Surveying our community orchard and chasing butterflies
Rough Around the Edges project officer Katie Horgan gives an update on her groups' latest activities across the Chilterns, including surveying plants in a community orchard, an informal…
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Orchard
A visit to a traditional orchard reveals gnarled old trunks of fruit and nut trees bursting with blossoms and young leaves in springtime, with wildflowers and insects populating summer’s long…
Thatcham Reedbeds
A great place for reedbed wildlife including a host of warblers and a variety of dragonflies and damselflies. You may also hear a cuckoo in spring.
Good news for two of BBOWT's butterfly species in the State of the UK Butterflies Report 2015
Today’s The State of the UK’s Butterflies 2015 report from Butterfly Conservation and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology shows that more than three-quarters of the UK’s butterflies have declined…
Community Groups
Find out how your community group can create a wilder world on your doorstep, with more nature everywhere in urban and rural areas. That is our bold vision for our three counties and we need you to be part of it.
Community Network spotlight: Cowroast Copse community project
At one of our guided walks with a community ecologist, I met Jean Hammond, a member of the Cowroast Copse community project – here’s what they’re up to.
Community Volunteering Opportunities
Help nature near you by volunteering with community groups across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire.
Community engagement
The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust helps to connect and engage communities with nature across our three counties.
Crab apple
The Crab apple is familiar as a small tree that produces yellow-green, rounded fruit that is used for making jellies and wines. It can be found in woods and hedges, as well as in cultivated…
Letcombe Valley nature reserve celebrates its 10th anniversary!
Over the past 10 years volunteers at Letcombe Valley nature reserve have worked hard to create a haven for wildlife and people at the heart of their community
Team Wilder Community Group Form
Is your community taking action for nature? Add your group or project to the Team Wilder map and help spread the word!
30 Days Wild – UK’s most creative nature challenge celebrates tenth anniversary in June
A wildlife charity is calling on the public to do one wild thing every day for a whole month this summer, as the UK’s biggest FREE nature challenge returns for its tenth anniversary.