwest"/>
Borrowdale Rainforest<ref name=":0" />
Clawthorpe Fell<ref name="Northwest"/>
Cliburn Moss<ref name="Northwest"/>
Drumburgh Moss<ref name="Northwest"/>
Duddon Mosses<ref name="Northwest"/>
Finglandrigg Woods<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
Gowk Bank<ref name="Northwest"/>
Great Asby Scar<ref name="Northwest"/>
Hallsenna Moor<ref name="Northwest"/>
High Leys<ref name="Northwest"/>
Moor House-Upper Teesdale<ref name="Northwest"/>
North Fen<ref name="Northwest"/>
North Walney<ref name="Northwest"/>
Park Wood<ref name="Northwest"/>
Roudsea Wood & Mosses<ref name="Northwest"/>
Rusland Moss<ref name="Northwest"/>
Sandscale Haws<ref name="Northwest"/>
Sandybeck Meadow<ref name="Northwest"/>
Smardale Gill<ref name="Northwest"/>
South Solway Mosses<ref name="Northwest"/>(Bowness Common, Glasson Moss, Wedholme Flow SSSI's)
Tarn Moss<ref name="Northwest"/>
Thornhill Moss and Meadows<ref name="Northwest"/>
Walton Moss<ref name="Northwest"/>
Whitbarrow<ref name="Northwest"/>