Animals and Nature

Washbrooks Family Farm

Washbrooks is a family run farm located at the base of the South Downs in the pretty village of Hurstpierpoint. We have a large animal barn and paddocks with all your favourite farm animals. Our extensive outdoor play area offers hours of play as well as an indoor play area for rainy days. The tearoom …

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RSPB Fairy Glen

In a hidden glen, not far from Inverness, this small and steep-sided reserve is a magical broadleaf woodland. Follow the winding footpath to discover beautiful waterfalls, while keeping an eye out for buzzards circling overhead or a grey heron stalking fish along the glittering stream.? ?

Exmoor Zoo

Exmoor Zoo is a conservation centre in Exmoor, North Devon, England. The zoo developed from Exmoor Bird Gardens, opened on the site of a farm in 1982. The current owners took over in 1993, and have enlarged and developed the zoo, now specialising in the conservation of smaller animals. The zoo has been a member …

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Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve

Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve is set in 220 acres and features a wide variety of large pools, bird hides, woodland walks and wildflower meadows. This former quarry has been transformed into a European Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) – home to a number of iconic species including kingfisher, cuckoos and otter. The reserve is …

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RSPB Brading Marshs

The RSPB’s first reserve on the Isle of Wight, Brading Marshes stretches from the village of Brading to the sea at Bembridge Harbour. It’s a haven for a wide array of wildlife, ranging from buzzards, little egrets, green woodpeckers and marsh harriers to butterflies, hobbies and red squirrels. ?

Wotton Farm Shop

Our farm has been in the Grimes family for generations, and has changed over the years to meet the demands that everyday life has thrown at it, these days it is now in the capable hands of Paul Grimes, owner and general all round maintenance man at the shop! Paul is never happier than when …

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RSPB Coombes Valley

Coombes Valley is a wonderful woodland reserve. It?s perfect for nature enthusiasts to explore and for families to have fun and play together outdoors. In spring and early summer, migrating flycatchers, redstarts and wood warblers come to breed. In winter, redwings, fieldfares and winter finches are regular visitors.

Boydells Dairy Farm

Boydells Dairy Farm is a small working farm, run by the Threadgold family consisting of Roy and Cherry, with son Kiley now in charge. The farm is open to the public and specialises in sheep milking. Set in the beautiful North Essex countryside only an hour?s drive from central London, it provides a fun-packed and …

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RSPB Bowling Green Marsh

You’ll find Bowling Green?and Goosemoor?on the confluence of the River Exe and the River Clyst, close to the town of Topsham. It’s an ideal spot to watch birds up close, including spring and autumn migrating birds, and?winter?flocks of waders, ducks and geese feeding and resting, from the comfort of the Lookout hide. ?

RSPB Campfield Marsh

Campfield Marsh, on the shores of the Solway Firth, is a natural mosaic of saltmarsh, peatbogs, farmland and wet grassland. This rich area provides homes for a variety of native wildlife, including ducks and geese in the winter and breeding waders, dragonflies and peat bog plants in spring and summer.

Bower Hill Farm

Situated in the picturesque rural area of the Surrey Hills, Bower Hill Farm is a 42 acre farm set in the rolling landscape of a Greensand Ridge. There is a vast area devoted to the creation and protection of habitats for wildlife, including woodland areas, wildflower meadows, grassland, wildlife corridors, hedgerows, lakes and ponds. The …

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Tam O’Shanter Urban Farm

Tam O?Shanter Cottage, which was probably built about 300 years ago by a heath squatter, is situated at the edge of Bidston Hill near to the rear entrance to Flaybrick Cemetery. As far as we know it had no particular claim to fame until 1837 when Richard Lea the occupier at that time embellished the …

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Bournemouth Central Gardens

The Central Gardens extend from the town centre to Coy Pond and were first developed in the 1870s. They are now the home of the tennis courts, a children?s playground and a war memorial with beautiful rose borders, a Rhododendron Walk and heather beds. A Pergola was added in 1990 to commemorate the centenary of …

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Borth Wild Animal Kingdom

Borth Wild Animal Kingdom, formerly known as Borth Animalarium, is a zoo, located in the seaside Welsh town of Borth, 7 miles north of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion, Mid Wales. It occupies 12 acres and in 2015 had some 27,000 visitors. Borth Animalarium was opened in the late 1980s at Ynys Fergi, half …

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Stonehurst Family Farm & Museum

The Stonehurst Family Farm and Motor Museum is an attraction located in the village of Mountsorrel, Leicestershire. The farm won the Leicestershire Tourism Award for Best visitor experience 2000/2001. The farm (established in 1851) is currently open to the public daily and is home to many differing animals. The farm operates tractor trailer rides for …

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RSPB Mawddach Woodlands

Nestled in the spectacular Mawddach Valley, Coed Garth Gell is a woodland and heathland nature reserve which is internationally important for the rare mosses, liverworts and lichens which grow amongst the ancient oaks. Pied flycatchers, redstarts, wood warblers and lesser horseshoe bats all call this wonderful place home.

Borde Hill Garden

Borde Hill Garden is a garden located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Haywards Heath, West Sussex in southern England. It is set in over 200 acres (80 ha) of garden, park and woodlands which has views across the Sussex High Weald. Borde Hill Garden is planted in ?living garden rooms?, each offering a different …

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Broomey Croft Childrens Farm

Situated in the beautiful Warwickshire countryside Broomey Croft Farm has a range of wonderful attractions and first-rate facilities. Besides The Granary Tea Room and our gift shop we also have everything you need for a great day out, from a large free car park, play areas and an undercover picnic area- just in case it …

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RSPB Middleton Lakes

Beautiful and tranquil, Middleton Lakes is a mosaic of wetlands, meadows and woodland in the heart of the River Tame Valley. Several kilometres of trails lead visitors through a variety of rich habitats, alive with a variety of birds including grey herons, kingfishers and lapwings.

RSPB Loch Garten Osprey Centre

The Loch Garten Osprey Centre is owned and run by the RSPB – Europe’s largest nature conservation charity. It has live viewing (through provided binoculars, telescopes and CCTV) of our resident breeding ospreys in the heart of the RSPB’s Abernethy National Nature Reserve, which at 53 square miles contains the largest remnant of ancient Caledonian …

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RSPB Lower Lough Erne Islands

Lower Lough Erne Islands Reserve in County Fermanagh is the most westerly of all RSPB reserves in the UK. It consists of more than 40 islands on a large freshwater lake, home to lapwings, cews, snipe and a unique inland colony of breeding Sandwich terns.