Mixed habitat with grassland, woodland and wetland. Diverse range of wildflowers, butterflies and breeding birds.

Bishop’s Fen is a 20ha farmland site about 2km south of Bishop Middleham, County Durham. Lying on the floodplain of the River Skerne and is part of the ambitious Great North Fen vision. Durham…

Black Plantation comprises 13.8 hectares of woodland dominated by semi-mature birch with a scattering of oak and other native broadleaf trees.

A deep, freshwater site; an excellent place for birdwatching

One of the few undeveloped river floodplains in the area, Lamesley Pastures contains two designated Local Wildlife Sites.

A vibrant ancient woodland with a long and surprising industrial history. It’s hard to believe that for hundreds of years scores of people lived and worked here in what was then a busy, noisy…

An interesting and varied reserve with an abundance of woodland birds; a quiet and secluded retreat

A 61ha wet grassland site reclaimed from intensive agriculture. Lying just north-east of Newton Aycliffe between the A1 and the East Coast Main Line railway, Ricknall Carrs, is one of the historic…

A fragment of blanket bog remaining from a larger area of bog, marsh and shallow pools now partly drained and/or planted with conifers

Rosa Shafto and Tudhoe Mill are two adjacent woodland nature reserves linked by a footbridge over the Valley Burn. They consist of mixed secondary woodland developed on an ancient woodland site.…