All Nature Reserves in Scotland
Nature Reserves in Scotland
- Save to ListRising above the heather moorland this reserve is important for its upland animals and plants, Read more...
- Save to ListPhone: +44-0-7713 786230This spectacular upland reserve, home to Scotland’s highest waterfall, is rich in wildflowers. Read more...
- Save to ListCould there be a more spellbinding and mystical setting? This reserve surrounds the monument of the ring of Brodgar. Visit during the summer and hear the unmistakable bubbling cries of the curlews and the drumming of the snipe. You should also be able to see lapwings, dunlins, redshanks and oystercatchers. Read more...
- Save to ListThis mixture of moorland and cliff tops may be exposed to the elements, so you really do need to wrap up warm, but a visit is very rewarding. You’ll see the famous Old Man of Hoy rock stack that has inspired generations of climbers, not to mention the nesting seabirds that have been known to dive-bomb them too! Read more...
- Save to ListPhone: +44-0-844 493 2237Email: information@nts.org.ukWith its dramatic landscape of sheer cliffs and sea stacks, St Kilda feels like a place perched on the edge of the world. It is Europe’s most important seabird breeding area and includes the world’s largest northern gannet colony. St Kilda has an enigmatic past and the people who lived here had a unique lifestyle, wholly dependent on the riches Read more...
- Save to ListThese uninhabited islands are a refuge for the second largest grey seal colony in the world and a cacophony of breeding seabirds. A mix of sand dunes and low coastal plains provide a canvas for the bright machair flowers of summer. The bleached sandy shores are pounded by Atlantic storms and the sea spray drenches the vegetation like a branding Read more...
- Save to ListOn a clear day, the tiny islands of Rona and Sula Sgier are barely visible from Cape Wrath and the Butt of Lewis. Surrounded by the stormy Atlantic Ocean, these islands are the temporary home for seabirds and seals, which all come seeking a breeding sanctuary. St Ronan, an 8th Century monk who lived here, certainly chose a remote place Read more...
- Save to ListThis beautiful Hebridean reserve has sandy beaches, rocky foreshore, marshes and sand-dunes. Read more...
- Save to ListPhone: +44-0-300 067 6850Follow the winding road through Achany Glen to a forest clearing where salmon leap and children play. You’ve reached the Falls of Shin, a wonderful starting point for a range of trails through beautiful mixed woodland and along the rocky banks of the Shin Read more...