Bernwood Meadows
Traditional hay meadows from yesteryear, brimming with wild flowers and insects including green-winged orchids and forester moths.
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Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
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My great escape
Olive the puppy leads Lewis and Laura on a great escape from city life.
Woodland
Woodlands are magical places, full of wildlife and full of history. Great spotted woodpeckers, nuthatches and jays flit between trees as butterflies dance in sunny glades. Badgers forage through…
Reconnecting Bernwood, Otmoor and the Ray (RBOR)
Reconnecting Bernwood, Otmoor and the Ray (RBOR) is an exciting initiative to restore nature and support rural and urban communities in this incredible landscape sitting across the Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire border.
Wet woodland
Wet woodlands in the UK can be wild, secretive places. Tangles of trailing creepers, tussocky sedges and lush tall-herbs conceal swampy pools and partially submerged fallen willow trunks, likely…
Connecting communities in the Bernwood, Otmoor and Ray area
Lily O’Neill (Community Networking Officer at BBOWT) and Rhiannon Evetts (Nature Recovery Engagement Officer at Wild Oxfordshire) introduce an important project to help communities do more for…
Bernwood Forest and Ray Valley Living Landscape
This large area between Oxford, Bicester and Aylesbury covers 48,400 hectares of woodland, mixed farmland and floodplain meadows across the boundary between Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Since 1981 BBOWT has been buying and restoring floodplain meadows in the upper reaches of the River Ray, and working with neighbouring farmers to create a stronghold for wading birds including curlew.
My project
Craig gives up his time volunteering in the Bluebell Community Garden. Transforming the garden into a positive space for local people to enjoy, Craig has felt himself become relaxed and happier,…
Managing woodland nature reserves with deer in mind
Find out how and why we survey for deer at our woodland reserves
Water Vole Recovery Project
Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust's water vole recovery project is the longest standing local project in the UK dedicated to water vole conservation.
Mud
From vast plains spreading across the seabed to intertidal flats exposed by the low tide, mud supports an incredible variety of wildlife.
Family activity: Woodland maths
Why not combine maths skills with nature? Join Vicky for some easy ways to make that daily walk more educational.