Hello and welcome to Yorkshire's Wildlife – a handy directory of the best places in Yorkshire to appreciate nature. In addition I've got pages on the organisations and people working hard to protect and enrich those places, and running alongside both my own personal reflections as I wander (often aimlessly) across the county.

Yorkshire Wildife Sites: All of the designated nature reserves, SSSIs and best local sites - see them all with maps, regional top sites and information on each one. Over 600 sites currently listed.

Yorkshire Folk: All the main wildlife organisations and their nature reserves plus comprehensive listings of other agencies, interest groups, blogs etc.

Yorkshire Nature Notes: regularly updated 'blog' style accounts from across the county with the odd wildlife news item thrown in.

Enjoy the site, I have certainly enjoyed creating it. Enjoy Yorkshire's wildlife and please help to conserve our natural environments and remember the golden rules when visiting any of the sites I have listed here -  

• Take your litter home - leave no trace of your visit.

• Do not let dogs off the lead on designated nature reserves.

• Dont be a 'tosser' - either dispose of dog poo in a bin or take it home with you.

• Stick to waymarked paths and public footpaths when visiting nature reserves.

• Look, enjoy and help protect our precious wildlife - do not cause damage or undue disturbance in the countryside and especially on nature reserves.

• Do not light fires on nature reserves.

(Adapted from the new and revised 'Countryside Code' )

 “It is our collective and individual responsibility … to preserve and tend to the world in which we all live.” —Dalai Lama