Ancient woodland with good woodland flowers in spring and good bird life.

Plenty of plants, birds and mammals have colonised this seasonally-flooded former gravel pit.

A mixture of woodland from native oak, ash and alder to conifer and poplar

A new kind of nature reserve where both people and wildlife thrive alongside one another.

Part of the old Tewkesbury to Malvern railway line that has been colonised by grassland, scrub and young trees; it's great for butterflies.

Dorset Wildlife Trust manages 100 hectares of land on the northern side of Brownsea Island in partnership with the National Trust. The brand new Lookout wildlife observatory and two bird hides…

A series of shallow ponds and marshy grassland formed as a result of coal mining subsidence

Wild and undisturbed, this small reserve of raised and valley mires provides a habitat for many animal and plant species.

Burton Riggs is a valuable and popular green space, offering easy access to nature and a spot of serenity bounded by industrial units and the railway line on the edge of Scarborough.

Sphagnum moss, common lizards and dragonflies are reclaiming these once-exploited peatlands, whose scars are only just beginning to heal.

A wet grassland with two salty pools, a heaven for passage migrant birds

One of the remaining marshlands in the Forest of Dean, insects like dragonflies and damselflies thrive in these wet woodlands, attracting many birds including nuthatches, treecreepers, woodpeckers…

A small but varied reserve nestled amongst the urban landscape

An impressive habitat and plant diversity and a great place to spot bird life in the Forth Estuary

1,000 acres of wilderness in the Broads National Park, with floodplain marsh and lowland fen home to some of the largest populations of wading birds in the East of England.

An example of English countryside as it used to be

A partially drained reservoir with an established fen vegetation

A beautiful stretch of woodland with a beautiful steep-sided gorge that supports a large tract of ancient deciduous woodland

One of a number of remaining sites which once formed an extensive area of peatlands along the Solway

One of the largest semi-natural broadleaved woodlands in the Galloway Woods SSSI and SAC