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The reserve is made up of a mosaic of saltmarsh, peatbogs, farmland and wet grassland providing homes for a great variety of native wildlife. Trails lead to a wheelchair accessible hide looking out over the main wet grassland area where lapwings, redshanks and snipe breed in the summer and thousands of swans, ducks and geese spend the winter. More...

Feeding flock of barnacle geese, RSPB Loch Gruinart reserve, Islay

Carngafallt

Carngafallt is a wonderful place to see birds or simply enjoy the view. The moorland landscape looks especially colourful in late summer, while spring is the perfect time to come and see migrant birds like redstarts, whinchats and tree pipits. More...

Chapel Wood

This small reserve is a mixed woodland with the remains of an old hill fort and an historic chapel with a well, in a remote location. More...

Church Wood

This small reserve forms part of the extensive Chiltern woodlands and is a mixture of beech, ash, oak and hazel coppice. Woodpeckers, nuthatches and blackcaps are among the birds breeding in the wood. More...

Nuthatch climbing head-first down branch

Cliffe Pools

Cliffe Pools is a new reserve where we are in the early stages of developing visitor facilities. Here the tightly-packed blue lagoons are perfect for waterbirds and the reserve is renowned for its wading birds, with massed flocks moving onto the pools from the nearby Thames Estuary in winter. More...

Coll

Stroll down a shell-white beach, marvel at the summer colour as the flowers bloom along the sand dunes, and keep your eyes peeled for the most elusive of birds. You'll probably hear the corncrake's distinctive rasping call between May and August – but will you see one? More...

Conwy

Situated on the banks of the Conwy estuary, with magnificent views of Snowdonia and Conwy Castle, this reserve is delightful at any time of year. Birds can always be seen from the visitor centre, and our friendly experts can help you spot godwits and shelducks, or any of the more than 200 different species that have been seen at this reserve. More...

Coombes and Churnet

This is a delightful oak woodland to walk through – especially in spring and early summer when lots of migrating birds come to breed at the reserve. Birds you may see on the steep valley sides include flycatchers, redstarts and wood warblers. There are a wide variety of butterflies to spot too. More...

Copinsay

This uninhabited island was bought as a memorial to the naturalist James Fisher. The cliffs of the reserve are home to a huge colony of breeding seabirds, including fulmars, puffins, guillemots, razorbills and kittiwakes. More...

Coquet Island

An important seabird colony situated one mile off the Northumberland coast. No landing is possible on the island. During the breeding season live images of nesting seabirds, including puffins and four species of terns are shown at the tourist information centre in Amble. More...

Corrimony

Watch the black grouse springtime courtship displays, see the crested tits and look out for the Scottish crossbill, the only UK bird that's found in no other country. Set in stunning moorland and Caledonian forest, this beautiful reserve is a treasure trove for anyone who loves birds. More...