Country Guide

Natural Phenomena in United Kingdom

The natural spectacles worth witnessing across United Kingdom, from aurora and blooms to wildlife and rare optics. Each one tracks live conditions so you know the best time to go.

62 phenomena
Alpha Capricornids
Celestial

Alpha Capricornids

Atlantic Puffin Colonies
Wildlife

Atlantic Puffin Colonies

Basking Shark Season, Hebrides
Marine

Basking Shark Season, Hebrides

Basking Shark Surface Feeding (Shetland)
Marine

Basking Shark Surface Feeding (Shetland)

Bass Rock Gannet Breeding Season
Biological

Bass Rock Gannet Breeding Season

Bluebell Woods (England)
Botanical

Bluebell Woods (England)

Brecon Beacons Milky Way - Galactic Core
Astronomical

Brecon Beacons Milky Way - Galactic Core

Caledonian Forest Fly Agaric Mushroom Flush
Botanical

Caledonian Forest Fly Agaric Mushroom Flush

Cardigan Bay Bottlenose Dolphin Season
Marine

Cardigan Bay Bottlenose Dolphin Season

Corryvreckan Whirlpool
Marine

Corryvreckan Whirlpool

Cotswolds Snowdrop Carpets
Botanical

Cotswolds Snowdrop Carpets

Draconid Meteor Shower
Celestial

Draconid Meteor Shower

Fair Isle Autumn Migrant Passage
Biological

Fair Isle Autumn Migrant Passage

Falmouth Bay Sea Sparkle
Marine

Falmouth Bay Sea Sparkle

Farne Islands Arctic Tern Nesting Season
Biological

Farne Islands Arctic Tern Nesting Season

Fingal's Cave Basalt Columns and Wave Acoustics
Geological

Fingal's Cave Basalt Columns and Wave Acoustics

Fogbow (White Rainbow)
Atmospheric

Fogbow (White Rainbow)

Fowlsheugh Seabird Breeding Season
Biological

Fowlsheugh Seabird Breeding Season

Galloway Forest Park Milky Way Season
Celestial

Galloway Forest Park Milky Way Season

Islay Wintering Geese (Loch Gruinart)
Biological

Islay Wintering Geese (Loch Gruinart)

Isle of Mull Minke Whale Season
Marine

Isle of Mull Minke Whale Season

Isles of Scilly Narcissus Bloom
Botanical

Isles of Scilly Narcissus Bloom

Kielder Forest Zodiacal Light
Celestial

Kielder Forest Zodiacal Light

Machair Wildflower Bloom
Botanical

Machair Wildflower Bloom

Mayfly Hatch on English Chalkstreams
Wildlife

Mayfly Hatch on English Chalkstreams

Menai Strait Swellies Spring Tide Race
Marine

Menai Strait Swellies Spring Tide Race

Moray Firth Bottlenose Dolphin Season
Marine

Moray Firth Bottlenose Dolphin Season

Mountain Avens Bloom (Upper Teesdale)
Botanical

Mountain Avens Bloom (Upper Teesdale)

New Forest Autumn Fungi
Botanical

New Forest Autumn Fungi

New Forest Glowworm Mating Glow
Wildlife

New Forest Glowworm Mating Glow

New Forest Purple Emperor Butterfly Flight Window
Wildlife

New Forest Purple Emperor Butterfly Flight Window

Noctilucent Clouds (Cairngorms)
Atmospheric

Noctilucent Clouds (Cairngorms)

Norfolk Broads Swallowtail
Wildlife

Norfolk Broads Swallowtail

Norfolk Broads Swallowtail Butterfly Flight Window
Wildlife

Norfolk Broads Swallowtail Butterfly Flight Window

Norfolk Wash Pink-footed Goose Dawn Liftoff
Wildlife

Norfolk Wash Pink-footed Goose Dawn Liftoff

North York Moors Heather Bloom
Botanical

North York Moors Heather Bloom

Northern Taurids Fireball Season
Celestial

Northern Taurids Fireball Season

Painted Lady Butterfly Migration
Biological

Painted Lady Butterfly Migration

Pentland Firth Tidal Race (Caithness)
Marine

Pentland Firth Tidal Race (Caithness)

Pitlochry Salmon Run (Fish Ladder)
Wildlife

Pitlochry Salmon Run (Fish Ladder)

Purbeck Heaths Emperor Dragonfly Emergence
Wildlife

Purbeck Heaths Emperor Dragonfly Emergence

Ramsey Island Manx Shearwater Fledgling Exodus
Wildlife

Ramsey Island Manx Shearwater Fledgling Exodus

Red Deer Rut, Scottish Highlands
Biological

Red Deer Rut, Scottish Highlands

Richmond Park fallow deer rut
Biological

Richmond Park fallow deer rut

River Wye Ramsons Carpet
Botanical

River Wye Ramsons Carpet

Rutland Water Starling Murmuration
Wildlife

Rutland Water Starling Murmuration

Sea Sparkle (Coastal Bioluminescence)
Marine

Sea Sparkle (Coastal Bioluminescence)

Shetland Orca Summer Season
Marine

Shetland Orca Summer Season

Snettisham Knot Whirling
Wildlife

Snettisham Knot Whirling

Snowdonia Bog Cotton (cotton-grass) Plumes
Botanical

Snowdonia Bog Cotton (cotton-grass) Plumes

Solway Firth Barnacle Geese Wintering
Biological

Solway Firth Barnacle Geese Wintering

South Downs Early Spider-Orchid Bloom
Botanical

South Downs Early Spider-Orchid Bloom

St Abb's Head Kittiwake Colony
Wildlife

St Abb's Head Kittiwake Colony

St Ives Bay Sea Sparkle (Bioluminescence)
Marine

St Ives Bay Sea Sparkle (Bioluminescence)

St Kilda Gannet Mega-Colony
Wildlife

St Kilda Gannet Mega-Colony

Starling Murmurations
Biological

Starling Murmurations

Tidal Bores - Severn & Bay of Fundy
Geological

Tidal Bores - Severn & Bay of Fundy

UK Atlantic Puffin Breeding Season
Biological

UK Atlantic Puffin Breeding Season

UK Grey Seal Pupping Season
Biological

UK Grey Seal Pupping Season

Ursid Meteor Shower
Celestial

Ursid Meteor Shower

White Cliffs Sea Thrift Pink Carpet
Botanical

White Cliffs Sea Thrift Pink Carpet

Wye Valley Wood Anemone Carpets
Botanical

Wye Valley Wood Anemone Carpets