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This small nature reserve features species rich grassland passing into peat bog with a variety of plant species including orchids.
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This small nature reserve features species rich grassland passing into peat bog with a variety of plant species including orchids.
A woodland with waterfalls and a riverside walk, spring sees a great display of flowers.
A new temperate rainforest. MWT’s largest nature reserve purchased in April 2023 with funding by Aviva and in partnership with the Isle of Man Woodland Trust.
Part of the widest strip of yellow dune on the island, good for birdwatching.
This small nature reserve is the watershed of two tributaries and is known in gaelic as Raven’s Marsh.
Traditional heather moorland with western gorse and plenty of birds.
An upland nature reserve with a mosaic of habitats producing a tremendous diversity of native plant species.
The species-rich wet tussocky grassland of this closed reserve contains a number of orchids and other wetland plant species and provides valuable habitat for a range of invertebrates.
A boardwalk runs through the willow scrub, there's an abundance of mosses and lichens and a bird hide too within this small nature reserve.
This small reserve is a wildflower meadow created through reseeding with green hay.
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