Cambridgeshire Nature Reserves

A small yet impressive wood of majestic beeches

Cambridgeshire's second largest ancient wood is over 900 years old!

Former chalk quarries that now provide a variety of habitats for wildlife.

A 'ridge-and-furrow' meadow with a spectacular show of orchids

Once fishing ponds for monks, now a secluded spinney

Former old clay pits are now a wildlife haven, rich in invertebrate and bird life

Open water, reedbeds and willows in a fenland habitat that was once a quarry

A wet valley woodland, a rare habitat in Cambridgeshire

An ancient grassland, bursting with flowers and insects

A dry grassland site, providing a secluded haven for visitors

A magical ancient woodland, atmospheric at any time of year

A fragment of ancient woodland nested in a working farm

A rich mixture of flooded gravel pits, grassland, reedbed and willows

Wildflower meadows, ancient woodlands and wetland areas full of birdlife.

A quiet and tranquil medieval woodland full of woodland birds with secret paths and hidden glades.

An ancient coppiced woodland with a fantastic display of oxlips in the spring

Five pretty meadows; very colourful from spring to summer.

An ancient woodland filled with beautiful plants, insects and birds

A disused quarry, now a haven for thriving wetland wildlife

A fragment of typical ancient woodland where flora can flourish

A precious wildlife refuge sheltered in the heart of a fenland town.

A huge area of washland home to thousands of wintering ducks and breeding waders

Beautiful elm tree woodland, once the site of a medieval manor, now home to badgers, bluebells and beetles

This disused railway track has developed into fine meadow grassland.

A fragment of once-great wildwood, now an important woodland sanctuary

A recently replanted woodland with an abundance of interesting fungi species

Unploughed grassland, an important refuge for many species

A wet meadow home to a high diversity of flowers

A traditional hay meadow exceptionally rich in wildflowers

A small fragment of unimproved limestone grassland in eastern England

A small wildflower meadow.

Nestled among houses, a collection of small ponds and meadow that is a local stronghold for newts

A wetland reserve with its own distinctive habitat.

An ancient woodland full of wildflowers, an unexpected treasure in an urban setting

Ancient grazing meadows with wildflowers galore

A remnant of limestone grassland with species-rich springs and flushes

Fine ancient woodland, carpeted with oxlips, bluebells and violets in the spring

An old ash woodland with a marvellous habitat for mosses, lichens, fungi and insects

Glorious riverside ponds and reedbed rich in wildlife