
Cooildarry
A woodland with waterfalls and a riverside walk, spring sees a great display of flowers.
Rob Strathdee
We look after 24 nature reserves across the island with the help of a dedicated band of volunteers. 7 of these are open to the public.
A woodland with waterfalls and a riverside walk, spring sees a great display of flowers.
Part of the widest strip of yellow dune on the island, good for birdwatching
This closed reserve is the watershed of two tributaries and is known in gaelic as Raven’s Marsh
Traditional heather moorland with western gorse and plenty of birds.
A closed upland reserve with a mosaic of habitats producing a tremendous diversity of native plant species
The species-rich wet tussocky grassland of this closed reserve contains a number of orchids and other wetland plant species and provides valuable habitat for a range of invertebrates.
A boardwalk runs through the willow scrub, there's an abundance of mosses and lichens and a bird hide too.
This closed reserve is a wildflower meadow created through reseeding with green hay
Lying in a remote valley with reminders of a historic past
This closed reserve boasts a diverse range of meadow and wetland plants across ten meadows, two areas of curragh and a developing woodland area.