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

Gunwalloe, Helston TR12 7QJ Tel 07866 631 394 gunwalloecaravanpark.com This quiet family-run site sits pretty on the Lizard Peninsula. It’s just four miles from Helston and a five-minute drive from th

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