 | Ashleworth Ham Nature Reserve
Ashleworth Ham (grid reference SO833263) is a 104.73-hectare (258.8-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is a large area of grassland on the Severn floodplain, north of Ashleworth in Gloucestershire... |
|  | Cotswold Water Park
The Cotswold Water Park is the United Kingdom's largest marl lake system. The lakes were created over the last 50 years by extraction of glacial Jurassic limestone gravel,which had eroded from the Cotswold Hills... |
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 | Higham Woods RSPB Reserve
A long, thin piece of woodland which boasts a wide variety of special species. It's best visited in spring, when you can hear the glorious song of newly-arrived nightingales..... |
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 | Nagshead RSPB Reserve
This woodland reserve is famous for its breeding pied flycatchers. Their nestboxes have been monitored since 1948. Also look for hawfinches, wood warblers, buzzards and ravens..... |
|  | Slimbridge WWT
The site consists of 800 hectares (2,000 acres) of reserve, of which part is landscaped and can be visited by the public. At Slimbridge is the largest collection of wildfowl species in the world, and wild birds mingle with these in the enclosures. |
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 | Symond's Yat Rock
With spectacular views across the River Wye and the forest beyond, Symonds Yat Rock is a fabulous scenic viewpoint towering 120 metres above the river on the Gloucestershire side.Nesting Peregrine, migrating raptors... |
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Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust now safeguards and cares for 73 nature reserves around the county which covers over 2,500 acres of prime wildlife habitat. In these reserves you can see nature at its best, a place where wildlife is protected for its own sake, and this often means continuing or restoring the old-time practices which made them rich in wildlife in the first place.Click here for details of all 73 reserves....
