Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve is a Local Nature Reserve in Yorkshire, England. It is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds on behalf of the local naturalists who set it up. Situated in the Lower Aire Valley, and includes the whole of Fairburn & Newton Ings SSSI, Fairburn Ings is a Local Nature Reserve (LNR), it is also a Statutory Bird Sanctuary, (one of only 10 in England) with a focus mainly on wildfowl and waders, although many other birds can be seen. It lies to the south and west of Fairburn, near Castleford. The word "ings" (singular "ing") is of Old Norse origin and means "damp or marshy land that floods", a reference to the area being flooded regularly by the River Aire.