Editing Upper Goyt Valley (section)

== Moorland ==
The open gritstone moorlands of the Upper Goyt Valley (Wild Moor, Goyt's Moss, [[Burbage Edge]], [[Shining Tor]] to [[Cats Tor]] ridge and Hop Moor) are a designated [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] (SSSI). [[Calluna vulgaris|Heather]] is the main plant but the heathland is habitat for a variety of native grasses, rushes, sedges and shrubs including [[bilberry]], [[Empetrum nigrum|crowberry]], [[Vaccinium vitis-idaea|cowberry]] and [[Erica tetralix|cross-leaved heath]]. [[Eriophorum vaginatum|Hare’s-tail cottongrass]] and [[Sphagnum|sphagnum moss]] are common along the Shining Tor ridge. The area is important for upland breeding birds including a large population of [[European golden plover|golden plover]], as well as [[red grouse]], [[Eurasian curlew|curlew]], [[Northern lapwing|lapwing]], [[whinchat]], [[Common snipe|snipe]], [[twite]], [[ring ouzel]] and [[Merlin (bird)|merlin]]. Along Goyt’s Clough (by the River Goyt from Derbyshire Bridge down to [[Errwood Reservoir]]) there are [[common sandpiper]] and [[White-throated dipper|dipper]] and the old commoner woodland includes [[oak]], [[birch]], [[Sorbus aucuparia|rowan]] and [[Alnus glutinosa|alder]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1002841.pdf|title=Goyt Valley SSSI|date=31 January 1990|website=Natural England|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref>