Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust
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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
If you don't like spiders, keep scrolling! 👀 🕷️
But if you'd like to find out more about the amazing variety of spiders you can find in the UK, watch on 👇
But if you'd like to find out more about the amazing variety of spiders you can find in the UK, watch on 👇
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If you don't like spiders, keep scrolling! 👀 🕷️
But if you'd like to find out more about the amazing variety of spiders you can find in the UK, watch on 👇
But if you'd like to find out more about the amazing variety of spiders you can find in the UK, watch on 👇
🎉✅ Lords have voted FOR an amendment that will reduce the risks of the #CashToTrash system in Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill. But we need YOUR help to make sure it goes through 👉 buff.ly/0ColQrh
October 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🎉✅ Lords have voted FOR an amendment that will reduce the risks of the #CashToTrash system in Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill. But we need YOUR help to make sure it goes through 👉 buff.ly/0ColQrh
🦔 Keep our prickly friends safe this autumn and make sure you check bonfires before lighting them.
Here are some top tips to avoid harming hedgehogs 👇
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📷 Tom Marshall
Here are some top tips to avoid harming hedgehogs 👇
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📷 Tom Marshall
October 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🦔 Keep our prickly friends safe this autumn and make sure you check bonfires before lighting them.
Here are some top tips to avoid harming hedgehogs 👇
buff.ly/wPaYO9B
📷 Tom Marshall
Here are some top tips to avoid harming hedgehogs 👇
buff.ly/wPaYO9B
📷 Tom Marshall
Join our Finance team! We’re looking for an Assistant Management Accountant to help nature recover by keeping our records accurate & our future secure. Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/assista...
October 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Join our Finance team! We’re looking for an Assistant Management Accountant to help nature recover by keeping our records accurate & our future secure. Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/assista...
A lovely flock of shimmering lapwing was seen over Gallows Bridge Farm.
The waders will overwinter on the reserve, making use of all the water - once we see some more rain! 🌧️
📸 Chloe Bradford
The waders will overwinter on the reserve, making use of all the water - once we see some more rain! 🌧️
📸 Chloe Bradford
October 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A lovely flock of shimmering lapwing was seen over Gallows Bridge Farm.
The waders will overwinter on the reserve, making use of all the water - once we see some more rain! 🌧️
📸 Chloe Bradford
The waders will overwinter on the reserve, making use of all the water - once we see some more rain! 🌧️
📸 Chloe Bradford
🍊 Can anyone guess how the orange peel fungus (Aleuria aurantia) earned its common name?
Keep your eyes peeled and you may spot some along the paths at Warburg Nature Reserve!
Keep your eyes peeled and you may spot some along the paths at Warburg Nature Reserve!
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🍊 Can anyone guess how the orange peel fungus (Aleuria aurantia) earned its common name?
Keep your eyes peeled and you may spot some along the paths at Warburg Nature Reserve!
Keep your eyes peeled and you may spot some along the paths at Warburg Nature Reserve!
🎉 A WIN FOR CHALK STREAMS!
The House of Lords voted in favour of the chalk stream protections amendment to be included in the Planning & Infrastructure Bill!
The House of Lords voted in favour of the chalk stream protections amendment to be included in the Planning & Infrastructure Bill!
October 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🎉 A WIN FOR CHALK STREAMS!
The House of Lords voted in favour of the chalk stream protections amendment to be included in the Planning & Infrastructure Bill!
The House of Lords voted in favour of the chalk stream protections amendment to be included in the Planning & Infrastructure Bill!
🥳 We’ve now passed £200,000 in our Hamgreen Wood appeal!
This milestone is thanks to the incredible generosity of our members and supporters 🙌
Will you help us to raise the remaining £100,000 to protect this special site for generations to come?
👉 Please support our appeal: bbowt.org.uk/hamgreen
This milestone is thanks to the incredible generosity of our members and supporters 🙌
Will you help us to raise the remaining £100,000 to protect this special site for generations to come?
👉 Please support our appeal: bbowt.org.uk/hamgreen
October 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🥳 We’ve now passed £200,000 in our Hamgreen Wood appeal!
This milestone is thanks to the incredible generosity of our members and supporters 🙌
Will you help us to raise the remaining £100,000 to protect this special site for generations to come?
👉 Please support our appeal: bbowt.org.uk/hamgreen
This milestone is thanks to the incredible generosity of our members and supporters 🙌
Will you help us to raise the remaining £100,000 to protect this special site for generations to come?
👉 Please support our appeal: bbowt.org.uk/hamgreen
🐝 Ivy bees feed mainly on ivy, so they time their emergence to fit in with its flowering period: late September to November.
They nest in loose, light or sandy soil on southern-facing banks and cliffs. This one was spotted burrowing around Aston Clinton Ragpits!
📸 Phil Townsend
They nest in loose, light or sandy soil on southern-facing banks and cliffs. This one was spotted burrowing around Aston Clinton Ragpits!
📸 Phil Townsend
October 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🐝 Ivy bees feed mainly on ivy, so they time their emergence to fit in with its flowering period: late September to November.
They nest in loose, light or sandy soil on southern-facing banks and cliffs. This one was spotted burrowing around Aston Clinton Ragpits!
📸 Phil Townsend
They nest in loose, light or sandy soil on southern-facing banks and cliffs. This one was spotted burrowing around Aston Clinton Ragpits!
📸 Phil Townsend
👑 Weighing in at less than 6 grams, the goldcrest is Europe's smallest bird. Despite its size, its beautiful golden crown might well have earned it the title of 'king of the birds' in European folklore.
Have you spotted a flash of gold on a woodland walk?
Have you spotted a flash of gold on a woodland walk?
October 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
👑 Weighing in at less than 6 grams, the goldcrest is Europe's smallest bird. Despite its size, its beautiful golden crown might well have earned it the title of 'king of the birds' in European folklore.
Have you spotted a flash of gold on a woodland walk?
Have you spotted a flash of gold on a woodland walk?
Join us this Sunday in Grendon Underwood for a free interactive nature workshop hosted by our Reconnecting Bernwood, Otmoor and the Ray (RBOR) team!
Learn how to make log piles, bug hotels and bucket ponds, and make your outside space more wildlife friendly.
👉 buff.ly/p6S0APW
Learn how to make log piles, bug hotels and bucket ponds, and make your outside space more wildlife friendly.
👉 buff.ly/p6S0APW
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Join us this Sunday in Grendon Underwood for a free interactive nature workshop hosted by our Reconnecting Bernwood, Otmoor and the Ray (RBOR) team!
Learn how to make log piles, bug hotels and bucket ponds, and make your outside space more wildlife friendly.
👉 buff.ly/p6S0APW
Learn how to make log piles, bug hotels and bucket ponds, and make your outside space more wildlife friendly.
👉 buff.ly/p6S0APW
📉 Last week Gov confirmed it won't publish the long-awaited Chalk Stream Recovery Pack. Today 83% of England’s chalk streams don't achieve good ecological status finds CaBA report.
The main take away of the report is a LOT more needs to be done and soon to #SaveOurChalkStreams
The main take away of the report is a LOT more needs to be done and soon to #SaveOurChalkStreams
October 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📉 Last week Gov confirmed it won't publish the long-awaited Chalk Stream Recovery Pack. Today 83% of England’s chalk streams don't achieve good ecological status finds CaBA report.
The main take away of the report is a LOT more needs to be done and soon to #SaveOurChalkStreams
The main take away of the report is a LOT more needs to be done and soon to #SaveOurChalkStreams
🌳 Ancient woodland is a rare and irreplaceable habitat. Once a dominant habitat, it now covers less than 2.5% of the UK.
Hamgreen Wood contains one of the largest remaining examples of ancient woodland in the area.
👉 Please support our appeal: bbowt.org.uk/hamgreen
Hamgreen Wood contains one of the largest remaining examples of ancient woodland in the area.
👉 Please support our appeal: bbowt.org.uk/hamgreen
October 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🌳 Ancient woodland is a rare and irreplaceable habitat. Once a dominant habitat, it now covers less than 2.5% of the UK.
Hamgreen Wood contains one of the largest remaining examples of ancient woodland in the area.
👉 Please support our appeal: bbowt.org.uk/hamgreen
Hamgreen Wood contains one of the largest remaining examples of ancient woodland in the area.
👉 Please support our appeal: bbowt.org.uk/hamgreen
We’re hiring! 📣
Join our friendly team as a Café Assistant and help nature thrive while serving smiles at our busy College Lake Visitor Centre café. Apply online (buff.ly/t7hTCFf) or pop in for an application form! 🌿☕
Join our friendly team as a Café Assistant and help nature thrive while serving smiles at our busy College Lake Visitor Centre café. Apply online (buff.ly/t7hTCFf) or pop in for an application form! 🌿☕
October 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
We’re hiring! 📣
Join our friendly team as a Café Assistant and help nature thrive while serving smiles at our busy College Lake Visitor Centre café. Apply online (buff.ly/t7hTCFf) or pop in for an application form! 🌿☕
Join our friendly team as a Café Assistant and help nature thrive while serving smiles at our busy College Lake Visitor Centre café. Apply online (buff.ly/t7hTCFf) or pop in for an application form! 🌿☕
✨This year, send beautiful Diwali e-cards that will brighten someone’s day and help local wildlife! ✨
All donations support our work to protect and restore nature across our three counties.
Let’s make this Diwali brighter for humans and animals alike!
Choose your e-card here 👇
buff.ly/lo4954A
All donations support our work to protect and restore nature across our three counties.
Let’s make this Diwali brighter for humans and animals alike!
Choose your e-card here 👇
buff.ly/lo4954A
October 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
✨This year, send beautiful Diwali e-cards that will brighten someone’s day and help local wildlife! ✨
All donations support our work to protect and restore nature across our three counties.
Let’s make this Diwali brighter for humans and animals alike!
Choose your e-card here 👇
buff.ly/lo4954A
All donations support our work to protect and restore nature across our three counties.
Let’s make this Diwali brighter for humans and animals alike!
Choose your e-card here 👇
buff.ly/lo4954A
🍄 Our recent Rangers session coincided with the Bucks Fungi Group running their national fungi day event at College Lake!
We had a great time learning from the experts before going out on the reserve to put our ID skills into practice, creating artwork from what we discovered.
We had a great time learning from the experts before going out on the reserve to put our ID skills into practice, creating artwork from what we discovered.
October 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🍄 Our recent Rangers session coincided with the Bucks Fungi Group running their national fungi day event at College Lake!
We had a great time learning from the experts before going out on the reserve to put our ID skills into practice, creating artwork from what we discovered.
We had a great time learning from the experts before going out on the reserve to put our ID skills into practice, creating artwork from what we discovered.
Let's put it to a vote... an extra hour in bed, or stunning scenes like this? ✋
One advantage of shortening daylight hours is that you don't have to get up so early to enjoy a sunrise! ☀️
📸 Greenham Common by Julian Cooper
One advantage of shortening daylight hours is that you don't have to get up so early to enjoy a sunrise! ☀️
📸 Greenham Common by Julian Cooper
October 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Let's put it to a vote... an extra hour in bed, or stunning scenes like this? ✋
One advantage of shortening daylight hours is that you don't have to get up so early to enjoy a sunrise! ☀️
📸 Greenham Common by Julian Cooper
One advantage of shortening daylight hours is that you don't have to get up so early to enjoy a sunrise! ☀️
📸 Greenham Common by Julian Cooper