Once the site of gravel extraction, now attractive to a wide range of important wildlife

This mix of grassland and wetland provides refuges for many species, including water voles and harvest mice.

A precious wildlife refuge sheltered in the heart of a fenland town.

A stunning complex of wetland reserves, with a myriad of birdlife and aquatic insects.

Wetland plants, important invertebrates and protected amphibians show why our smallest nature reserve is also one of the most important.

A wet meadow next to the River Wey that supports a number of rare plants and birds.

An important site for amphibians in Uxbridge.

A mosaic of open water, reedbeds and intervening rough grassland and scrub.

Mainly broadleaved woodland with streams and a lake

Great Bay, St Martin's, is one of the most arresting views and bays on the Isles of Scilly. East-facing, it is protected from the prevailing winds by the main island to the south and White…

Situated on the west side of Bryher close to the dramatic Hell Bay, Pool of Bryher is the only true brackish lagoon on Scilly. It is separated from the sea by a narrow and very mobile storm beach…

Complex mosaics of wet and dry heath, scrub, bogs, grasslands and open water

A lowland fen situated in a narrow valley between Pant y sais fen and the Neath Estuary

The largest valley fen in England and one the most important wetlands in Europe, Redgrave & Lopham Fen has a rich diversity of plant life across 432 acres of lowland fen, grassland, and…

Once a pumping station for a sewage works, this nature reserve is now a haven for reedbed species and provides a home to the UK's most endangered mammal, the Water Vole

Overlooking the south end of Bryher, the uninhabited island of Samson is easily recognisable by the rise of its two hills separated by a sandy neck. The island is important for breeding seabirds,…

Life never moves in the slow lane at Seaforth, a coastal nature reserve home to hundreds of thousands of waders and seabirds.

A glacial lake formed at the end of the last Ice Age, Semer Water is the second-largest natural lake in North Yorkshire, and provides valuable habitat for breeding and wintering birds.

Skippers Island is one of the last remaining places in Essex with a true feeling of wilderness - a remote island in the Walton Backwaters, there is a sense of peacefulness, only interrupted by the…

An area of disused gravel pits with important areas of marginal vegetation and willow woodland habitat