All Nature Reserves
Nature Reserves in Scotland
- Save to ListPhone: +0300 067 6156Dunnottar’s mix of trees, glades and winding paths make it a real playground for Stonehaven. There are treasures to find too: the Kennedy family, who once owned the woods, left behind intriguing structures like the Shell House and Lady Kennedy’s bath: see how it compares to your bathroom! Read more...
- Save to ListPhone: +44-0-1576 203 314Email: jim.rae2012@gmail.comEskrigg Reserve is on the site of an old curling pond. It occupies seven acres and contains a mixture of habitats including mixed woodland, grassland, heathland, willow carr, sedge bed, reed bed, stream and pond each with its own associated flora and fauna. Read more...
- Save to ListFlanders Moss is a vast expanse of all things damp and wonderful. From a distance you can make out the perfectly formed domes of peat as they rise gently from their surroundings. Closer up, squelchy mats of sphagnum moss carpet the reserve with their swirling colours, whilst adders and lizards bask in the sunshine. Listen out for the distinctive calls Read more...
- Save to ListPhone: +44-0-1641 571225Email: forsinard@rspb.org.ukThe Flows is a breath-taking expanse of bog that blankets the land. Rafts of spongy moss float amongst pools of dark peaty water, to make a perfect home for a myriad of insects and the birds that feed on them. Read more...
- Save to ListThe stark beauty of empty sand dunes is complemented by the call of eider ducks, wafting like gentle gossiping across the Ythan estuary Read more...
- Save to ListAsh and oak dominate the woodland at Glasdrum, their trunks softened by a thick coat of mosses and lichens which drip water in the moist air. But it’s the space around these forest giants that makes this place special Read more...
- Save to ListGlen Affric is a magical mix of native pinewoods, glistening lochs and haunting moorland. You can wander amongst the pine trees, feeling the springy carpet of needles beneath your feet, accompanied by the chirpy calls of woodland birds. Read more...
- Save to ListPhone: +44-0-1546 603611A rich woodland of native trees blankets the slopes of Glen Nant. Oak, ash, alder and birch each dominate in different parts of the reserve, responding to changes in conditions that we can hardly detect. Read more...
- Save to ListThe `Parallel Roads’ of Glen Roy slash through the landscape, like the barely camouflaged remnants of a massive engineering project. Read more...