Sitting in Mickle Mere's single wooden hide, whether alone or with other birdwatchers, it's hard not to feel a quiet sense of anticipation.

Lying near the banks of the River Stour, this reserve is special for its mix of open water, fen and wet scrub.

Greenbooth Nature Reserve is our newest nature reserve, located in a secluded part of the Peak District National Park, between Whaley Bridge, Buxton and Rainow.

Brockholes is a new kind of nature reserve, a natural haven where both people and wildlife can thrive alongside one another.

Wonderful wildflowers, dazzling dragonflies and magical mammals call this fascinating nature reserve home.

The Loddon Nature Reserve's lake and shallow fringes create ideal conditions for wintering birds, such as gadwall, tufted duck, pochard and snipe.

Wildfowl, waders and abundant wildflowers thrive in this tranquil oasis of lakes and woodland.

This grassland paradise in the Belfast Hills is our largest nature reserve and is home to a stunning variety of rare wildlife.

Danbury Ridge Nature Reserves are a wonderful mosaic of woodland, common, heathland, streams and bogs

Heysham Nature Reserve is an oasis for butterflies, dragonflies and birds just round the corner from bustling Heysham docks.