Slow worms warming themselves up under rocks, lizards basking on sunny gorse, woodcocks performing their 'roding' display flight at dusk and evidence of hazelnuts chewed by dormice –…

A reserve filled with birdsong south of Bishop’s Stortford, and one of a string of wetlands flanking the Stort Navigation.

A steep, narrow gorge with broadleaved woodland

A semi-natural ancient woodland with an impressive showing of spring flowers.

Tregonetha Nature Reserve is a place rich in culture and wildlife.

This is an ancient woodland with areas of scrub & coppice, making it ideal for butterflies & warblers.

Originally built to serve the canal system, the reservoirs have become one of the best birdwatching spots in southern England.

A spacious expanse of flowering meadows, riverside, woodland, hedgerow and parkland.

Tucklesholme is a former gravel pit which is being restored back to a wetland habitat. It provides a home for a number of key breeding bird species that specialise in this open wetland environment…

Rosa Shafto and Tudhoe Mill are two adjacent woodland nature reserves linked by a footbridge over the Valley Burn. They consist of mixed secondary woodland developed on an ancient woodland site.…

A reserve with one of the rarest habitats in the UK; freshwater shingle

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The Pond Café at Tyland Barn is now open!

One of 12 semi-natural woodland SSSIs within the Clyde Valley woodlands SAC

The sand dunes at Upton Towans are a haven for wildlife that relies on this increasingly rare habitat for its survival, including the internationally rare and obscure petalwort and the striking…

An ancient semi-natural woodland with oak, Scots pine, beech, Norway spruce and larch

Grazing marsh with a large open water area important for birds

Welcome to Walthamstow Wetlands, a huge, internationally important reserve. Just 15 minutes from central London, and free to visit, you will find a unique haven to explore, enjoy and connect with…

A network of scrapes and wet meadows, Wanlip is the ideal place to try your hand at birdwatching. The wetland supports a number of birds throughout the year, but the winter and spring are our…

One of the most important areas of heath in Breckland.

Welwick Saltmarsh is the most extensive area of saltmarsh on the north bank of the River Humber.