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RSPB shopsOur shops offer a great collection of bird food, feeders, nest boxes and wildlife products, as well as books, outdoor clothing, home and garden gifts, cards and stationery. Larger shops also offer a comprehensive range of binoculars and telescopes. For directions to those shops found on reserves, please follow the links on the right-hand side of the page, and feel free to call to find out if the item you want is in stock. Bempton Cliffs (East Yorkshire)Opening times: Daily March - October 10 am to 5 pm. November - February 9.30 am to 4 pm. Closed Christmas week. Contact: 01262 851179 Conwy (Conwy)Opening times: 10 am-5 pm. Contact: 01492 584091 Darts Farm, Exe Estuary (Devon)Opening times: Mon to Sat: 9 am—5.30 pm, Sun 10.30am—4.30 pm. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and Easter Sunday. How to get here: Just off the A376 Exmouth road, five minutes from junction 30 (Exeter Services) of the M5. Half a mile from Topsham station. Bus service 57 (Exeter to Exmouth) stops here. Contact: 01392 879438 Dungeness (Kent)Opening times: 10 am-5 pm (4 pm November - February). Contact: 01797 320588 Fairburn Ings (West Yorkshire)Opening times: Weekends and bank holidays 9.30 am-5 pm, weekdays 9.30 am-4.30 pm. Closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Contact: 01977 603796 Fineshade Wood (Northamptonshire)Opening times: 10 am-5 pm. How to get here: Top Lodge and Fineshade are signposted from the A43, between Stamford and Corby. Contact: 01780 444691 Lake Vyrnwy (Powys)Opening times: 1 April to 31 October daily, 10.30 am-5.30 pm. 1 November to 24 December daily, 10.30 am-4.30 pm. 1 January to 31 March (weekends only), 10.30 am-4.30 pm. Contact: 01691 870278 Leighton Moss (Lancashire)Opening times: Daily all year round (except 25 December) from 9.30 am-5 pm (4.30 pm November-January inclusive). Contact: 01524 701601 Loch Garten (Highland)Opening times: Daily 10 am-6 pm from April to the end of August. Last entry to the reserve is at 5 pm. Contact: 01479 831476 Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire)Opening times: Daily from 10 am-5 pm with the exception of 25-26 December and 1-2 January, when the centre is closed. Contact: 01505 842663 Minsmere (Suffolk)Opening times: 10 am - 5 pm (4 pm from 1 November to 31 January). Closed 25 and 26 December. Contact: 01728 648281 Newport Wetlands (Newport)Opening times: Summer 9am-5pm. Winter 10am-4pm. Coffee shop open 10am-4pm. Closed Christmas Day. Contact: 01633 636363 Old Moor (South Yorkshire)Opening times: 1 November - 31 January: open 9.30 am - 4 pm. 1 February - 31 October: 9.30 am - 5 pm. Closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Contact: 01226 751593 Pulborough Brooks (West Sussex)Opening times: 9.30 am-5 pm daily. Contact: 01798 875851 Radipole Lake (Dorset)Opening times: Open daily 9 am to 5 pm, 4 pm in winter; hide - 8.30 am to 4.30 pm. Centre and hide closed Christmas and Boxing Day. Contact: 01305 778313 Rainham Marshes (Greater London)Opening times: 9.30 am-5 pm daily. Contact: 01708 899840 Ribble Discovery Centre (Lancashire)Opening times: Tuesday - Sunday 10-5pm (summer); 10-4pm (winter). Also open on bank holiday mondays and during school holidays. How to get here: Leave the M6 at junction 32 to join M55 (signposted Blackpool, Preston A6). Keep in right hand lane then continue on M55 (signposted Blackpool, Fleetwood). Continue on A5230 (signposted South Shore). At roundabout, take 3rd exit onto Progress Way - A5230 (signposted Lytham St Annes). At traffic signals, continue forward. At Starr Gate, turn left onto A584 (signposted Lytham St Annes). Continue on Clifton Drive North - A584. Turn right onto Coronation Road and left onto Inner Promenade and look for Fairhaven Lake on your right. The centre is situated at the bottom of the steps where the metal Fairhaven Lake sign goes over the entrance to the lake. Contact: 01253 796292 The Lodge (Bedfordshire)Opening times: 9 am-5 pm on weekdays and 10 am-5 pm at weekends and bank holidays. Contact: 01767 680541 Titchwell Marsh (Norfolk)Opening times: 9.30 am-5 pm (9.30 am-4 pm from mid-November to mid-February). Contact: 01485 210779 Vane Farm (Perth & Kinross)Opening times: 10 am-5 pm daily (except Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and 2 January). Contact: 01577 862355 |
Red admirals, Vanessa atalanta, wide view showing habitat, Sutton Fen RSPB reserve - RSPB Images - Ben Hall (rspb-images.com)
Bird watcher looking out of Lillian's hide, Leighton Moss RSPB reserve - RSPB Images - Ben Hall (rspb-images.com)
Bird illustrations by Mike Langman (RSPB)