All Nature Reserves in Scotland
Nature Reserves in Scotland
- 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...
- Save to ListHome to some of Scotland’s most spectacular wildlife, Abernethy is a dramatic and awe-inspiring place. A fragile mosaic of ancient Caledonian pinewood, moorland, bog and mountain plateau, this reserve really has something for everyone Read more...
- Save to ListThis now-peaceful woodland is a rare surviving fragment of the native oak woods that once spread along the Atlantic coast from Spain to Norway. Ariundle is a treasure house of primitive plants with a huge diversity of mosses, lichens, liverworts and ferns growing over the damp woodland floor. These are fascinating reminders of some of the earliest forms of vegetation Read more...
- Save to ListPhone: +44-0-141 331 0993Email: baronshaugh@rspb.org.ukA 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 – in the spring you might hear woodpeckers and nuthatches, while in the winter whooper swans feed on the flooded meadows. If you’re lucky you may Read more...