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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. Many wading and farmland birds nest on the flower-rich machair and croft-land. More...

Baron's Haugh

A real gem for wildlife and for visitors too. Spend time in one of the four hides, looking out at the ducks and swans on the haugh, or take a walk through the woods. If you’re lucky you may even see a kingfisher or an otter on the river. Most paths are suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs, but may be muddy in bad weather and are steep in places. Wheelchair visitors, please call the reserve in advance for advice. More...

Belfast Lough

This oasis of calm is just 10 minutes from the centre of Belfast. We manage the lagoon to create ideal conditions for wading birds and ducks in autumn and winter, and for breeding terns in summer. More...

Bempton Cliffs

A family favourite, and easily the best place in England to see, hear and smell seabirds! More than 200,000 birds (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

Experience the spectacle of the tens of thousands of wintering ducks, geese and swans that visit the estuary and surrounding grazing marshes. In spring, the marshes are filled with the atmospheric calls of lapwings and redshanks, all breeding on one of the UK's largest expanses of wet grassland. 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

This is a wonderful place for quiet walks in beautiful ancient woodland. There are five trails of up to eight miles long that 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 gliding on silent wings, and hear their churring call. More...

Boyton Marshes

Situated between the Butley river and Ore estuary, Boyton Marshes attracts breeding wading birds in spring and ducks, geese and swans 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...

Broubster Leans

Lying seven miles south-west of Thurso, Broubster Leans is a diverse mosaic of wet grassland, pools, channels and rush pasture, nestled in farmland, making it an ideal place for wildlife. More...

Buckenham Marshes

Buckenham Marshes is a traditionally managed grazing marsh with large numbers of breeding wading birds, and ducks and geese in winter. The reserve also often boasts the only regular winter flock of bean geese in England (November to February), together with white-fronted geese and up to 10,000 wigeons. More...

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