RSPB Where to Discover Nature in Britain and Northern Ireland

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A&C Black, Sep 7, 2009 - Nature - 352 pages
This is the first book to explore in detail every RSPB reserve in Britain, from the wild forests of Caledonia and teeming seabird cities of the northern coasts, to the rolling heathlands, pristine wetlands and urban oases of the south.

Here you'll find everything you need to plan and enjoy days out at some of the best wildlife-watching places anywhere, with full details of access arrangements, visitor facilities, advice on when to visit and the wildlife you can expect to see throughout the year.

For every reserve you'll find a map of how to get here and, where appropriate, the trails around the reserve and the habitats you'll find, so you can plan your visit according to what you'd like to see and how much time you have to visit.

Illustrated throughout with colour photographs of these beautiful wild places and the animals and plants that live in them.
 

Contents

Introduction
6
Using this book
8
hints for enjoying your visit
10
What to expect on your visit
12
Conservation designations SoUThWEST ENGLAND
13
Arne
14
Aylesbeare Common
18
Exe Estuary
20
Lower Lough Earne
182
Portmore Lough
184
Rathlin Island Seabird Centre
186
Barons Haugh
190
Coll
192
Inversnaid
194
KenDee Marshes
196
Loch Gruinart
198

Garston Wood
22
Greylake
24
ham Wall
26
hayle Estuary
28
highnam Woods
30
Lodmoor
32
Marazion Marsh
34
Nagshead
36
Radipole Lake
38
West Sedgemoor SoUThEAST ENGLAND
42
Blean Woods
44
Brading Marshes
46
Broadwater Warren
48
Cliffe Pools
50
Dungeness
52
Elmley Marshes
56
Farnham heath
58
Fore Wood
60
Northward hill
62
Pulborough Brooks
64
Rainham Marshes
68
Rye Meads
72
Tudeley Woods
76
Church Wood
78
Coombes Churnet
80
Middleton Lakes
82
otmoor
84
Sandwell Valley
86
EAST ENGLAND 90 Berney Marshes
90
Boyton Marshes
92
Buckenham Marshes
94
Fowlmere
96
Frampton Marsh
98
Freiston Shore
100
havergate Island
104
Lakenheath
106
Minsmere
110
North Warren
114
Ouse Washes
116
Snettisham
118
South Essex Marshes
120
Stour Estuary
122
Strumpshaw
124
Surlingham Church Marsh
128
The Lodge
130
Titchwell Marsh
134
Wolves Wood
138
Bempton Cliffs
140
Blacktoft Sands
144
Campfield Marsh
148
Coquet Island
150
Dearne Valley Old Moor
152
Fairburn Ings
156
Geltsdale
160
Haweswater
162
Hodbarrow
164
Leighton Moss
166
Marshside
170
Saltholme
172
St Bees Head
174
NORTHERN IRELAND 176 Belfast Harbour Reserve
176
Lough Foyle
180
Lochwinnoch
200
Mersehead
204
Mull of Galloway
208
The
212
Wood of Cree
214
EAST SCOTLAND 216 Birsay Moors
216
Brodgar
218
Cottascarth and Rendall Moss
220
Fetlar
222
Fowslheugh
224
Hobbister
226
228
228
Loch of Kinnordy
230
loch of spiggie
232
loch of strathbeg
234
Marwick head
238
Mill
240
Mousa
242
north hill
244
noup cliffs
246
onziebust
248
sumburgh head
250
the loons and loch of Banks
252
troup head
254
trumland
256
Vane Farm
258
north scotland 262 Balranald
262
corrimony
264
culbin sands
266
Fairy Glen
268
Forsinard Flows
270
Glenborrodale
272
insh Marshes
274
loch Garten
276
loch na Muilne
280
loch ruthven
282
nigg
284
udale
286
carngafallt
288
conwy
290
cwm clydach
294
dee estuary Point of
296
Grassholm
298
Gwenffrwddinas
300
lake Vyrnwy
302
Mawddach woodlands
306
newport wetlands
310
ramsey island
312
south stack
316
Valley wetlands
320
Ynyshir
322
dates with nature 326 eagles
326
ospreys
328
Peregrines
330
red Kites
332
seabirds
334
the best of the rest
336
list of conservation designations
338
Photo credits
339
acknowledgements
341
index
342
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Marianne Taylor has been a lifelong wildlife enthusiast with a particular interest in birds. She worked at Christopher Helm for three years and Birdwatch magazine for two, and is now a freelance writer and editor, working on natural history books and magazines.

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