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Snaizeholme Red Squirrel Trail
Hawes, North Yorkshire
Located in the Widdale Red Squirrel Reserve. Dedicated viewing area in the Dales allowing you to spot native red squirrels in the wild.
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
County-Wide, Yorkshire
Managing over 100 nature reserves across Yorkshire, preserving rich ecosystems for native wildlife, birds, and flora.
Foxglove Covert
Catterick, North Yorkshire
100-acre Local Nature Reserve containing woodland, heathland, flower-rich grassland, ponds, streams, and wet meadows.
Tophill Low Nature Reserve
Driffield, East Yorkshire
300-acre active water treatment site flanking the River Hull featuring 12 bird hides overlooking wetlands and reservoirs.
Potteric Carr
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
A wild fenland oasis teeming with birdlife, featuring extensive reedbeds, walking trails, and modern visitor facilities.
Wild Sheffield Reserves
Sheffield / Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Network of protected woodlands, meadows, and reedbeds managed by Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust.
Three Hagges Woodmeadow
Escrick / York, North Yorkshire
Flagship woodmeadow site open free 365 days a year. A pioneering blend of woodland and meadow rich in native biodiversity.
Rodley Nature Reserve
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Created on the River Aire floodplain to bring wetland wildlife back to Leeds. Key flyway site for migratory wildfowl and waders.
Marsden Moor Estate
Marsden, West Yorkshire
Over 5,000 acres of open National Trust moorland with designated peat bog habitats, wild walking routes, and prehistoric heritage.
St Nicks Environment Centre
York, North Yorkshire
24 acres of urban Local Nature Reserve built on a former landfill site just 1 mile from York city centre.
Spurn Nature Reserve
Kilnsea, East Yorkshire
Yorkshire's iconic 3-mile peninsula curving between the Humber Estuary and North Sea. Unrivalled bird migration hotspot.
Flamborough Head Cliffs
Flamborough, East Yorkshire
One of Europe's most significant chalk cliff seabird colonies, packed with tens of thousands of nesting gannets, auks, and puffins.
Filey Dams Nature Reserve
Filey, North Yorkshire
The area's last remaining freshwater marsh. Accessible reserve featuring 3 viewing hides along a short, flat path.