Fair James D. - 100 Great Wildlife Experiences

What to See and Where

James D. Fair

First published in Great Britain in 2019 by

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Copyright James D Fair, 2019

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1.Fishing white-tailed eagles, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull

2.Basking sharks, Gunna Sound, Coll

3.Grey seals, Blakeney Point National Nature Reserve, Norfolk

4.Nightingales, Highnam Woods RSPB Reserve, Gloucestershire

5.Minke whales, North Sea (Staithes, Northumberland)

6.Pinkfooted geese, Snettisham RSPB Reserve, Norfolk

7.Northern gannets, Noss, Shetland

8.Red squirrels, Haweswater Hotel, Haweswater, Lake District National Park

9.Marsh harriers, Leighton Moss RSPB Reserve, Lancashire

10.Pine martens, Rothiemurchus Estate, Cairngorms National Park

11.Starling murmuration, Ham Wall RSPB Reserve, Somerset Levels

12.Common dolphins, Irish Sea (St Davids, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park)

13.Puffins, Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland

14.Pipistrelle bats, Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire

15.Orcas, Shetland

16.Red kites, Bwlch Nant yr Arian, North Wales

17.Golden eagles, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides

18.Brown hares, Wallasea RSPB Reserve, Essex

19.Storm petrels, Mousa, Shetland

20.Otters, Shetland Mainland

21.Peregrine falcons, Norwich Cathedral, Norwich

22.Manx shearwaters, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

23.Red deer, Eastern Moors, Peak District National Park

24.Ospreys, Loch Garten RSPB Reserve, Cairngorms National Park

25.Swallowtail butterflies, Strumpshaw Fen RSPB Reserve, Norfolk

26.Cranes, Aller Moor, near Langport, Somerset Levels

27.Bottlenose dolphins, Cardigan Bay (New Quay), Ceredigion

28.Beavers, River Otter, Otterton, Devon

29.Glow-worms, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset

30.(Swimming with) puffins, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

31.Dawn exodus, Ham Wall RSPB Reserve, Somerset Levels

32.Fulmars, Noup Cliffs RSPB Reserve, Westray, Orkney

33.Fossil hunting, Charmouth, Dorset

34.Greenshanks, Forsinard Flows RSPB Reserve, Caithness and Sutherland

35.Kestrels, Anywhere

36.Badgers, Nannerth Fawr Farm, Powys

37.Snakes head fritillaries, North Meadow National Nature Reserve, Wiltshire

38.Terns, Coquet Island RSPB Reserve (Amble), Northumberland

39.Ring-necked parakeets, Kensington Gardens, London

40.Common lizards, Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve, Powys, Wales

41.Arctic terns, Farne Islands (Seahouses), Northumberland

42.Wild boar, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire

43.Orchids and other wildflowers, Clattinger Farm Nature Reserve, Wiltshire

44.Nightjars, Westleton Heath National Nature Reserve, Suffolk

45.Crabbing, New Quay, Ceredigion, Wales

46.Konik ponies, Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire

47.Snorkel Trail, Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset

48.Barn owls, Lakenheath Fen RSPB Reserve, Suffolk

49.Willow warblers, Dunnet Head RSPB Reserve, Caithness and Sutherland

50.Camera-trapping, Anywhere

51.Seabird City, Shiant Isles, Outer Hebrides

52.Bluebells, Anywhere

53.Coal and crested tits, Loch Garten RSPB Reserve, Cairngorms National Park

54.Purple emperor butterflies, Knepp Estate, West Sussex

55.Marsh harriers and cranes, Hickling Broad National Nature Reserve, Norfolk

56.Hobbies, Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels

57.Bitterns, Ham Wall RSPB Reserve, Somerset Levels

58.Sea kayaking, Dinas Head, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

59.Portuguese man o war, Portheras Cove, Cornwall

60.Reindeer, Glenmore, Cairngorms National Park

61.Kingfishers, Rye Meads RSPB Reserve, Hertfordshire

62.Great bustards, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire

63.Bat detecting, Anywhere

64.Owl prowl, Anywhere

65.Basking adders, Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve, South Yorkshire

66.Greater horseshoe bats, Buckfastleigh, Devon

67.Skylarks, Pewsey Downs National Nature Reserve, Wiltshire

68.Daffodils, Farndale, North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire

69.Sika deer, Arne RSPB Reserve, Dorset

70.Choughs, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd, Wales

71.Great skuas, Hoy RSPB Reserve, Hoy, Orkney

72.Whooper swans, Welney Wetland Centre, Norfolk,

73.Rockpooling, North Landing, East Yorkshire

74.Lapwings, Westray, Orkney

75.Avocets, River Exe, (Topsham) Devon

76.Black grouse, Langdon Beck, Co Durham

77.Ravens, Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales

78.Goshawks, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire

79.Ring ouzels, Dove Stone RSPB Reserve, Greater Manchester

80.Rissos dolphins, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd, Wales

81.White-beaked dolphins, North Sea (Seahouses), Northumberland

82.Sand martins, River Wye, Glasbury, Powys, Wales

83.Courting great crested grebes, Tring Reservoir, Hertfordshire

84.Patrolling dragonflies, Thursley Common, Surrey

85.Rasping corncrakes, Tiree, Inner Hebrides

86.Nesting swallows, Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

87.Spring and autumn migration, Spurn Point, East Yorkshire

88.Dissecting owl pellets, anywhere

89.Barnacle geese, Caerlaverock Wetland Centre, Dumfries and Galloway

90.Snowdrops, Snowdrop Valley, Wheddon Cross, Exmoor National Park

91.Eider ducks, Canna, Inner Hebrides

92.Screaming swifts, Oxford Museum of Natural History, Oxford

93.Leaping salmon, Philiphaugh Estate, Scottish Borders

94.Damselflies, Cors Caron National Nature Reserve, Ceredigion, Wales

95.Scottish wildcat safari, Ardnamurchan, Scottish Highlands

96.Breeding herons, Swell Wood RSPB Reserve, Somerset

97.Curlews, Walton Backwaters, Essex

98.Kittiwakes, Newcastle upon Tyne

99.Wild garlic, Woodchester Park, Gloucestershire

100.(Swimming with) blue sharks, Newquay, Cornwall