Enjoy a walk at Holwell Reserves, disused quarries, with a mixture of grassland, woodland and exposed rock faces create a peaceful atmosphere throughout the year. A special place for bats,…

An exceptionally diverse small island

A demonstration of how urban greenspaces can be created from wasteland

An urban nature reserve with a rich variety of habitats

Ancient Ash woodland and Beech plantation

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A small but diverse upland reserve

Woodland area with an abundance of the attractive scarlet elf cup fungus

Made up of two of the most ancient woodlands in Leicestershire, stepping into Launde Woods is like stepping back in time. Oak, ash, hazel and field maple dominate Big Wood to the west, whilst Park…

A small strip of mature deciduous woodland on the edge of Irvine

River flood plains and narrow wooded slopes, with an abundance of common spotted orchid

A variety of wetland, woodland and grassland habitats with some scarce aquatic plant communities

A large tidal basin with sand dunes, coastal heath and pinewoods

A long shallow eutrophic loch in a gently sloping valley

A large freshwater loch with a diverse aquatic flora, fringed by areas of fen, reedbeds and semi-natural woodland

A wonderful waterscape of three lakes, two brooks, ponds and wetland scrapes linked together by ancient hedges, woodland and meadows.

One of the best examples of semi-natural woodlands still surviving in the Clyde Valley

A strip of semi-natural ancient woodland running along the banks of the Luggie Water to the south of Cumbernauld

A very rich wooded valley above a gill stream with meadows, ponds and scrub

An urban nature reserve situated on the south bank of the Tees