{"id":23344,"date":"2022-12-15T10:54:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T09:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/?p=72491"},"modified":"2022-12-15T11:43:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T10:43:37","slug":"vote-for-your-favourite-wildlife-spot-in-south-west","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/vote-for-your-favourite-wildlife-spot-in-south-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote for your favourite wildlife spot in South West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By BBC Wildlife Magazine\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 15 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>To celebrate <em>BBC Wildlife<\/em> magazine\u2019s 60th birthday, we asked 60 people from our wonderful network of writers, presenters, photographers and conservationists to share their favourite places in the UK for wildlife.<span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\"> 10 of those places are in the South West<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This beautiful corner of the UK is famous for its coastline, cliffs, moors and rivers, all teeming with wildlife. Vote for the one you love the most from the list below.<\/p>\n<p>(Voting closes at midnight on 10 March 2023)<\/p>\n<h2>Our favourite wildlife destinations in the South West<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\">Dartmoor, Devon<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Dartmoor-4a33a03.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Dartmoor-4a33a03.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Dartmoor-4a33a03.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C237&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Dartmoor-4a33a03.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C237&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Dartmoor-4a33a03.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C270&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Dartmoor-4a33a03.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C270&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Dartmoor-4a33a03.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Dartmoor-4a33a03.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Dartmoor-4a33a03.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=507%2C338&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Dartmoor-4a33a03.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=507%2C338&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-71938\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Dartmoor-4a33a03.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=507%2C338&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> \u00a9 Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"&quot;row&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;col-10\" offset-1=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;template-article__pullquote\" mt-md=\"\" mb-md=\"\"> <blockquote class=\"&quot;pullquote\" heading-4=\"\"> <span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--left=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/>This waterlogged grassland habitat is a living pallet of colours provided by bog grasses, asphodels and sphagnum mosses, and is a haunt of both the common and rare. It is a rainbow of life that fills ears, eyes and nostrils; a flowering, fluttering, scratching, melodious place that never fails to instil in me the thrill of being alive.<span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--right=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/> <footer class=\"&quot;pullquote__author\" body-copy-small=\"\">Nick Baker, naturalist and writer<\/footer><\/blockquote> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div> <h3 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\">Lundy, Devon<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Lundy-Island-90b5626.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C191,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Lundy-Island-90b5626.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C258,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Lundy-Island-90b5626.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C353,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Lundy-Island-90b5626.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C353,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Lundy-Island-90b5626.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C395,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Lundy-Island-90b5626.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C395,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Lundy-Island-90b5626.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C260,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Lundy-Island-90b5626.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C260,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Lundy-Island-90b5626.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C354,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Lundy-Island-90b5626.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C354,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-71934\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Lundy-Island-90b5626.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C395&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> \u00a9 Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"&quot;row&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;col-10\" offset-1=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;template-article__pullquote\" mt-md=\"\" mb-md=\"\"> <blockquote class=\"&quot;pullquote\" heading-4=\"\"> <span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--left=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/>Wildlife-watching destinations don\u2019t get much better than Lundy. Lying 18km off the North Devon coast, with the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Bristol Channel to the east, this little island hosts a variety of rarely seen Mediterranean-Atlantic species. The local grey seals are accustomed to humans and are incredibly inquisitive, playing hide and seek among the kelp and using their sensitive whiskers to explore your diving equipment. It\u2019s an experience that I will never tire of.<span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--right=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/> <footer class=\"&quot;pullquote__author\" body-copy-small=\"\">Miranda Krestovnikoff, BBC presenter<\/footer><\/blockquote> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div> <h3 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\">Ham Wall, Somerset<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Hall-Wall-Colin-Wilkinson-2112341-91d4397.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C225,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Hall-Wall-Colin-Wilkinson-2112341-91d4397.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C225,\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Hall-Wall-Colin-Wilkinson-2112341-91d4397.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C417,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Hall-Wall-Colin-Wilkinson-2112341-91d4397.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C417,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-71773\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Hall-Wall-Colin-Wilkinson-2112341-91d4397.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C465&quot;\" width=\"&quot;4896&quot;\" height=\"&quot;3672&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Glastonbury Tor overlooking reedbed and wetlands \u00a9 Colin Wilkinson\/ RSPB Ham Wall Nature Reserve, Somerset, February<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"&quot;row&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;col-10\" offset-1=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;template-article__pullquote\" mt-md=\"\" mb-md=\"\"> <blockquote class=\"&quot;pullquote\" heading-4=\"\"> <span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--left=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/>The magnificent Somerset Levels has been my local patch for the past decade, and it\u2019s stuffed to the gunnels with wildlife. The jewel in its crown is RSPB Ham Wall, whose expansive reedbeds, open water and wet woodland deliver year-round. As winter beckons, the reserve is dominated by one event: vast, morphing flocks of starlings at dusk, one of the most mesmerising spectacles in nature.<span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--right=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/> <footer class=\"&quot;pullquote__author\" body-copy-small=\"\">Mike Dilger, naturalist and broadcaster<\/footer><\/blockquote> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div> <h3 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">Chew Valley Lake, <\/span>Somerset<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Chew-Valley-lake-762897f.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Chew-Valley-lake-762897f.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=509%2C339&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-71775\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Chew-Valley-lake-762897f.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=509%2C339&quot;\" width=\"&quot;509&quot;\" height=\"&quot;339&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> \u00a9 Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"&quot;row&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;col-10\" offset-1=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;template-article__pullquote\" mt-md=\"\" mb-md=\"\"> <blockquote class=\"&quot;pullquote\" heading-4=\"\"> <span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--left=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/> The lake is a beautiful spot \u2013 I used to go past it every day on the bus to school, and I loved watching the birds as we whizzed along.As a local patch, the lake is fantastic. It\u2019s also a great destination for casual birders and families wanting to get out of the city. I love all of the lake\u2019s birds \u2013 terns, grebes, ducks and egrets \u2013 but my favourite is still the bearded tit.<span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--right=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/> <footer class=\"&quot;pullquote__author\" body-copy-small=\"\">Mya-Rose Craig, ornithologist and author<\/footer><\/blockquote> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div> <h3 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\">Jurassic Coast, Dorset<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Jurassic-Coast-Dorset-8f7cdba.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Jurassic-Coast-Dorset-8f7cdba.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Jurassic-Coast-Dorset-8f7cdba.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C237,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Jurassic-Coast-Dorset-8f7cdba.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C237,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Jurassic-Coast-Dorset-8f7cdba.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C270,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source 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type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Jurassic-Coast-Dorset-8f7cdba.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Jurassic-Coast-Dorset-8f7cdba.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Jurassic-Coast-Dorset-8f7cdba.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Jurassic-Coast-Dorset-8f7cdba.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C371,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Jurassic-Coast-Dorset-8f7cdba.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C371,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-71776\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Jurassic-Coast-Dorset-8f7cdba.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;2121&quot;\" height=\"&quot;1414&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> \u00a9 Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"&quot;row&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;col-10\" offset-1=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;template-article__pullquote\" mt-md=\"\" mb-md=\"\"> <blockquote class=\"&quot;pullquote\" heading-4=\"\"> <span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--left=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/>This stunning stretch of coast is a tourist honeypot, but away from the beaches, the chalk hills are one of my favourite UK haunts for butterflies and day-flying moths. This is the only specific place in Britain to have given its name to a resident species: the Lulworth skipper. The entire UK range of this diminutive insect is in the tussocky grasslands of south Dorset. This is a place to sit among the flowers and watch.<span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--right=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/> <footer class=\"&quot;pullquote__author\" body-copy-small=\"\">Richard Fox, head of science at Butterfly Conservation<\/footer><\/blockquote> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div> <h3 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\">Isles of Scilly, Cornwall<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Isles-of-Scilly-Cornwall-a28f938.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Isles-of-Scilly-Cornwall-a28f938.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Isles-of-Scilly-Cornwall-a28f938.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C237,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Isles-of-Scilly-Cornwall-a28f938.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C237,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Isles-of-Scilly-Cornwall-a28f938.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C270,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Isles-of-Scilly-Cornwall-a28f938.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C270,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Isles-of-Scilly-Cornwall-a28f938.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Isles-of-Scilly-Cornwall-a28f938.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Isles-of-Scilly-Cornwall-a28f938.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Isles-of-Scilly-Cornwall-a28f938.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Isles-of-Scilly-Cornwall-a28f938.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Isles-of-Scilly-Cornwall-a28f938.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Isles-of-Scilly-Cornwall-a28f938.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C371,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Isles-of-Scilly-Cornwall-a28f938.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C371,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-71777\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Isles-of-Scilly-Cornwall-a28f938.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;2121&quot;\" height=\"&quot;1414&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> \u00a9 Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"&quot;row&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;col-10\" offset-1=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;template-article__pullquote\" mt-md=\"\" mb-md=\"\"> <blockquote class=\"&quot;pullquote\" heading-4=\"\"> <span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--left=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/>From windswept winters to sunkissed summer days, life on the Atlantic edge is ever-changing. I\u2019ve watched humpback whales on Christmas Eve. I\u2019ve been at sea surrounded by shearwaters, skuas and storm petrels with common dolphins bow-riding and sunfish flopping past. Twice a year I\u2019m treated to an array of migrant birds, from hoopoes to bee-eaters. <span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--right=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/> <footer class=\"&quot;pullquote__author\" body-copy-small=\"\">Lucy McRobert, communications manager at Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust and author<\/footer><\/blockquote> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div> <h3>Buckfastleigh, Devon<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Buckfastleigh-Devon-abff8cb.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C216,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Buckfastleigh-Devon-abff8cb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C216,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Buckfastleigh-Devon-abff8cb.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C256,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Buckfastleigh-Devon-abff8cb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C256,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Buckfastleigh-Devon-abff8cb.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C292,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Buckfastleigh-Devon-abff8cb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C292,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Buckfastleigh-Devon-abff8cb.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C399,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Buckfastleigh-Devon-abff8cb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C399,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Buckfastleigh-Devon-abff8cb.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C447,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Buckfastleigh-Devon-abff8cb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C447,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Buckfastleigh-Devon-abff8cb.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C294,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Buckfastleigh-Devon-abff8cb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C294,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Buckfastleigh-Devon-abff8cb.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C401,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Buckfastleigh-Devon-abff8cb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C401,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-71781\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Buckfastleigh-Devon-abff8cb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C447&quot;\" width=\"&quot;2039&quot;\" height=\"&quot;1470&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> \u00a9 Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"&quot;row&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;col-10\" offset-1=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;template-article__pullquote\" mt-md=\"\" mb-md=\"\"> <blockquote class=\"&quot;pullquote\" heading-4=\"\"> <span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--left=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/>A self-proclaimed \u2018Bat Friendly Community\u2019, this small town hosts the largest colony of greater horseshoe bats in western Europe. Sitting on the banks of the River Mardle on a summer\u2019s evening as 3,000 bats whoosh past to hunt has to be one of the most impressive wild spectacles in the UK.<span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--right=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/> <footer class=\"&quot;pullquote__author\" body-copy-small=\"\">Daniel Hargreaves, bat programme manager at Vincent Wildlife Trust<\/footer><\/blockquote> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div> <h3 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\">Exmoor National Park, Devon and Somerset<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Exmoor-80afbb2.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Exmoor-80afbb2.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Exmoor-80afbb2.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Exmoor-80afbb2.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Exmoor-80afbb2.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C371,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Exmoor-80afbb2.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C371,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-71789\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Exmoor-80afbb2.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;2121&quot;\" height=\"&quot;1414&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> The Valley of the Rocks, Lynton. \u00a9 Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"&quot;row&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;col-10\" offset-1=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;template-article__pullquote\" mt-md=\"\" mb-md=\"\"> <blockquote class=\"&quot;pullquote\" heading-4=\"\"> <span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--left=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/> Up the steep hills and cliffs from the sea, a rugged landscape as ancient as anything England has to offer unfolds across rolling hills, disappearing into impassable valleys. Ancient forests, rich in lichens, mosses and ferns, give way to heathland and peat bogs. Red deer have lived on the moors since prehistoric times. Birds of prey soar overhead \u2013 buzzards, peregrines, sometimes merlins \u2013 and the heather is home to countless insects. It\u2019s a wonderful wilderness.<span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--right=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/> <footer class=\"&quot;pullquote__author\" body-copy-small=\"\">Paul McGuinness, editor of BBC Wildlife<\/footer><\/blockquote> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div> <h3 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><span style=\"&quot;vertical-align:\" inherit=\"\"><span style=\"&quot;vertical-align:\" inherit=\"\">Polzeath to Holywell Bay, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"&quot;vertical-align:\" inherit=\"\"><span style=\"&quot;vertical-align:\" inherit=\"\">North Cornwall<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/North-Cornwall-facd91b.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200&quot;\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/North-Cornwall-facd91b.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=507%2C338&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/North-Cornwall-facd91b.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/North-Cornwall-facd91b.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/North-Cornwall-facd91b.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=507%2C338&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/North-Cornwall-facd91b.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=507%2C338&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-71793\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/North-Cornwall-facd91b.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=507%2C338&quot;\" width=\"&quot;507&quot;\" height=\"&quot;338&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> <span style=\"&quot;vertical-align:\" inherit=\"\"><span style=\"&quot;vertical-align:\" inherit=\"\">\u00a9 Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"&quot;row&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;col-10\" offset-1=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;template-article__pullquote\" mt-md=\"\" mb-md=\"\"> <blockquote class=\"&quot;pullquote\" heading-4=\"\"> <span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--left=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/>The north Cornwall coast is famous for its spectacular scenery, with high, rugged cliffs and white-sand beaches. One stretch that is absolutely exquisite for wildlife runs for roughly 50km from Polzeath to Holywell Bay. The rocky outcrops and headlands are frequented by the likes of peregrines, kestrels and barn owls, and are brimming with rabbit warrens, badger setts and fox dens. There is nowhere in the UK quite like it.<span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--right=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/> <footer class=\"&quot;pullquote__author\" body-copy-small=\"\">Hannah Stitfall, presenter and film-maker<\/footer><\/blockquote> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div> <h3 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\">Avon Gorge, Bristol<\/h3>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Avon-Gorge-Bristol-4c70400.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=298%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Avon-Gorge-Bristol-4c70400.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=298%2C199,\" https:=\"\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Avon-Gorge-Bristol-4c70400.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=619%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Avon-Gorge-Bristol-4c70400.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=406%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Avon-Gorge-Bristol-4c70400.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=406%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Avon-Gorge-Bristol-4c70400.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Avon-Gorge-Bristol-4c70400.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-71799\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Avon-Gorge-Bristol-4c70400.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=619%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> The Clifton Suspension Bridge spans the Avon Gorge. \u00a9 Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"&quot;row&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;col-10\" offset-1=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;template-article__pullquote\" mt-md=\"\" mb-md=\"\"> <blockquote class=\"&quot;pullquote\" heading-4=\"\"> <span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--left=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/>My top spot is my home patch \u2013 immediately accessible and with a richness of biodiversity that matches anywhere in the UK. Partly within Bristol city boundaries, the Avon Gorge includes not only the magnificent limestone gorge itself and the tidal River Avon, but also a triad of special conservation sites, including a National Nature Reserve. There is even a caf\u00e9, complete with sunbathing green-backed wall lizards. What more could you ask for?<span class=\"&quot;pullquote__icon\" pullquote__icon--right=\"\" icon-pullquote=\"\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/> <footer class=\"&quot;pullquote__author\" body-copy-small=\"\">Roz Kidman Cox, editor of BBC Wildlife (1981-2004)<\/footer><\/blockquote> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div> <div class=\"&quot;riddle_target&quot;\" data-rid-id=\"&quot;464822&quot;\" data-fg=\"&quot;#17819B&quot;\" data-bg=\"&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;\" style=\"&quot;margin:0\" auto=\"\" data-auto-scroll=\"&quot;true&quot;\" data-auto-scroll-offset=\"&quot;0&quot;\">\n<script src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/embed\/files\/js\/embed.js&quot;\"\/><link href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/embed\/files\/css\/embed.css&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;stylesheet&quot;\"\/><iframe style=\"&quot;width:100%;height:300px;border:1px\" solid=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/embed\/a\/464822?&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;autoplay&quot;\" title=\"&quot;Multi-poll\" vote=\"\" for=\"\" your=\"\" favourite=\"\" place=\"\" to=\"\" spot=\"\" wildlife=\"\" in=\"\" the=\"\" south=\"\" west=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"&quot;highlight\"><div class=\"&quot;highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> <p><strong><span style=\"&quot;vertical-align:\" inherit=\"\"><span style=\"&quot;vertical-align:\" inherit=\"\">Vote for your favourite places in the rest of the UK using the links below.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/best-wildlife-reserves-scotland\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Scotland<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/best-wildlife-reserves-north-england\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">North<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/best-wildlife-reserves-yorkshire-and-humberside\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Yorkshire and Humberside<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/best-wildlife-reserves-uk-east-and-jersey\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">East and Jersey<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/holidays-days-out\/uk\/vote-for-your-favourite-wildlife-spot-in-wales\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Wales<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/best-wildlife-sreserves-midlands\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Midlands<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/best-wildlife-reserves-south-east-uk\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">South East<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/best-wildlife-reserves-london\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Greater London<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/holidays-days-out\/uk\/best-wildlife-reserves-northern-ireland\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Northern Ireland<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"&quot;vertical-align:\" inherit=\"\"><span style=\"&quot;vertical-align:\" inherit=\"\">Thank you for your vote! 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