Enjoy crisp winter walks and go wonderfully wild at some of our favourite winter reserves.

Imagine our surprise earlier this year when reports of a rare mammal - more at home in remote woodlands - began to reach us at Spurn National Nature Reserve.

Wetlands are some of our best winter reserves to visit – the shimmer of frosted reedbeds beautifully set off by clear blue skies and wide open mirrors of water. They also attract some of our most…

Winter at Staveley: mist drifting across the fields; water droplets glistening on twigs; patches of ice lurking in the ponds and lakes.

Winter in the Dales is a season of contrasts—quiet, frosted landscapes alive with roaming birds, deer, and darting hares. Pause, look closer, and discover the beauty and energy that winter brings…

Need to blow away some cobwebs after Christmas lunch, or looking to get out and about on a crisp winter weekend? Look no further with a scenic winter walk around one of our wonderful reserves.

I’m walking along a beach under a big sky. The waves shimmer in the dazzling sunlight. Where the sea meets the sky, the clouds look like a great bank of snow. Higher up, they grow wispier, among…