"within 10 km foraging range of superb parrot forest breeding habitat. The site was identified as an IBA because it supports Australasian bitterns, superb parrots, flame robins and diamond firetails, as well as large numbers of breeding waterbirds when flooded. Barmah-Millewa Important Bird Area The Barmah-Millewa Important Bird Area is a 2635 km tract of land in south-eastern Australia which has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because of its significance for the conservation of a range of bird species. The site straddles the upper Murray River and the border between the states of New"
"of water birds breed on the lakes within the SSSI, including water rail, little grebe and great crested grebe. The open water bodies also support large numbers of wintering wildfowl. Notable invertebrates include nine species of Odonata, including the Southern Hawker, ""Aeshna cyanea"", as well as a grass-mining fly, ""Opomyza punctella"", and a leaf beetle, ""Longitarsus reichei"", which are locally rare. Witton-le-Wear (SSSI) Witton-le-Wear (SSSI) is a Site of Special Scientific Interest located in the valley of the River Wear, immediately east of the village of Witton-le-Wear in County Durham, England. It is important as the only extensive body of"
"of which the important wetland, Hayle Kimbro Pool, forms a part of. The area is also home to one of England's rarest breeding birds — the Cornish chough. This species of corvid is distinctive due to its red beak and legs and haunting ""chee-aw"" call. Chough began breeding on Lizard in 2002 following a concerted effort by the Cornish Chough Project in conjunction with DEFRA and the RSPB. The Lizard contains some of the most specialised flora of any area in Britain, including many Red Data Book plant species. Of particular note is the Cornish heath, ""Erica vagans"", that occurs"
"of reed bed, salt marsh, wet grassland and open water, and is separated from Weymouth Bay by Greenhill beach and the B3155 road. The site includes a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds nature reserve. Some nationally rare bird species breed there, and it is also visited by some uncommon migratory waders. Birds breeding at Lodmoor include bearded tit, Cetti's warbler, marsh warbler and Savi's warbler. A wide variety of migratory waders visit, including northern lapwing, common snipe, wood sandpiper, green sandpiper, spotted redshank and whimbrel. Visitors belonging to uncommon species of wader include jack snipe, greenshank and ruff."
"marsh cinquefoil (""Potentilla palustris""), bottle sedge (""Carex rostrata""), common lousewort (""Pedicularis sylvatica"") and fen bedstraw (""Galium uliginosum"") and the nationally rare Labrador-tea (""Rhododendron tomentosum""). The reserve is also known for its insects. Eleven species of dragonflies and damselflies have been recorded, including the black darter (""Sympetrum danae"") (Britain's smallest dragonfly) and the four-spotted chaser (""Libellula quadrimaculata""). They are joined by 19 species of butterfly, including the green hairstreak (""Callophrys rubi""). Danes Moss Nature Reserve Danes Moss Nature Reserve is a nature reserve south of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. A Site of Special Scientific Interest, it is managed by the Cheshire Wildlife"
"the reserve, to the County Boundary. There are large lakes formed by the flooded pits, known as Church Pond, Clifton Pond, Main Pond, Tween Pond and Beeston Pond, plus drier areas of scrub and grassland such as Corbetts Meadow and Erewash field. There are also areas of native willow and woodland. The ponds have become the most important bird overwintering area in Nottinghamshire for shoveler and diving ducks. The species count since 1966 is now over 250 bird species. Among the nationally rare birds seen at the reserve are penduline tit (1994), squacco heron (1998 and 2011), purple heron (2003)"
"lying in the basin of the River Brue. The site supports a diverse community of terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates. National rarities are the large marsh grasshopper (""Stethophyma grossum"") found on sphagnum moss bogs, the greater silver diving beetle (""Hydrophilus piceus"") and the lesser silver diving beetle (""Hydrochara caraboides"") which is now confined nationally to the Brue Basin Peat Moors. The adjoining Shapwick Moor has been purchased by the Hawk and Owl Trust and will be their first reserve in south west England. The land will be farmed traditionally in order to recreate the habitats of the past. The management plan"
"Three nationally rare or endangered species have been found within the area: the mud snail (which is now one of the UK's most endangered freshwater creatures, having been recently recategorised as near threatened across Europe in the new IUCN European Red List of Non-marine Molluscs), great raft spider and the ""Enochrus isotae"" species of water scavenger beetle, as well as the nationally scarce beautiful snout moth. The first sightings of the migrant hawker dragonfly in Cheshire were at Sound Heath, and many other locally rare species have been recorded here. The site is also an important breeding site for birds."
"and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs. Bearded"
"Foulshaw Moss Foulshaw Moss is a raised bog in Cumbria, England. In 1998 it was bought by Cumbria Wildlife Trust, which has worked to reverse damage caused to the bog by drainage and afforestation. It is protected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and as part of the Witherslack Mosses Special Area of Conservation along with two smaller bogs Meathop Moss and Nichols Moss. With funding from Natural England, the Cumbria Wildlife Trust and the British Dragonfly Society have reintroduced a rare species of dragonfly, the White-faced darter, to the site from 2010. This is the first UK reintroduction"
"and Titchmarsh Nature Reserve. This site is described by Natural England as ""a nationally important site for its breeding bird assemblage of lowland open waters and their margins, wintering waterbird species, an assemblage of over 20,000 waterbirds in the non-breeding season and a rare example of wet floodplain woodland."" The diverse habitats include, marsh, reedswamp, rough grassland, scrub, wet ditches, woodland and rush pasture. There are at least 21 breeding bird species, including mute swans, tufted ducks, little grebes, great crested grebes, little ringed plovers and redshanks. There is access to some parts of the site such as Summer Leys."
"the UK is limited to the North Downs in East Kent as well as the nationally scarce lady orchid (""Orchis purpurea"") and musk orchid (""Herminium monorchis"") of which 72 were counted in 2007. The chalk downland provides an important habitat for insects. Many butterflies thrive at the reserve including the chalkhill blue (""Polyommatus coridon""), brown argus (""Aricia agestis"") and marbled white (""Melanargia galathea""). The woodland and scrub within and surrounding the reserve attract many feeding and breeding birds including the nightingale (""Luscinia megarhynchos""), European green woodpecker (""Picus viridis""), great spotted woodpecker (""Dendrocopos major""), yellowhammer (""Emberiza citrinella""), linnet (""Carduelis cannabina""), whitethroat"
"The marsh and small pearl-bordered fritillaries occur in the wet pastures, whilst the dark green is found on the drier bracken slopes and the silver-washed in the tree canopy. All have declined nationally and are local species, now principally of south-western Britain. Rare and also present is the brown hairstreak (""Thecla betulae""), while the small copper (""Lycaena phlaeas"") and green hairstreak (""Callophrys rubi"") are notably abundant. Another species of note, found in the wet flushed areas, is the nationally uncommon keeled skimmer dragonfly (""Orthetrum coerulescens""). This is a species of southern wet heathlands whose larvae develop in the wet mud"
"Claish Moss Claish Moss is an upland blanket bog on the south side of Loch Shiel, in the Sunart district of the west highlands of Scotland The Moss is designated as a Ramsar site of international importance (designated in 1981), a Special Area of Conservation (designated together with Kentra Moss), and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The remote and difficult to access 568 ha reserve, at an elevation of 11 m - 55 m (average: 22 m), is home to a nationally important population of 9 different dragonfly species. The Moss is an example of a patterned raised mire"
"(""Anas platyrhynchos"") and mute swan (""Cygnus olor""). Although generally hosting only small numbers of birds (244 species recorded), the reservoir has attracted a considerable number of North American vagrant shorebirds and wildfowl, including a number of lesser scaup (""Aythya affinis""). In May 2016 a Dalmatian pelican (""Pelecanus crispus"") was seen in western Cornwall and was frequently seen on the reservoir. There are 5,000 year old fossil remains of this species from Somerset and this bird could be the first recorded in Britain since then. At the same time as the Dalmatian pelican, a cackling goose, (""Branta hutchinsii""), which is a"
"Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods is a 147.5 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) south of Loughborough in Leicestershire. It is also a Geological Conservation Review and a Nature Conservation Review site. The Outwoods and Beacon Hill are part of The National Forest. Two areas in the SSSI, Beacon Hill and Jubilee Woods are country parks managed by Leicestershire County Council, and The Outwoods is managed by Charnwood Borough Council. Beacon Hill has diverse breeding birds, such as green woodpeckers, tawny owls and tree pipits, and it is one of only"
"""Lestes dryas"". 61 species of bird regularly breed on the site, such as the common redshank and the northern lapwing. Common cuckoos exploit the nests of reed warblers and sedge warblers. Havering Council has raised the water level and reintroduced grazing to protect the wetland. Access to the site is from Hornchurch Country Park and Berwick Pond Road. Ingrebourne Marshes Ingrebourne Marshes are a 74.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering. Ingrebourne Valley Local Nature Reserve includes a small part of the SSSI west of the River Ingrebourne. The site is"
"include the black-necked grebe, which is rare in the United Kingdom, and the nightingale, which was extinct in Nottinghamshire before 2004. The Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust have been active in planting reeds to improve the habitat, which are grown at Langford Quarry in a joint venture between Tarmac and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. The river is largely rural in character, although it passes through the centre of Retford and skirts the south-eastern fringe of Bawtry. The village of Eaton, on the southern edge of the town of East Retford, is believed to occupy the site of a"
"Other areas of ditches support species such as the nationally scarce water soldier ""Stratiotes alludes"", fen pondweed ""Potamogeton coloratus"", hairlike pondweed ""Potamogeton trichoides"" and water parsnip ""Sium latifolium"". The area of ditch close to Breydon Water are more brackish in nature and feature species such as soft hornwort ""Ceratophyllum submersum"" and the nationally scarce stiff saltmarsh grass ""Puccinellia rupestris"". Invertebrate species associated with the drainage ditches include the nationally rare species Norfolk hawker dragonfly ""Aeshna isosceles"", the great silver water-beetle ""Hydrophilus piceus"" and a large hoverfly ""Lejops vittatus"". Birds typically found on Halvergate Marshes include both wintering species such as"
"of marsh fritillary butterflies (""Eurodryas aurinia""), a nationally scarce species, is also found on the site. Lymsworthy Meadows Lymsworthy Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in north Cornwall, England, UK, noted for its biological characteristics. The site, notified in 1992, is situated within Kilkhampton civil parish, north-east of the town of Bude, west of the border with Devon. The streams surrounding the SSSI are tributaries to the upper River Tamar. The site's habitat mainly consists of moorland and culm grassland that is relatively untouched by agriculture, being one of only a few such sites remaining in Cornwall."
"been a pool on the northern part of the site and this has attracted some birds as it is currently one of the few standing open waters in East Lothian. Waterbirds regularly seen here include mute swan*, mallard*, common teal, wigeon, tufted duck, little grebe*, moorhen* and coot* (* confirmed breeding since 2008 ). Gadwall also bred in 2012 with two broods seen in 2014 and a further expansion since. Regular counts are undertaken for BTO Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) monitoring. Other characteristic birds of the site include grey partridge*, common kestrel, common buzzard, stock dove, skylark*, common grasshopper warbler,"
"More than 100 different species of bird have been recorded in surveys over the length of the canal, of which 38 could be classified as specialist waterway birds, including grey heron (""Ardea cinerea""), reed bunting (""Emberiza schoeniclus"") and common kingfisher (""Alcedo atthis""). Fourteen species have been confirmed as breeding including sand martins (""Riparia riparia""), which nest in drain-pipes in the brick walls of the canal in the centre of Reading. Wilton Water by Crofton Locks and the Kennet Valley gravel pits provide habitats for breeding and wintering waterfowl. Several species of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) and other invertebrates have also"
"The seal colony at Seal Sands on the mouth of the River Tees is thriving and stands at more than 60 harbour seals and this is the only breeding colony of this species on the northeast coast.""Rainton Meadows"" is also a recently created bird-watching site. The region is also the English stronghold of black grouse and contains 80–90% of the UK population of yellow marsh saxifrage. The Magnesian Limestone grasslands of East Durham are a unique habitat not found nowhere else in the world which is particularly important to many species of butterfly and moths. The Northeast of England also"
"be found in the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust nature reserves handbook. The River Wye at Lancaut supports a range of wildlife including otters, porpoises, cormorants, goosanders and herons. The woodland contains dormice, the rare lapidary snail, and uncommon plants such as narrow-leaved helleborine and the wild service tree. The narrow tidal banks are a rare example in Britain of a direct transition between natural saltmarsh and woodland. Fishing was historically important in the area, and the river contains traces of several medieval weirs, but salmon numbers have fallen markedly in recent years. Quarrying for limestone was important from mediaeval times, and"
"to the adit (outflow from the lake). By the 20th-century strapwort was only growing, within the UK, at Slapton Ley in south Devon. Seed was grown in a greenhouse at Paignton Zoo, Devon by the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust (WWCT), and in May 2015 over 1,000 seedlings were planted on the east side of Loe Pool. Loe Bar is the only site in Britain where the subspecies ""leechi"" of the sandhill rustic (""Luperina nickerlii"") moth is found. Two pupae were found in the sand by the lepidopterists' Barry Goater and M Leech in September 1974. The larvae of ""leechi"" feed"
"The site is associated with a range of rare fauna, including woodlark and the silverstudded blue butterfly (""Plebejus argus""), both of which breed in the heathland area. The site is also home to the Devon carpet moth (""Lampropteryx otregiata""), which may be found only on this site within the whole of Berkshire; also the snipe and jack snipe visit the pools in winter, whilst siskins and redpolls have been recorded feeding in the alders. Decoy Pit, Pools and Woods Decoy Pit, Pools and Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) at Aldermaston Wharf in the civil parish of"
"to some ponds becoming infilled with leaf debris, reducing the number of permanent pools, the resultant seasonal wet areas support several rare plant species. The pools provide a habitat for a wide range of emergent plants, of which the rarest is bog St John's-wort (""Hypericum elodes""), previously believed to have died out in Cheshire. The locally rare floating club rush (""Eleogiton fluitans"") has been recorded at the site. Other wetland species observed here include bogbean (""Menyanthes trifoliata""), garlic mustard (""Alliaria petiolata""), greater spearwort (""Ranunculus lingua""), lesser celandine (""Ranunculus ficaria""), marsh cinquefoil (""Potentilla palustris""), marsh marigold (""Caltha palustris""), marsh pennywort (""Hydrocotyle"
"estate, covering about of land managed by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust. The trust also manages a small nature reserve located within Manchester United's training ground. This provides a habitat for a number of species including the red admiral butterfly (""Vanessa atalanta""), meadow pipit (""Anthus pratensis""), and grey partridge (""Perdix perdix""). Carrington Moss is home to the only recorded pairs of breeding grey partridge in Trafford. Six pairs of Eurasian bullfinch (""Pyrrhula pyrrhula"") were recorded in 2003. The reduction in the population of these and similar birds is attributed to modern farming methods, the loss of broad hedgerows, and the lack"
"Gravel Pits. At Besthorpe near Newark, breeding pairs of little egrets and grey herons have been observed. The Trent valley also links together other SSSI and local nature reserves, which have varying habitats not only for birds, but also mammals, insects and fish, a good example is the tributary River Mease where the entire watercourse has been designated both as a SSSI and a European special area of conservation. One of the more unusual ecological sites is Pasturefields nature reserve near Hixon, an inland saltmarsh, which is a rare habitat for the UK. A vestige of the saline marshes created"
"Danes Moss Nature Reserve Danes Moss Nature Reserve is a nature reserve south of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. A Site of Special Scientific Interest, it is managed by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust. Danes Moss is a lowland raised bog, a rare and threatened habitat in the United Kingdom. The SSSI citation describes it as ""the largest example in Cheshire of a cut-over raised mire...a valuable example of a habitat now rare in lowland England"", noting that the peat is up to deep, a substantial thickness. Seven species of ""Sphagnum"" moss are found here. Locally uncommon plants include round-leaved sundew (""Drosera rotundifolia""),"
"rhynes and deep arterial watercourses. A diverse invertebrate fauna is associated in particular with ditches that have a good submerged plant community. The water beetle fauna is exceptionally rich, with the nationally rare species ""Hydrophilus piceus"" and ""Hydrochara caraboides"" together with the rare soldier flies ""Stratiomys furcata"" and ""Odontomyia ornata"". Good numbers of dragonflies and damselflies occur including the Hairy Dragonfly (""Brachytron pratense"") and the Variable Damselfly (""Coenagrion pulchellum""). Tealham and Tadham Moors Tealham and Tadham Moors () is a 917.6 hectare (2267.3 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Wedmore in Somerset, notified in 1985. Land south"
"Chudleigh Knighton Heath Chudleigh Knighton Heath, near Chudleigh Knighton, Devon is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, so designated because of its rare lowland heath vegetation. It is a habitat for many rare species including the ant, ""Formica exsecta"". This is one of only two wild colonies in England, the other being at Bovey Heath. The site is leased by the Devon Wildlife Trust from Sibelco formerly WBB Minerals. The Trust have created several ponds noted for 12 breeding species of dragonfly including the scarce Keeled Skimmer. The Heath was once the village's main football pitch and was the venue"
"Birdland Park and Gardens Birdland Park and Gardens, often called Birdland, is a wildlife park in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. First opened in 1957, the park moved to its current location in 1989. Birdland originally existed in the grounds of a Tudor manor house called Chardwar and was started by Len Hill, who was often referred to as the Penguin Millionaire. There are around 500 birds contained within more than 150 open aviaries, including the River Windrush of 1.5-metre depth. The park contains the only king penguins in England, Wales or Ireland. Other species of note include: pink backed pelicans, Stanley"