Unimproved sedge-rich pasture with some interesting glacial features

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Once part of an industrial site, now home to an abundance of plants and insects

Listen to the rolling waves on the sand and shingle, breathe in the saline scents of the saltmarsh, and watch the wonderful wildlife this very important and sensitive National Nature Reserve has…

A coastal reserve featuring chalk grassland and impressive sea cliffs

Former sand and gravel workings on either side of the Ayr Road out of Irvine

Ancient Woodland with large areas undergoing restoration from more modern commercial forestry.

This reserve is home to thousands of wildfowl and waders in winter, and some very special plants in summer.

Picturesque rolling downland with chalk grassland flowers and butterflies, set in a working livestock farm as part of the wider Malling Downs area

A hidden piece of ancient woodland filled with wildlife.

These fragile woods support a diverse mixture of species from mighty oaks and majestic beech to violets and carpets of bluebells. The extremely rare greater butterfly orchids and delicate lady…

A small but well-used urban reserve

A narrow strip of embankment between the railway line and some houses

Part of the disused Newtyle to Dundee railway, now supporting a thriving grassland community

One of the most extensive areas of primary Magnesian Limestone grassland in Britain contained within a unique post-glacial landform

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The Pond Café at Tyland Barn is now open!

The ever-changing wood, home to the Wilder Blean project where we have introduced European bison.

Traditional hazel coppice woodland with oak standards, and a large colony of wild daffodils

A mosaic of wet heathland and marshy grassland