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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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.
A year in the life of a trainee
Chrystal Thompson looks back over a busy year as a conservation trainee with BBOWT at Greenham and Crookham Commons
Interview with a trainee
Chloe Bradford chats to Ralph Giles about what he gained from his time as a BBOWT trainee
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.
The ‘Out of Hours’ Ecology Trainee
Vicky Hall, Ecology Trainee, discovers dusk brings new activity to our nature reserves
A day in the life of a BBOWT trainee
As an ecology trainee in BBOWT’s Biodiversity team, one thing is for sure, no two days are ever quite the same!
A day in the life of a volunteer ecology trainee
Volunteer ecology trainee Russ Fisher reflects on why he decided to take on a traineeship and what the role has brought so far
Life as an ecology trainee with BBOWT
Judith Ballinger, volunteer ecology trainee, set herself the challenge of visiting as many nature reserves as possible during her traineeship. Read how she's getting on.
A day in the life of a BBOWT trainee
"We approach the boxes quietly, treading carefully as we get closer so as not to alert any inhabitants of the box. There’s a great sense of anticipation; what will we find in this one!?…
Forest bug
The shoulders of the Forest bug are distinctive - they are square-cut, almost rounded, unlike the other 'spiked' shield bugs. This bug can be found in woodlands, feeding on the sap of…
Caledonian forest
Caledonian forest forms an integral part of some of our wildest landscapes - extensive pine forests merge with heathlands, wetlands and montane habitats and create areas large enough for wildcat,…