National Nature Reserve · gbr
The Flashes of Wigan and Leigh
- Area
- 7 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 2022
Overview
- Designation
- National Nature Reserve
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 2022
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 729 distinct species · 32 758 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de The Flashes of Wigan and Leigh : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 125 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 15.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 14 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology2 basins · 2 lakes · 8 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
7,0km
Lake surface here
0,86km²
Basins crossed
2
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
2 381km²
Discharge in basins
0,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 091mm/an
Mean T°
9,0°C
Moisture idx
0,41
Max snow
12%
Mean runoff
820mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
156m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (8, ord ≥ 4)
- Hey Brookord 3len here2.80 km29%total10 km
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Leigh Branch)ord 1len here1.28 km71%total2 km
- Borsdane Brookord 1len here1.03 km17%total6 km
- Westleigh Brookord 1len here0.80 km16%total5 km
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Leigh Branch)ord 1len here0.70 km52%total1 km
- Carr Brookord 3len here0.41 km6%total8 km
- River Douglasord 3len here0.01 km0%total32 km
- Smithy Brookord 2len here0.01 km0%total5 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 53.48698, -2.54646
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.