10 great sites for brilliant birdwatching

Red kites, great spotted woodpeckers and pink-footed geese are only a few of the birds doing brilliantly in the British Isles right now. Mark Cocker celebrates their success stories and looks at what might be learnt from them

1 Cairngorm Motorhome Site2 Pencarnan Farm3 Westermill Farm4 Winchester Morn Hill C&MC5 Red Kite Touring & Lodge Park 6 Clear Sky Caravan & Motorhome Site7 Kelling Heath8 Llanthony Campsite9 Southdown

1 Tyddyn Llwyn Caravan & Touring Park2 Sumners Ponds Fishery & Campsite 3 Exe Valley Caravan Site4 Cotswold Farm Park Holidays 5 Campsie Glen Holiday Park6 Wold Farm Caravan & Camping Site Morfa Bycha

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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