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Created from flooded gravel pits, Blashford Lakes is now a bustling centre of activity, used by thousands of birds all year round including kingfisher, lapwing and oystercatcher.
It’s hard to believe that Blashford Lakes nature reserve was once a gravel extraction site, but now, thanks to the hard work and dedication of Trust staff and volunteers, it has become the haven…
Swanwick Lakes has become one of the Trust’s most popular nature reserves. Much of the reserve is woodland and comes alive with bird song in the spring. Swanwick Lakes is managed in partnership…
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,…
Testwood Lakes is a hidden wildlife haven where lapwing, oystercatcher and great crested grebe breed in the spring, and butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies gather in the summer. A beautiful…
Lound Lakes is a wonderfully wildlife rich site containing a mosaic of habitats, including woodland, acid and lowland grassland, open water, rush pasture and fen meadow.
Once gravel pits, this land was flooded and transformed into a wildlife haven where you can discover new wildlife round every bend or sit back on one of the benches and take it all in
Join our Mendip Reserves Manager at Draycott Sleights to do some reserves maintenance
Danbury Ridge Nature Reserves are a wonderful mosaic of woodland, common, heathland, streams and bogs
Weekly work parties are held on our coastal reserves in the Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park.
Lakes come in many forms: some are splendid and clear, while others are more reminiscent of a murky swamp. Each lake is strongly influenced by the underlying lakebed and the surrounding landscape…
