Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust
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🍄 "On the woodland floor, hidden amongst the autumnal leaf litter, a remarkable variety of fungi emerge as the small trees are skilfully cleared away."
Read the latest blog from Charlotte Karmali, volunteer warden at Finemere Wood: buff.ly/DaxnQKJ
Read the latest blog from Charlotte Karmali, volunteer warden at Finemere Wood: buff.ly/DaxnQKJ
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🍄 "On the woodland floor, hidden amongst the autumnal leaf litter, a remarkable variety of fungi emerge as the small trees are skilfully cleared away."
Read the latest blog from Charlotte Karmali, volunteer warden at Finemere Wood: buff.ly/DaxnQKJ
Read the latest blog from Charlotte Karmali, volunteer warden at Finemere Wood: buff.ly/DaxnQKJ
A shameful step back for nature.
The UK Government has pushed the wildlife-harming Planning & Infrastructure Bill through, despite huge opposition.
Some risks were reduced, but nature remains at risk.
👉 Speak up for nature: buff.ly/1oTqwjc
The UK Government has pushed the wildlife-harming Planning & Infrastructure Bill through, despite huge opposition.
Some risks were reduced, but nature remains at risk.
👉 Speak up for nature: buff.ly/1oTqwjc
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A shameful step back for nature.
The UK Government has pushed the wildlife-harming Planning & Infrastructure Bill through, despite huge opposition.
Some risks were reduced, but nature remains at risk.
👉 Speak up for nature: buff.ly/1oTqwjc
The UK Government has pushed the wildlife-harming Planning & Infrastructure Bill through, despite huge opposition.
Some risks were reduced, but nature remains at risk.
👉 Speak up for nature: buff.ly/1oTqwjc
‼️ The Planning & Infrastructure Bill has now passed the House of Lords, with all of the provisions that mean it could be devastating for nature.
The Government isn't leading on the environment or nature, and so it's up to all of us to show local leadership.
The Government isn't leading on the environment or nature, and so it's up to all of us to show local leadership.
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
‼️ The Planning & Infrastructure Bill has now passed the House of Lords, with all of the provisions that mean it could be devastating for nature.
The Government isn't leading on the environment or nature, and so it's up to all of us to show local leadership.
The Government isn't leading on the environment or nature, and so it's up to all of us to show local leadership.
🦪 The beautiful shell-like oyster mushrooms grow horizontally out of the dead and dying wood of deciduous trees, especially beech.
📸 Phil Townsend at Dancersend
📸 Phil Townsend at Dancersend
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🦪 The beautiful shell-like oyster mushrooms grow horizontally out of the dead and dying wood of deciduous trees, especially beech.
📸 Phil Townsend at Dancersend
📸 Phil Townsend at Dancersend
We’re hiring! 📣 Engagement & Activities Leader
Inspire people to connect with nature through creative, inclusive activities that help nature recover. You’ll design and deliver engaging programmes for a diverse range of visitors and make a real impact.
Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/engagem...
Inspire people to connect with nature through creative, inclusive activities that help nature recover. You’ll design and deliver engaging programmes for a diverse range of visitors and make a real impact.
Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/engagem...
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We’re hiring! 📣 Engagement & Activities Leader
Inspire people to connect with nature through creative, inclusive activities that help nature recover. You’ll design and deliver engaging programmes for a diverse range of visitors and make a real impact.
Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/engagem...
Inspire people to connect with nature through creative, inclusive activities that help nature recover. You’ll design and deliver engaging programmes for a diverse range of visitors and make a real impact.
Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/engagem...
🐸 Photos for every month of the year... that's how calendars work!
Our 2026 calendar is full of stunning wildlife images from our 2025 Photography Competition. Plus, suggestions of seasonal reserves to visit and space for your appointments.
👉 Get yours today at bbowt.org.uk/shop
Our 2026 calendar is full of stunning wildlife images from our 2025 Photography Competition. Plus, suggestions of seasonal reserves to visit and space for your appointments.
👉 Get yours today at bbowt.org.uk/shop
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🐸 Photos for every month of the year... that's how calendars work!
Our 2026 calendar is full of stunning wildlife images from our 2025 Photography Competition. Plus, suggestions of seasonal reserves to visit and space for your appointments.
👉 Get yours today at bbowt.org.uk/shop
Our 2026 calendar is full of stunning wildlife images from our 2025 Photography Competition. Plus, suggestions of seasonal reserves to visit and space for your appointments.
👉 Get yours today at bbowt.org.uk/shop
🐑 Our sheep are doing a great job grazing the chalk grassland we have restored on the 32 acres of ex-arable land at the Dancersend Extension fields.
(They'd never tell you that themselves, they're very baa-shful!)
📸 Mick Jones
(They'd never tell you that themselves, they're very baa-shful!)
📸 Mick Jones
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🐑 Our sheep are doing a great job grazing the chalk grassland we have restored on the 32 acres of ex-arable land at the Dancersend Extension fields.
(They'd never tell you that themselves, they're very baa-shful!)
📸 Mick Jones
(They'd never tell you that themselves, they're very baa-shful!)
📸 Mick Jones
🦅 The sparrowhawk may be one of our smaller birds of prey, but it has a big appetite!
They can be found in all kinds of habitats and often visit gardens looking for their prey - Rachel Powell witnessed this female sparrowhawk tucking into it a woodpigeon for lunch 🍽️
They can be found in all kinds of habitats and often visit gardens looking for their prey - Rachel Powell witnessed this female sparrowhawk tucking into it a woodpigeon for lunch 🍽️
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🦅 The sparrowhawk may be one of our smaller birds of prey, but it has a big appetite!
They can be found in all kinds of habitats and often visit gardens looking for their prey - Rachel Powell witnessed this female sparrowhawk tucking into it a woodpigeon for lunch 🍽️
They can be found in all kinds of habitats and often visit gardens looking for their prey - Rachel Powell witnessed this female sparrowhawk tucking into it a woodpigeon for lunch 🍽️
🐾 Leave lasting footprints in our landscape.
Find out about gifts in wills: bbowt.org.uk/gifts-in-wills
📸 David Tipling/2020VISION
Find out about gifts in wills: bbowt.org.uk/gifts-in-wills
📸 David Tipling/2020VISION
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🐾 Leave lasting footprints in our landscape.
Find out about gifts in wills: bbowt.org.uk/gifts-in-wills
📸 David Tipling/2020VISION
Find out about gifts in wills: bbowt.org.uk/gifts-in-wills
📸 David Tipling/2020VISION
Our Upper Ray volunteers have been hard at work coppicing the hedgerows at Meadow Farm!
Coppicing is a traditional management technique whereby vegetation is cut to ground level to encourage thick regeneration.
📸 Chloe Bradford
Coppicing is a traditional management technique whereby vegetation is cut to ground level to encourage thick regeneration.
📸 Chloe Bradford
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Our Upper Ray volunteers have been hard at work coppicing the hedgerows at Meadow Farm!
Coppicing is a traditional management technique whereby vegetation is cut to ground level to encourage thick regeneration.
📸 Chloe Bradford
Coppicing is a traditional management technique whereby vegetation is cut to ground level to encourage thick regeneration.
📸 Chloe Bradford
🙌 We had a great day at the Young Changemakers event organised by @seeducating.bsky.social, @bracknellforest.bsky.social, and Bracknell and Wokingham College.
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🙌 We had a great day at the Young Changemakers event organised by @seeducating.bsky.social, @bracknellforest.bsky.social, and Bracknell and Wokingham College.
🍂 Don't you hate it when you're peacefully sleeping among the leaves and a mushroom grows up underneath you?
Phil Townsend recently spotted this opportunistic slug sitting patiently on top of an emerging magpie inkcap!
Phil Townsend recently spotted this opportunistic slug sitting patiently on top of an emerging magpie inkcap!
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🍂 Don't you hate it when you're peacefully sleeping among the leaves and a mushroom grows up underneath you?
Phil Townsend recently spotted this opportunistic slug sitting patiently on top of an emerging magpie inkcap!
Phil Townsend recently spotted this opportunistic slug sitting patiently on top of an emerging magpie inkcap!
📢 Cafe Manager Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced manager to guide our café and catering services, ensuring smooth operations, strong financial performance, and a great customer experience.
Apply today: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/cafe-ma...
We are seeking an experienced manager to guide our café and catering services, ensuring smooth operations, strong financial performance, and a great customer experience.
Apply today: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/cafe-ma...
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
📢 Cafe Manager Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced manager to guide our café and catering services, ensuring smooth operations, strong financial performance, and a great customer experience.
Apply today: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/cafe-ma...
We are seeking an experienced manager to guide our café and catering services, ensuring smooth operations, strong financial performance, and a great customer experience.
Apply today: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/cafe-ma...
🍄 Wonderful waxcaps!
Often thought of as orchids of the fungi kingdom, waxcaps come in a variety of colours and are in indicator of healthy, unimproved grassland.
Warden Phil Townsend spotted this selection at Aston Clinton Ragpits near Aylesbury!
Often thought of as orchids of the fungi kingdom, waxcaps come in a variety of colours and are in indicator of healthy, unimproved grassland.
Warden Phil Townsend spotted this selection at Aston Clinton Ragpits near Aylesbury!
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🍄 Wonderful waxcaps!
Often thought of as orchids of the fungi kingdom, waxcaps come in a variety of colours and are in indicator of healthy, unimproved grassland.
Warden Phil Townsend spotted this selection at Aston Clinton Ragpits near Aylesbury!
Often thought of as orchids of the fungi kingdom, waxcaps come in a variety of colours and are in indicator of healthy, unimproved grassland.
Warden Phil Townsend spotted this selection at Aston Clinton Ragpits near Aylesbury!
🐀 The chestnut-brown bank vole is our smallest vole and can be found in hedgerows, woodlands, parks and gardens. This sweet little mammal was spotted at Warburg Nature Reserve near Henley.
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🐀 The chestnut-brown bank vole is our smallest vole and can be found in hedgerows, woodlands, parks and gardens. This sweet little mammal was spotted at Warburg Nature Reserve near Henley.
🎉 Scrape works have been completed at Gallows Bridge Farm!
🪱 Scrapes are shallow features which hold rain or flood water seasonally and remain damp for much of the year. They support insect populations, and provide invaluable food and refuges for a wide range of wetland wildlife, including waders.
🪱 Scrapes are shallow features which hold rain or flood water seasonally and remain damp for much of the year. They support insect populations, and provide invaluable food and refuges for a wide range of wetland wildlife, including waders.
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🎉 Scrape works have been completed at Gallows Bridge Farm!
🪱 Scrapes are shallow features which hold rain or flood water seasonally and remain damp for much of the year. They support insect populations, and provide invaluable food and refuges for a wide range of wetland wildlife, including waders.
🪱 Scrapes are shallow features which hold rain or flood water seasonally and remain damp for much of the year. They support insect populations, and provide invaluable food and refuges for a wide range of wetland wildlife, including waders.
❌ Yesterday the Government rejected both Amendment 130 (renumbered to 40) and the chalk stream protection amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
❌ Yesterday the Government rejected both Amendment 130 (renumbered to 40) and the chalk stream protection amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
We’re hiring: Reserves Officer (North Bucks)
Join our North Bucks team & help nature recover! You’ll manage beautiful woodlands & meadows, support volunteers, and protect rare species like Bechstein’s bats & Hairstreak butterflies.
Apply now 👉 www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/reserve...
Join our North Bucks team & help nature recover! You’ll manage beautiful woodlands & meadows, support volunteers, and protect rare species like Bechstein’s bats & Hairstreak butterflies.
Apply now 👉 www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/reserve...
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We’re hiring: Reserves Officer (North Bucks)
Join our North Bucks team & help nature recover! You’ll manage beautiful woodlands & meadows, support volunteers, and protect rare species like Bechstein’s bats & Hairstreak butterflies.
Apply now 👉 www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/reserve...
Join our North Bucks team & help nature recover! You’ll manage beautiful woodlands & meadows, support volunteers, and protect rare species like Bechstein’s bats & Hairstreak butterflies.
Apply now 👉 www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/reserve...
We will remember them.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We will remember them.
We’re hiring! Reserves Officer (Snelsmore) 🌿
Help nature recover by managing Snelsmore Common on the edge of Newbury. You’ll lead practical heathland management, support volunteers, and oversee ground-nesting bird protection. Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/reserve...
Help nature recover by managing Snelsmore Common on the edge of Newbury. You’ll lead practical heathland management, support volunteers, and oversee ground-nesting bird protection. Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/reserve...
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We’re hiring! Reserves Officer (Snelsmore) 🌿
Help nature recover by managing Snelsmore Common on the edge of Newbury. You’ll lead practical heathland management, support volunteers, and oversee ground-nesting bird protection. Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/reserve...
Help nature recover by managing Snelsmore Common on the edge of Newbury. You’ll lead practical heathland management, support volunteers, and oversee ground-nesting bird protection. Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/reserve...
📣 The BBOWT 2026 Calendar is available now!
Packed with stunning images of local wildlife, taken by the winners of the BBOWT Photography Competition.
👉 Limited stock available, order yours today at bbowt.org.uk/shop
Also available at College Lake Nature Reserve and the Nature Discovery Centre.
Packed with stunning images of local wildlife, taken by the winners of the BBOWT Photography Competition.
👉 Limited stock available, order yours today at bbowt.org.uk/shop
Also available at College Lake Nature Reserve and the Nature Discovery Centre.
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
📣 The BBOWT 2026 Calendar is available now!
Packed with stunning images of local wildlife, taken by the winners of the BBOWT Photography Competition.
👉 Limited stock available, order yours today at bbowt.org.uk/shop
Also available at College Lake Nature Reserve and the Nature Discovery Centre.
Packed with stunning images of local wildlife, taken by the winners of the BBOWT Photography Competition.
👉 Limited stock available, order yours today at bbowt.org.uk/shop
Also available at College Lake Nature Reserve and the Nature Discovery Centre.
We’re hiring 📣 Reserves Officer (Oxon)
Help nature recover by delivering practical work to optimise habitats across Oxfordshire’s reserves. Join a skilled, supportive team where your work makes a real difference. Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/reserve...
Help nature recover by delivering practical work to optimise habitats across Oxfordshire’s reserves. Join a skilled, supportive team where your work makes a real difference. Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/reserve...
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We’re hiring 📣 Reserves Officer (Oxon)
Help nature recover by delivering practical work to optimise habitats across Oxfordshire’s reserves. Join a skilled, supportive team where your work makes a real difference. Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/reserve...
Help nature recover by delivering practical work to optimise habitats across Oxfordshire’s reserves. Join a skilled, supportive team where your work makes a real difference. Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/reserve...
Join our welcoming café team! As a Café Assistant, you’ll make visitors feel welcome & support our mission to help nature recover. Apply now: buff.ly/esIep0B
November 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Join our welcoming café team! As a Café Assistant, you’ll make visitors feel welcome & support our mission to help nature recover. Apply now: buff.ly/esIep0B
🍂 Do you love local wildlife? Would you be happy talking to people about nature and how they can help it?
We're looking for enthusiastic and outgoing nature-lovers to tell people about what we do and how they can be a part of it - and earn up to £45 per hour.
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/hjxd8WC
We're looking for enthusiastic and outgoing nature-lovers to tell people about what we do and how they can be a part of it - and earn up to £45 per hour.
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/hjxd8WC
November 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🍂 Do you love local wildlife? Would you be happy talking to people about nature and how they can help it?
We're looking for enthusiastic and outgoing nature-lovers to tell people about what we do and how they can be a part of it - and earn up to £45 per hour.
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/hjxd8WC
We're looking for enthusiastic and outgoing nature-lovers to tell people about what we do and how they can be a part of it - and earn up to £45 per hour.
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/hjxd8WC
Join our team as a Café Assistant! Support wildlife & deliver great customer service in our lively visitor centre café. Apply today: buff.ly/wxePgJ9
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Join our team as a Café Assistant! Support wildlife & deliver great customer service in our lively visitor centre café. Apply today: buff.ly/wxePgJ9