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Hurley Chalk Pit
A sliver of beech woodland and chalk grassland, Hurley Chalk Pit is visited by 15 species of butterfly and is home to wild orchids.
Honey buzzard
Rare summer visitors, honey buzzards breed in open woodland where they feed on the nests and larvae of bees and wasps.
Honey bee
Honeybees are famous for the honey they produce! These easily recognisable little bees are hard workers, living in large hives made of wax honeycombs.
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…
Bloody henry starfish
The bloody henry starfish is normally a bright purply-red colour and is found all around the UK.
Team Wilder story: Learning how to do a basic site survey
Lily O'Neill and the community team revisit Shabbington Nature Network to help them carry out a basic site survey and find out which plants are growing at one of their sites
Nature Reserve Site Risk Assessments
For more information on our SRAs, please contact BBOWT at 01865775476 or by emailing info@bbowt.org.uk
Chilterns wildlife site saved as Yoesden Bank appeal reaches target
Thanks to the amazing generosity of members of the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT), and many other people who have given to the Yoesden Bank appeal, the target of £150,000 was…
How landowners can help protect Oxfordshire’s wild spaces
The importance of Local Wildlife Sites
Field cow-wheat
Once widespread, this attractive plant has declined as a result of modern agricultural practices and is now only found in four sites in South East England.
Greater water parsnip
Large scale drainage in the UK has seen a massive reduction in the range of this sensitive aquatic plant which now only occurs in around 50 sites in England.