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Rutland

Small county, open horizons.

3 remarkable places

Rutland Water Nature Reserve

A little less ordinary

A small county of quiet villages, rolling farmland and the open water of Rutland Water.

The Wildland edit, Rutland.

Worth the journey

01 / The leading story

8.5

Mixed-habitat reserve

Rutland Water Nature Reserve

Egleton, Oakham, Rutland LE15 8BT

A nationally important wetland reserve where lagoons, meadows, hedgerows and woodland draw remarkable numbers of birds through the seasons. Rutland Water is particularly known for its breeding ospreys and its wintering wildfowl.

Nature & landscapes

Rutland Water Nature Reserve

Egleton, Oakham, Rutland LE15 8BT

Wildlife

Horn Mill Trout Farm Osprey Hide

Tickencote Road, Exton, Oakham, Rutland LE15 8BA

02 / Into the open

Take the slower path.

8.4

Mixed-habitat reserve

Rutland Water Nature Reserve

Egleton, Oakham, Rutland LE15 8BT

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3 discoveries

8.5

Mixed-habitat reserve

Rutland Water Nature Reserve

Egleton, Oakham, Rutland LE15 8BT

8.4

Mixed-habitat reserve

Rutland Water Nature Reserve

Egleton, Oakham, Rutland LE15 8BT

6.8

Wildlife watching

Horn Mill Trout Farm Osprey Hide

Tickencote Road, Exton, Oakham, Rutland LE15 8BA

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