Wednesday, 14 December 2016

Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve Advent Calendar - Door number 14

Behind door number 14 is...National Nature Reserve. This symbol is used on maps for NNR's. There are 224 National Nature Reserves in England covering a total of over 94,400 hectares of land. That's 0.7% of the country's land mass. The largest is The Wash 8800 hectares and the smallest is in Dorset 0.32 hectares. They were established to protect some of our most important habitats, species and geology. England's National Nature Reserves


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