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Dunwich Heath is an area of protected lowland heath located on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England, and managed by the National Trust. The landscape is characterized by heather and gorse, providing a vital habitat for rare wildlife such as Dartford warblers, nightjars, and woodlarks. It also sup...
Moor House-Upper Teesdale is a designated National Nature Reserve located in the North Pennines of England, spanning the counties of Cumbria and County Durham. The protected area encompasses a vast expanse of moorland, blanket bog, and limestone grassland. It is ecologically significant for preservi...
Ingleborough is a 723-metre mountain in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, and one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks alongside Pen-y-ghent and Whernside. The summit features a large plateau containing the remains of an Iron Age hillfort, making it a significant archaeological site. It is compose...
The Stiperstones is a distinctive quartzite ridge located in Shropshire, England, and is designated as a National Nature Reserve. It is characterized by a series of exposed, jagged rock formations known as tors, which were created through the frost-shattering of the hard quartzite during the last Ic...
De Hoop Nature Reserve is a protected area located in the Overberg region of South Africa's Western Cape province. Managed by CapeNature, the reserve is ecologically significant for its diverse limestone fynbos vegetation and its adjacent marine protected area, which serves as a vital breeding groun...
Wicken Fen is a nature reserve in Cambridgeshire, England, and one of the oldest reserves managed by the National Trust, which acquired its first parcels there in 1899. The site preserves rare surviving fragments of undrained East Anglian fenland, a wetland ecosystem that once covered large areas of...
Richmond Park is a royal park located in southwest London, England, originally enclosed by King Charles I in 1637 as a hunting park. Covering an area of 2,500 acres, it is the largest of London's Royal Parks. The park is a designated National Nature Reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest,...
Burnham Beeches is an ancient woodland and National Nature Reserve in Buckinghamshire, England, covering 540 acres. The reserve is owned and managed by the City of London Corporation and is particularly notable for its collection of veteran pollarded beech trees, some dating back over 400 years. The...
Shapwick Heath is a National Nature Reserve located in the Somerset Levels of England, characterized by its extensive wetland habitats and freshwater marshes. The reserve's waterlogged peat deposits have preserved the Sweet Track, a Neolithic timber walkway recognized as one of the oldest engineered...
The Eastern Moors are a 2,509-hectare upland estate located within the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, England. The area is jointly managed by the National Trust and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to promote conservation and public recreation. Characterized by heather-domin...
Stackpole Warren is a coastal heath and dune landscape located in Pembrokeshire, Wales, currently managed by the National Trust. The area serves as a significant archaeological site where ongoing discoveries record continuous human activity from the Mesolithic period onward. It is distinguished by i...
Dersingham Bog is a 165-hectare National Nature Reserve located in Norfolk, England, managed by Natural England. The reserve is notable for containing East Anglia's largest and most intact example of an acid valley mire, a rare habitat sustained by groundwater rather than rainwater. It also features...
St Catherine's Hill is a 35-hectare heath and conifer forest north of Christchurch, Dorset, notable as an SSSI and Local Nature Reserve.
Lesnes Abbey Woods is an ancient woodland in southeast London containing the ruins of an abbey founded by Richard de Luci in 1178.
Gibraltar Point is a coastal nature reserve in Lincolnshire, England, established in 1949 and notable for dunes, salt marshes, mudflats, and migrating birds.
Croham Hurst is a wooded hill in Croydon, south London, notable for its ancient round barrow and a summit capped by resistant Blackheath pebbles.
Kielderhead Moors are remote uplands near England's border with Scotland, notable for extensive blanket bog within the Kielder landscape.
Roydon Common is a west Norfolk National Nature Reserve, notable as the county's largest surviving expanse of heathland and valley mire.
Kalmthoutse Heide is a cross-border heathland reserve in Belgium and the Netherlands, forming part of the Kalmthout Heath Border Park.
Split Hills and Long Hill Esker is a County Westmeath glacial ridge protected in Ireland as an SAC for its orchid-rich calcareous grassland.
Hirnant Valley is a remote upland valley in Powys, Wales, notable for its glacial scenery and route between Bala and Lake Vyrnwy.
Greenham Common is former common land and a Cold War airbase in Berkshire, famous for nuclear cruise missiles and the women's peace camp begun in 1981.
Laguna Blanca is a stunning high-altitude lagoon located in Bolivia’s Potosí Department within the Eduardo Avaroa Fauna Natural Reserve. Its notably pale water, rich in minerals, supports a significant population of three flamingo species. The area's altiplano setting and unique ecosystem make it va...
Ashmore Reef is a reef and island group in the Timor Sea under Australian administration, northwest of the Australian mainland and south of Indonesia. Together with nearby Cartier Island, it forms the Australian external territory known as the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands. Much of the ar...
Weeting Heath is a Norfolk nature reserve and SSSI managed by Norfolk Wildlife Trust, especially noted for its breeding stone-curlews.
Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes is a national nature reserve on England's Lincolnshire coast, designated in 1969 and protecting dunes, salt marsh, and freshwater marsh.
Hartland Moor is a Dorset National Nature Reserve of wet and dry heath, notable as one of three reserves joined into the 3,331-hectare Purbeck Heaths in 2020.
The Chatkal State Nature Reserve safeguards a significant portion of Uzbekistan’s Tian Shan mountain range. It protects varied landscapes – forests, meadows, and high peaks – supporting unique plant and animal life found nowhere else. The reserve is vital for biodiversity conservation and research,...
Godlingston Heath is lowland heath near Studland, Dorset, notable for rare wildlife and inclusion in the Studland and Godlingston Heaths SSSI.
Abney Park Cemetery is a historic Victorian burial ground located in Stoke Newington, London, and is one of the city's Magnificent Seven cemeteries. Opened in 1840, it was established as a nonconformist cemetery, lacking Anglican consecration and welcoming all denominations. In addition to its funct...
