Probably the most famous of the Lake District waterfalls, the main force falls 70 feet from below a stone footbridge, set in a landscaped area used as a former Victorian pleasure garden.....

In 2001 a pair of ospreys which nested in the Lake District became the first wild osprey to breed in the Lake District for over 150 years........

Situated on the south shore of the Solway Firth, is the RSPB Campfield Marsh nature reserve. The reserve is made up of a mosaic of saltmarsh.....

Flookburgh Marshes

These coastal marshes provide a nesting habitat for breeding oystercatcher, ringed plover, lapwing, dunlin, curlew, redshank, shelduck, snipe, black-headed gull, wheatear, reed bunting, common tern....

Foulney is a long, narrow, uninhabited island in Morecambe Bay, cut off from the mainland only by the highest tides.....

Foulshaw Moss

Foulshaw Moss is an area of lowland raised mire and is one of one of Western Europe’s rarest and most threatened habitat types. Around 94% of this unique habitat has been destroyed or damaged in the UK, so these remaining areas are incredibly important for a range of wildlife.

Geltsdale is a remote and ruggedly beautiful nature reserve that encompasses two hill farms - Geltsdale and Tarnhouse. Here, you'll find upland birds such as black grouse, breeding waders including curlews, and birds of prey like the hen harrier.

Grizedale Forest occupies the fellside between Coniston Water and Esthwaite Water. It is one of the best sites in the Lake district for Crossbill.....

Hodbarrow RSPB reserve

In spring, come to Hodbarrow and you'll be able to witness the comings and goings of a busy tern colony, where little, Sandwich and common terns raise their young side-by-side.

Humphrey head is a limestone promontory which extends into Morecambe Bay, the second most important estuary in England for waders and wildfowl....

South Walney Nature Reserve

Part of the Morecambe Bay Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) ,South Walney is famous for its huge breeding colonies (over 20,000 birds) of both lesser black-backed and herring gulls

St Bees Head

This RSPB reserve west of the Lake district has one of the largest cliff seabird colonies on the west coast of England and has the country's only breeding Black guillemot....

An excellent site for winter wildfowl and spring migrants such as redstart, wood warbler and pied flycatcher in the mature woodlands.

Publisher : Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd; First Edition (1 April 1974)

• Language : English
• Paperback : 96 pages
• ISBN-10 : 0852062265
• ISBN-13 : 978-0852062265

This is an account of one man's 30-year involvement with England's rarest bird, the golden eagle. Initially employed by the RSPB as a senior species protection warden at a secret location in Cumbria, the author describes the intricacies of establishing a protection regime by wardens that would operate for the next 26 years and his efforts to protect and study this iconic species. The Lakeland eagles were at their most productive during his tenure, rearing six eaglets in the six years before he widened his interest to study eagles in Scotland as well as England. 

Ritson Graham (1896 - 1983) was a railway worker, a fine Mayor of Carlisle and a naturalist of rare distinction. Many treasure his articles on natural history in the Cumberland News. This wonderful and elegiac book was his life's work. The Waste of Cumberland and its wealth of wildlife is now no more.

This wonderful new collection of walks combines the spectacular and beautiful scenery of the Lake District with excellent opportunities to see some of the area's birds and other wildlife. Each walk is designed for all ages and abilities, and for both keen and casual bird watchers, making this lovely book the perfect guide to a wonderful day out for everyone. With helpful guide maps, interesting bird and habitat information, travel hints and a bird reference section, Birdwatching walks in the Lake District should ensure that walkers really can get the best out of this stunning National Park and its rich and varied bird population.