This reserve’s woodland and grassland habitats are home to a wonderful array of plants, which grow in the undulating ‘ridge and furrows’ created by medieval farmers using oxen-pulled ploughs.

In the lush, green, rolling countryside of the Howardian Hills, the wet pasture and lowland marsh of this tiny riverside reserve come alive with wildflowers in spring and summer.

Created as recently as 2012, it hasn't taken long for Kilnsea Wetlands to establish itself as a birdwatching hotspot and an unmissable part of a visit to the Spurn peninsula.

It doesn’t have to be the Summer of Love to enjoy an explosion of flower power. Let Ledsham Bank’s vivid wildflower display blow your mind this June or July!

When hundreds of orchids are in bloom, the birds are singing, and the ponds are alive with dragonflies and damselflies, it’s a far cry from Ledston Luck’s industrial past.

Mining bees now use the exposed coal bank of this former colliery, bee orchids bloom in the meadow, and the lagoons are a magnet for dragonflies!

A traditional hay meadow, with an eye-popping display of flowers between May and mid-July, this is a glorious example of the species-rich meadows that were once common in the Dales.

In this park on the edge of Barnsley, nature is reclaiming the land from an old colliery spoil heap and landfill site, and it’s full of surprises

This secluded canal-side spot offers a tranquil escape from the bustle of urban Keighley and Bradford, while the cliffs above it provide cracking glimpses of the Aire valley.

It might surprise you to find that Moorlands has nothing to do with moors. Instead, it's a charming little woodland, with majestic old trees, and colourful flowers in spring.