Wedholme Flow
Wedholme Flow is the subject of one of the biggest restoration projects in the Solway Coast National Landscape and it’s a fascinating place for a visit. It is one of the three sites which form the South Solway Mosses National Nature Reserve, alongside Glasson Moss and Bowness Common. Wedholme is the second largest of the […]
RSPB Campfield Marsh Reserve
Campfield Marsh is a fabulous place to visit – and it’s also home to the Solway Wetlands Centre so you can find out loads of information about the Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
This nature reserve is a unique mix of different habitats. Trails from the Centre take you into the heart of the site where you can follow the boardwalk across Bowness Common, one of the largest peat bogs in the UK.
Mawbray Banks
Some of the finest sand dunes in the Solway Coast National Landscape are to be found at Mawbray Banks. They are part of the reason this is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. These dunes are unique habitats and home to rare animals like the natterjack toad. It breeds in shallow pools, which often dry […]
Glasson Moss
Glasson Moss is a wetland paradise at the heart of the Solway Coast National Landscape. It is one of the three sites which form the South Solway Mosses National Nature Reserve, alongside Bowness Common and Wedholme Flow. This is a place where peat bogs have accumulated over centuries. In some places the peat can be […]
Finglandrigg Wood
Finglandrigg Wood is a wildlife-watcher’s haven in the Solway Coast National Landscape. It’s a place to find red squirrels and roe deer, otters, badgers, brown hares, wood mice, and up to 40 species of birds, including buzzard, tawny owl, willow tit and grasshopper warbler. There are butterflies too – follow the trail in May and […]
Drumburgh Moss Nature Reserve
Drumburgh Moss is a place which is alive with the sounds and sights of the Solway Coast National Landscape. That’s particularly striking on a warm summer’s day, when the bog is alive with the noise of dragonflies, lizards and birds. Curlew, adders and roe deer are its usual inhabitants. But this is somewhere that can […]
Crosscanonby Carr
Before it became the first nature reserve in the Solway Coast National Landscape, Crosscanonby Carr was the site of an abandoned car park. Today, it is a place which has evolved into a mosaic of wetland, meadow and woodland which is a haven for animals, birds and plants. The word ‘Carr’ comes from the Norse […]
Bowness Gravel Pits Nature Reserve
The gravel pits of Bowness Common were once a quarry, but the picture is very different today. It’s a small nature reserve in the Solway Coast National Landscape which has a surprising variety of wildlife all year round. Mother Nature has recolonised this area at a remarkable speed. The site is owned and cared for […]
Grune Point
This long spit of land, one of the landmarks of the Solway Coast National Landscape, has been created by the waves of the Solway Firth. It protects Moricambe Bay from the storms of the open water and has been formed by an accumulation of sand and gravel over time. It is a great place for […]
