All Nature Reserves
Nature Reserves in Scotland
- Save to ListMoine Mhor is a speckled mixture of mossy hummocks and open pools rising in a shallow, peaty dome. Read more...
- Save to ListMuir of Dinnet blends woodland, heath, open water and an impressive example of nature’s sculptural work, all on one site. Visit the Burn O’Vat and feel the rock walls swallow you up in their damp embrace, cutting you off from the outside world. Elsewhere, wander through birch woodlands, watch for the flash of a damselfly’s wings or savour the peace Read more...
- Save to ListPhone: +44-10856873535It is comprised of about 160 hectares of heathland and grassland at the north-east tip of Deerness. It’s a place of high cliffs and wild heathland, battered by storms in winter and teeming with nesting birds in the summer. Read more...
- Save to ListA dramatic island with soaring cliffs, Noss is home to an amazing array of nesting seabirds. In spring and summer, gannets, guillemots, fulmars and kittiwakes seem to occupy every available nook and cranny on the cliffs Read more...
- Save to ListPhone: +44-0- 1496 850505Email: loch.gruinart@rspb.org.ukLoch Gruinart is a working farm as well as a nature reserve.There’s always plenty to see at Loch Gruinart. In autumn, thousands of white-fronted and barnacle geese arrive from Greenland. When they leave in spring, wading birds take centre-stage, with the courtship displays of snipe, lapwings, redshanks and curlews. Watch it all take place from our viewing centre and hides, Read more...
- Save to ListPhone: +44-0- 1346 532017Email: strathbeg@rspb.org.ukScotland’s only mainland gannet colony. A wonderful, wild clifftop nature reserve with over 3,000 pairs of nesting gannets. It’s also a great place for spotting whales and dolphins and in spring you’ll see lots of other seabirds including the odd puffin! Read more...
- Save to ListAs you approach Rum, the rugged mountains set a dramatic stage for spectacular wildlife and archaeology. Circling eagles glide on outstretched wings overhead, majestic red deer graze on the hillsides and otters frolic between sea and land Read more...
- Save to ListPhone: +44-0- 1577 862355Email: lochleven@rspb.org.ukSet on the southern shore of the loch, RSPB Scotland Loch Leven nature reserve offers a great day out for families, nature lovers and wildlife watchers alike. Formerly known as Vane Farm, the RSPB bought the reserve in 1967 as a centre for environmental education and it is still a fantastic place for children to explore and discover nature today. Read more...
- Save to ListSheer cliffs loom from the sea at St Abbs Head, giving dramatic views of the Berwickshire coastline and providing an early summer home for nesting seabirds Read more...