10 great sites for brilliant birdwatching

DECEMBER 2025

Karen Youngs is on the lookout for nature’s collectibles during a sunny spring walk

Birdwatching locations are ever-changing. Habitats develop and evolve, even on carefully managed reserves. Some sites gain sudden prominence (due to a rare visitor or breeding record); some drop off the radar. Others remain popular with birdwatchers and birds, often because of their geographic location. So, after trawling through a LOT of back issues of BW , here are 100 locations we think have changed the face of UK birdwatching in the past 40 years. If you’ve a site you’d like to add to the list, please email: birdwatching@bauermedia.co.uk and tell us why

It can still seem like winter, but March sees birds beginning to stir, writes David Callahan …

Mike’s local area has become a difficult place to watch gulls, but it makes up for their lack in other ways