Potteric Carr Nature Reserve

Potteric Carr is a wild oasis just waiting to be explored. Now nestling between motorway and railway, it's a remnant of the vast fenland that once stretched all the way across the Humber basin to the coast. Famed for its wetland birds including bitterns and marsh harriers, over 230 species of birds have been recorded on the reserve and 102 species have bred, with over 65 species breeding each year. However, the reserve is also home to a huge range of other wildlife. Great crested and palmate newts are present in some of the pools and toads are common. Mammals include water shrew, water vole, harvest mouse and roe deer. The nature reserve is excellent for insects and other invertebrates too, with impressive lists of moths, spiders, beetles, bugs and hoverflies. Please note that Potteric Carr is Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's only paid-entry reserve.