Living with spiders
Every autumn, headlines warn about spiders invading our homes. But what’s the real story with our eight-legged neighbours?
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Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
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Living Landscapes
Our wildlife is suffering. Successive State of Nature reports compiled by 25 conservation bodies show that we are continuing to lose wildlife and the places where wildlife thrive at an alarming rate. A landscape-scale approach to wildlife conservation, by reconnecting habitats to create functioning landscapes, is the only way to halt and reverse biodiversity losses.
East Berkshire Living Landscape
Find out about the East Berkshire Living Landscape (EBLL) scheme, which covers 240km2 in the historic Royal Hunting Forest of Windsor and contains ancient and internationally important species in a threatened and fragmented landscape.
West Berkshire Living Landscape
The West Berkshire Living Landscape scheme covers 27km2 including the river valleys of the Enborne and the Kennet which are separated by the higher gravel plateau and heathland mosaic of Greenham and Crookham Commons. A quarter of the project area is designated as important for wildlife, either locally, nationally or internationally.
Upper Thames Living Landscape
The floodplains of the upper Thames tributaries make up one of the six best wetland areas in England.
The predators and prey living in your garden
Discover some of the predators stalking through your garden’s grassland and how you can make your garden even more wildlife-friendly.
West Berkshire Living Landscape Volunteers (WBLLV)
Working on a variety of habitats including wetland, heathland, ancient woodland and meadows, you’ll assist the BBOWT reserves staff in the practical habitat and infrastructure management of the…
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.
Living near a pond? Watch out for amphibians crossing the road!
Each year, large numbers of amphibians—including the common toad, common frog, great crested newt, smooth newt, and palmate newt—die while making their way from hibernation sites to breeding ponds…
Local Wildlife Sites
Local Wildlife Sites are special places recognised for having high wildlife value or containing rare or threatened habitats and species
Café supporting people living with dementia makes a welcome return to Thatcham
The Nature Memories Café, run by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT), relaunched its monthly sessions this autumn.
Some protection reinstated for at-risk Local Wildlife Sites
The Government has published a revised version of its National Planning Policy Framework which now includes some reinstated protection for Local Wildlife Sites following a campaign supported by 25…