The corrie is home to a number of bird species, including ring ouzel and snow bunting ( in the spring and summer ) and ptarmigan ( also known as rock ptarmigan ) ( all year round ).
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The National Trust land on the hills encompass of woodland ( both natural deciduous and coniferous forest plantations ) and heathland, important for wildlife including fallow deer and common buzzard, plus visiting ring ouzel and common crossbill.
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Large areas of heather moorland in the Pennines are managed for merlin, short-eared owl, ring ouzel and twite, though many of these are at the southern limit of their distributions and are commoner in Scotland.
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The mountain is home to a number of bird species, including dotterel and ring ouzel ( in the spring and summer ) and snow bunting and ptarmigan ( also known as rock ptarmigan ) ( all year round ).
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Some mammal and bird species that occur here are relics of the ice age, including the northern bat ( " Eptesicus nils soni " ), the alpine shrew ( " Sorex alpinus " ) and the ring ouzel.
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This has mainly been associated with Eurasian wren ( " Troglodytes troglodytes " ) in Europe, though has also been recorded remarkably with ring ouzels ( " Turdus torquatus " ) and pine martens, both of which have been recorded as prey for golden eagles elsewhere in Europe.
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In the North Pennines are : 40 % of the UK's upland hay meadows; 30 % of England's upland heathland and 27 % of its blanket bog; 80 % of England's black grouse; short-eared owl, ring ouzel, common snipe and common redshank; 36 % of the AONB designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest; red squirrels, otters and rare arctic alpine plants; 22, 000 pairs of breeding waders and one of England's biggest waterfalls High Force.
