Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust - BBOWT

Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust - BBOWT We have a wilder vision of more nature everywhere, for everyone. Find out more at www.bbowt.org.uk
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We want:
- To empower people to take action for nature across our three counties.
- To put nature into recovery, with 30% of land in our three counties well-managed for wildlife by 2030.

☕️ We were delighted to welcome the Mayor of Thatcham, Cllr Mark Lillycrop, and his Mayoress, Jenny Lillycrop, to the Na...
20/06/2026

☕️ We were delighted to welcome the Mayor of Thatcham, Cllr Mark Lillycrop, and his Mayoress, Jenny Lillycrop, to the Nature Memories Café at The Nature Discovery Centre!

They joined our regular attendees in making leaf and flower imprints in clay discs 🍃

The Nature Memories Café provides a supportive space for West Berkshire residents living with dementia, together with their loved ones and carers.

The free drop-in sessions are run by staff and volunteers who are on-hand to welcome and chat with guests, and help them with nature-themed crafts and activities.

👉 New attendees are welcome and should contact the Nature Discovery Centre - [email protected] or 01635 874381

19/06/2026

For , be a treecreeper and find out what's hiding in the bark... 🐛🐌

🔦🌳 All you need is a torch and a tree - get ready for some delightful discoveries!

🦉 We're thrilled that six barn owl chicks were ringed at one of our nature reserves on the Upper Ray Meadows!This is the...
18/06/2026

🦉 We're thrilled that six barn owl chicks were ringed at one of our nature reserves on the Upper Ray Meadows!

This is the first time in several years that we've recorded barn owls breeding on the site.

All of the box checks and ringing are performed under license by the Bucks Owl & Raptor Group (BORG)

📸 Steve Thomas

17/06/2026

June is the time to see baby birds! Especially as juveniles continue to be fed by their parents shortly after fledging.

Our Head of Finance, Rachel Powell, recently spotted this hungry young robin in her garden.

📢 Maidenhead locals, give our new Facebook group a follow and stay up-to-date with everything happening at our Woolley F...
16/06/2026

📢 Maidenhead locals, give our new Facebook group a follow and stay up-to-date with everything happening at our Woolley Firs environmental education centre💚

It's on a 300 year-old farm and nature reserve in a renovated barn full of exciting resources with fantastic outdoor learning spaces in our woodland and meadows, all within easy reach of Reading, Slough, High Wycombe and Windsor.

Follow for all the latest news and events here👇
https://buff.ly/dv88SOk

📸 Ric Mellis

🐝 Think this is a hornet? Guess again!This black-and-yellow beauty is actually a type of clearwing moth, perhaps unsurpr...
16/06/2026

🐝 Think this is a hornet? Guess again!

This black-and-yellow beauty is actually a type of clearwing moth, perhaps unsurprisingly given the common name 'hornet moth'.

Moths can be fantastic mimics, and the hornet moth has evolved its striking colouration as a way to ward off potential predators.

📸 This photo was taken by Graham Breadmore, a key volunteer at Loddon Nature Reserve in Berkshire, and it is only his second sighting of this species at the reserve!

🌱 Are you aged 16-21 and looking to get involved in conservation? We have an exciting opportunity to join our new Youth ...
15/06/2026

🌱 Are you aged 16-21 and looking to get involved in conservation?

We have an exciting opportunity to join our new Youth Volunteering Panel!

In this role you will use your voice to help shape the future of volunteering within BBOWT and join the movement for change to protect nature.

👉 Find out more and apply: https://buff.ly/bimkqZG

📸 Gavin Dickson

15/06/2026

Nightjars migrate to the UK every year from sub-Saharan Africa to breed. They’re here from May to September and the best time to see – or more likely hear – them is now.

The birds are most active at dusk, when they catch flying insects in mid-air. The male nightjars call for mates by churring loudly from the tops of trees.

You can hear this otherworldly sound at several of our Berkshire heathlands, such as Greenham Common, Snelsmore Common and Wildmoor Heath.

👉 Discover more wildlife this June: buff.ly/G20fOjA

🪺 The wrens at College Lake Nature Reserve have taken to nesting in unusual places!Males wrens will make several nests f...
14/06/2026

🪺 The wrens at College Lake Nature Reserve have taken to nesting in unusual places!

Males wrens will make several nests for his partner to inspect in turn, before she chooses one to furnish with feathers to lay her eggs.

The male's efforts don't go to waste, however, as he will often court another partner or two to raise broods for him in the other nests!

📸 Emma Routledge

13/06/2026

💙🧡 We were thrilled to hear that kingfishers are nesting again at Waterstock Local Wildlife Site in Oxfordshire, and even reusing their nest from last year!

Thank you to Henry Manisty for sharing his fantastic trailcam footage with us.

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Compass House, 1 Farmoor Court, Farmoor
Oxford
OX29LU

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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