Where to see wildlife in the winter

Robin sat on a snow covered branch with red berries

Mark Hamblin/2020VISION

Where to see wildlife in winter

Natural winter wonders

Some say winter is lifeless. It’s anything but. Many birds that fought each other off all spring and summer now gather together in enormous numbers, and starlings fill the skies with the incredible patterns of their murmurations. Arctic visitors make the coasts their winter home, while seal colonies haul themselves onto our beaches to noisily stake out their territory. It’s the toughest time of year, but even at this, the darkest, coldest and least promising time of year, life goes on.

Starling murmuration heading to roost at sunset, The Wildlife Trusts

© Danny Green/2020VISION

Starling murmurations

Barn Owl - David Tipling

David Tipling

Barn owls

Two otters play fighting in the water, The Wildlife Trusts

© Margaret Holland

Otters