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Ballinlaggan is situated in the River Dulnain Valley, north-east of Carrbridge. It covers 21 ha of wetland, grassland and scrub. It is an important breeding site for a range of waders, including lapwings, redshanks, curlews and snipe. More...

Balranald

This beautiful Hebridean reserve has sandy beaches, rocky foreshore, marshes and sand dunes. An information centre explains the importance of traditional crofting agriculture for corncrakes and other wildlife. More...

Baron's Haugh

A real gem for wildlife and for visitors too. Spend time in one of the four hides, looking out onto the ducks and swans on the haugh, or take a walk through the woods – in the spring you might hear woodpeckers and nuthatches, while in the winter whooper swans feed on the flooded meadows. More...

Belfast Lough

This oasis of calm is just ten minutes from the centre of Belfast! We manage the lagoon to create ideal conditions for waders and ducks in autumn and winter, and for breeding terns in summer. Come and visit the observation room and you’ll be able to see a wide variety of birds, at extremely close quarters. More...

Bempton Cliffs

A family favourite, and easily the best place in England to see, hear and smell seabirds! More than 200,000 birds at any one time (from April to August) make the cliffs seem alive with adults bringing food to their nests, or young chicks making their first faltering flights. More...

Berney Marshes and Breydon Water

This wide-open landscape is an ideal place to go throughout the year for a quiet, remote experience. It is the most important site in the Broads for breeding waders, and supports as many as 100,000 wintering waders and wildfowl, including lapwings, wigeons, pink-footed geese and golden plovers. More...

Birsay Moors, Orkney

In the summer, hen harriers, short-eared owls and Arctic skuas nest on the moorland. The Orkney vole is also common on the reserve. More...

Blacktoft Sands

Come along to Blacktoft Sands throughout the year and see how many of our 270 species of birds you can see! The tidal reedbed is the largest in England and is important for its breeding bearded tits, bitterns and marsh harriers. More...

Blean Woods

A wonderful place for quiet walks in beautiful ancient woodland. Five trails of up to eight miles long meander through the woods. In summer, look out for damselflies, dragonflies and butterflies, including the rare heath fritillary butterfly. As dusk falls, you may see nightjars darting around on silent wings, and hear their ‘churring’ call. Listen also for woodpeckers and nightingales. More...

Boyton Marshes

Situated between the Butley river and Ore estuary, Boyton Marshes attracts breeding waders in spring and wildfowl in winter. It’s also great for watching owls, butterflies and dragonflies. More...

Bracklesham Bay

Our reserve here consists of lowland wet grassland immediately behind a shingle bank seawall, and is part of the Bracklesham Bay Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). More...

Brading Marshes

Brading Marshes is a new reserve, the RSPB's first on the Isle of Wight. It was acquired in stages between 2001 and 2006, and now covers most of the valley of the lower River Yar running from the village of Brading down to the sea at Bembridge Harbour. More...

Broadwater Warren

Broadwater Warren is a brand-new RSPB reserve just south of Tunbridge Wells. Acquired in January 2007, it is a large area of conifer plantation, heathland and ancient woodland. More...

Brodgar

Visit our new reserve next to the Neolithic monument of the Ring of Brodgar in the heart of Orkney. Hear the bubbling curlews and drumming snipe in the summer, along with lapwings, dunlins, redshanks and oystercatchers. Wildfowl also abound on this small, but beautiful, reserve. More...

Buckenham Marshes

Buckenham Marshes at dusk in autumn or winter offers one of the most astonishing spectacles you'll ever witness, with tens of thousands of rooks and jackdaws wheeling together overhead, before settling to roost. This reserve is also one of the few places in the UK where bean geese regularly spend winter. More...

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