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🐦️ Blue tits are active feeders, hunting insects and spiders among smaller branches and leaves of trees in woodlands.
But they are also well-adapted to towns and will visit birdtables and peanut feeders; they are even famed for breaking tops of milk bottles and taking the creamy top off the milk!
But they are also well-adapted to towns and will visit birdtables and peanut feeders; they are even famed for breaking tops of milk bottles and taking the creamy top off the milk!
February 12, 2026 at 10:05 AM
🐦️ Blue tits are active feeders, hunting insects and spiders among smaller branches and leaves of trees in woodlands.
But they are also well-adapted to towns and will visit birdtables and peanut feeders; they are even famed for breaking tops of milk bottles and taking the creamy top off the milk!
But they are also well-adapted to towns and will visit birdtables and peanut feeders; they are even famed for breaking tops of milk bottles and taking the creamy top off the milk!
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Many thanks to Ed Griffiths for the BBC guided trip around BBOWT College Lake this morning. Considering the weather recently we were lucky to have a dry day. It was great seeing new faces, new members, new comers to birding and of course the Slavonian Grebe. 34# species
#ukbirding
#ukbirding
February 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Many thanks to Ed Griffiths for the BBC guided trip around BBOWT College Lake this morning. Considering the weather recently we were lucky to have a dry day. It was great seeing new faces, new members, new comers to birding and of course the Slavonian Grebe. 34# species
#ukbirding
#ukbirding
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February 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
🍭 For a long time it was thought that slime molds were types of fungi, but they're actually more closely related to amoebas!
This species (Comatricha nigra) is a widespread slime mold which grows on decayed wood, and was spotted at Aston Clinton Ragpits by volunteer warden Phil Townsend.
This species (Comatricha nigra) is a widespread slime mold which grows on decayed wood, and was spotted at Aston Clinton Ragpits by volunteer warden Phil Townsend.
February 11, 2026 at 10:05 AM
🍭 For a long time it was thought that slime molds were types of fungi, but they're actually more closely related to amoebas!
This species (Comatricha nigra) is a widespread slime mold which grows on decayed wood, and was spotted at Aston Clinton Ragpits by volunteer warden Phil Townsend.
This species (Comatricha nigra) is a widespread slime mold which grows on decayed wood, and was spotted at Aston Clinton Ragpits by volunteer warden Phil Townsend.
🪖 For a long time, it was thought that woodpeckers had spongy skulls that absorb some of the impact and protect the brain – people have even copied this idea to create safety helmets.
📸 Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
📸 Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
February 10, 2026 at 10:05 AM
🪖 For a long time, it was thought that woodpeckers had spongy skulls that absorb some of the impact and protect the brain – people have even copied this idea to create safety helmets.
📸 Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
📸 Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
🌱 Children's Mental Health Week acknowledges the vital role of belonging in our mental health and wellbeing with the theme 'This is My Place'.
Alongside having a place to belong, having access to high quality, local natural environments is critically important for wellbeing in young people.
Alongside having a place to belong, having access to high quality, local natural environments is critically important for wellbeing in young people.
February 9, 2026 at 10:05 AM
🌱 Children's Mental Health Week acknowledges the vital role of belonging in our mental health and wellbeing with the theme 'This is My Place'.
Alongside having a place to belong, having access to high quality, local natural environments is critically important for wellbeing in young people.
Alongside having a place to belong, having access to high quality, local natural environments is critically important for wellbeing in young people.
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Another good turnout of our volunteers at BBOWT
Dancersend Reserve coppicing and clearing fallen ash trees along one of our rides to let more light in to benefit wildflowers like Stinking Hellebore, seen in the foreground here. @bbowt.bsky.social
Dancersend Reserve coppicing and clearing fallen ash trees along one of our rides to let more light in to benefit wildflowers like Stinking Hellebore, seen in the foreground here. @bbowt.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Another good turnout of our volunteers at BBOWT
Dancersend Reserve coppicing and clearing fallen ash trees along one of our rides to let more light in to benefit wildflowers like Stinking Hellebore, seen in the foreground here. @bbowt.bsky.social
Dancersend Reserve coppicing and clearing fallen ash trees along one of our rides to let more light in to benefit wildflowers like Stinking Hellebore, seen in the foreground here. @bbowt.bsky.social
🐁 The harvest mouse is Europe’s smallest rodent, a tiny 4–6-gram mammal, classified ‘Near Threatened’ in Britain.
Not much is known about their distribution, but searches by BBOWT volunteers have revealed their nests at several of our reserves, including Chimney Meadows, Wells Farm, and Moor Copse.
Not much is known about their distribution, but searches by BBOWT volunteers have revealed their nests at several of our reserves, including Chimney Meadows, Wells Farm, and Moor Copse.
February 8, 2026 at 4:12 PM
🐁 The harvest mouse is Europe’s smallest rodent, a tiny 4–6-gram mammal, classified ‘Near Threatened’ in Britain.
Not much is known about their distribution, but searches by BBOWT volunteers have revealed their nests at several of our reserves, including Chimney Meadows, Wells Farm, and Moor Copse.
Not much is known about their distribution, but searches by BBOWT volunteers have revealed their nests at several of our reserves, including Chimney Meadows, Wells Farm, and Moor Copse.
🦋 Want to make a difference for nature where you live?
Find out more at bbowt.org.uk/community
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Find out more at bbowt.org.uk/community
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lpm...
February 8, 2026 at 10:05 AM
🦋 Want to make a difference for nature where you live?
Find out more at bbowt.org.uk/community
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lpm...
Find out more at bbowt.org.uk/community
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lpm...
📣 Wildlife and natural places need more protection, not less.
But the UK Government is thinking about making it even easier and cheaper for developers to destroy our last few natural spaces.
But the UK Government is thinking about making it even easier and cheaper for developers to destroy our last few natural spaces.
February 7, 2026 at 10:05 AM
📣 Wildlife and natural places need more protection, not less.
But the UK Government is thinking about making it even easier and cheaper for developers to destroy our last few natural spaces.
But the UK Government is thinking about making it even easier and cheaper for developers to destroy our last few natural spaces.
Happy Friday from our handsome Hebridean sheep at Dancersend Nature Reserve!
📸 Phil Townsend
📸 Phil Townsend
February 6, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Happy Friday from our handsome Hebridean sheep at Dancersend Nature Reserve!
📸 Phil Townsend
📸 Phil Townsend
🐴 Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and 2026 is the Year of the Horse!
Celebrate the season and go paperless with an e-card from Don't Send Me a Card: buff.ly/I0aAvEK
Celebrate the season and go paperless with an e-card from Don't Send Me a Card: buff.ly/I0aAvEK
February 5, 2026 at 10:05 AM
🐴 Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and 2026 is the Year of the Horse!
Celebrate the season and go paperless with an e-card from Don't Send Me a Card: buff.ly/I0aAvEK
Celebrate the season and go paperless with an e-card from Don't Send Me a Card: buff.ly/I0aAvEK
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Look out for these pops of colour starting to show in our woodlands - Scarlet Elfcup seen today at BBOWT's Bowdown Woods, nr Newbury @bbowt.bsky.social @tverc1.bsky.social
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Look out for these pops of colour starting to show in our woodlands - Scarlet Elfcup seen today at BBOWT's Bowdown Woods, nr Newbury @bbowt.bsky.social @tverc1.bsky.social
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
🦋 We're incredibly grateful to 13 BBOWT volunteers who braved the cold last week to count 49 brown hairstreak eggs at Bernwood Meadows nature reserve, a significant increase on the 21 counted there in 2023.
February 4, 2026 at 10:05 AM
🦋 We're incredibly grateful to 13 BBOWT volunteers who braved the cold last week to count 49 brown hairstreak eggs at Bernwood Meadows nature reserve, a significant increase on the 21 counted there in 2023.
We’re hiring! Join us as a Volunteering Engagement Manager and help nature recover by delivering dynamic recruitment campaigns and growing a more diverse and inclusive volunteer community.
Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/volunte...
Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/volunte...
February 3, 2026 at 4:12 PM
We’re hiring! Join us as a Volunteering Engagement Manager and help nature recover by delivering dynamic recruitment campaigns and growing a more diverse and inclusive volunteer community.
Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/volunte...
Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/volunte...
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I'm getting a bit fed-up with endless dull, dreary, damp days whenever I can get to @bbowt.bsky.social Dancersend but have to admit that at this time of the year it is the dark, damp, weedy corners of the reserve where the jewels are. Thank goodness for snowdrops, Scarlet Elf-cups and slime moulds!
February 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I'm getting a bit fed-up with endless dull, dreary, damp days whenever I can get to @bbowt.bsky.social Dancersend but have to admit that at this time of the year it is the dark, damp, weedy corners of the reserve where the jewels are. Thank goodness for snowdrops, Scarlet Elf-cups and slime moulds!
🦢 We may be a ‘wet’ nation, but wetlands – wildlife-rich, carbon-capturing oases – are in shorter supply than you might think.
On World Wetlands Day, learn about these vital ecosystems 👉 buff.ly/LNPjsAw
📸 College Lake Nature Reserve by Katharine Walley
On World Wetlands Day, learn about these vital ecosystems 👉 buff.ly/LNPjsAw
📸 College Lake Nature Reserve by Katharine Walley
February 2, 2026 at 10:05 AM
🦢 We may be a ‘wet’ nation, but wetlands – wildlife-rich, carbon-capturing oases – are in shorter supply than you might think.
On World Wetlands Day, learn about these vital ecosystems 👉 buff.ly/LNPjsAw
📸 College Lake Nature Reserve by Katharine Walley
On World Wetlands Day, learn about these vital ecosystems 👉 buff.ly/LNPjsAw
📸 College Lake Nature Reserve by Katharine Walley
📣 Because we've had such a great response to our offer of half-price membership for one year, we have decided to extend the offer until the end of Wednesday 4 February!
So you still have time to join for as little as £2.25 per month 👇 bbowt.org.uk/join-us
📸 Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
So you still have time to join for as little as £2.25 per month 👇 bbowt.org.uk/join-us
📸 Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
February 1, 2026 at 10:05 AM
📣 Because we've had such a great response to our offer of half-price membership for one year, we have decided to extend the offer until the end of Wednesday 4 February!
So you still have time to join for as little as £2.25 per month 👇 bbowt.org.uk/join-us
📸 Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
So you still have time to join for as little as £2.25 per month 👇 bbowt.org.uk/join-us
📸 Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
We’re hiring! Join us as an Assistant Reserves Officer (North Bucks) and help nature recover through hands-on habitat management across woodland, wetland and floodplain meadow reserves. 🌿
Apply now: buff.ly/rfEodit
Apply now: buff.ly/rfEodit
January 30, 2026 at 4:12 PM
We’re hiring! Join us as an Assistant Reserves Officer (North Bucks) and help nature recover through hands-on habitat management across woodland, wetland and floodplain meadow reserves. 🌿
Apply now: buff.ly/rfEodit
Apply now: buff.ly/rfEodit
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It was a very pretty drive down to @BBOWT
Dancersend Reserve for our Wednesday work party - still below freezing down in the Vale and the Chilterns showing up beyond Mentmore Towers. Clearing scrub and fallen trees from one of our most important grassy clearings soon warmed us up.
Dancersend Reserve for our Wednesday work party - still below freezing down in the Vale and the Chilterns showing up beyond Mentmore Towers. Clearing scrub and fallen trees from one of our most important grassy clearings soon warmed us up.
January 29, 2026 at 12:53 PM
It was a very pretty drive down to @BBOWT
Dancersend Reserve for our Wednesday work party - still below freezing down in the Vale and the Chilterns showing up beyond Mentmore Towers. Clearing scrub and fallen trees from one of our most important grassy clearings soon warmed us up.
Dancersend Reserve for our Wednesday work party - still below freezing down in the Vale and the Chilterns showing up beyond Mentmore Towers. Clearing scrub and fallen trees from one of our most important grassy clearings soon warmed us up.
🌳 "Light will reach the woodland floor, allowing species adapted to open conditions to thrive; the coppiced hazel stools will, in turn, provide shelter and protection for invertebrates and small mammals alike."
👉 Read the latest blog from Charlotte Karmali, Finemere Wood Warden: buff.ly/wy3TQHj
👉 Read the latest blog from Charlotte Karmali, Finemere Wood Warden: buff.ly/wy3TQHj
January 28, 2026 at 10:05 AM
🌳 "Light will reach the woodland floor, allowing species adapted to open conditions to thrive; the coppiced hazel stools will, in turn, provide shelter and protection for invertebrates and small mammals alike."
👉 Read the latest blog from Charlotte Karmali, Finemere Wood Warden: buff.ly/wy3TQHj
👉 Read the latest blog from Charlotte Karmali, Finemere Wood Warden: buff.ly/wy3TQHj
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Finally made it here from Twitter. Hoping to find old friends and have a more civilised, respectful time. Here are recent photos from my world - Dancersend BBOWT reserve in Bucks, which is what I will be mostly posting about.
January 8, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Finally made it here from Twitter. Hoping to find old friends and have a more civilised, respectful time. Here are recent photos from my world - Dancersend BBOWT reserve in Bucks, which is what I will be mostly posting about.
We're hiring for a Café Shift Leader at College Lake! Support wildlife & deliver great customer service in our lively visitor centre café.
Apply now: buff.ly/WcKMOVY
Apply now: buff.ly/WcKMOVY
January 27, 2026 at 4:12 PM
We're hiring for a Café Shift Leader at College Lake! Support wildlife & deliver great customer service in our lively visitor centre café.
Apply now: buff.ly/WcKMOVY
Apply now: buff.ly/WcKMOVY
📣 Help us speak up for nature by spreading the word on social media!
Download our social media graphics and suggested text to encourage your friends and followers to speak up against the Nuclear Regulatory Review which could have catastrophic consequences for struggling species: buff.ly/Jg14jlg
Download our social media graphics and suggested text to encourage your friends and followers to speak up against the Nuclear Regulatory Review which could have catastrophic consequences for struggling species: buff.ly/Jg14jlg
January 27, 2026 at 9:12 AM
📣 Help us speak up for nature by spreading the word on social media!
Download our social media graphics and suggested text to encourage your friends and followers to speak up against the Nuclear Regulatory Review which could have catastrophic consequences for struggling species: buff.ly/Jg14jlg
Download our social media graphics and suggested text to encourage your friends and followers to speak up against the Nuclear Regulatory Review which could have catastrophic consequences for struggling species: buff.ly/Jg14jlg
🍄 With its glossy, golden-orange caps, the velvet shank is quite commonly seen growing in clusters on stumps of decaying hard wood.
It is also known as the 'Winter Mushroom' as it is one of the few mushrooms that can be seen throughout the winter months.
👉 More January highlights: buff.ly/7o31iNR
It is also known as the 'Winter Mushroom' as it is one of the few mushrooms that can be seen throughout the winter months.
👉 More January highlights: buff.ly/7o31iNR
January 24, 2026 at 10:05 AM
🍄 With its glossy, golden-orange caps, the velvet shank is quite commonly seen growing in clusters on stumps of decaying hard wood.
It is also known as the 'Winter Mushroom' as it is one of the few mushrooms that can be seen throughout the winter months.
👉 More January highlights: buff.ly/7o31iNR
It is also known as the 'Winter Mushroom' as it is one of the few mushrooms that can be seen throughout the winter months.
👉 More January highlights: buff.ly/7o31iNR