Dry Sandford Pit
A fascinating mosaic of fossil-rich cliffs, fenland with ponds and streams, grassland, scrub and woodland set in an old quarry.
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Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
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Winning photos in BBOWT's competition 2019
Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in our 2019 photo competition. Have a look at their stunning photographs.
Hitchcopse Pit
Hitchcopse Pit is an old sandpit with a fascinating array of plant and insect life.
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.
BBOWT Photo Competition 2023 is go!
Nature lovers of all ages invited to enter new categories for a chance to win a digital camera and more.
BBOWT Photo Competition winners 2022 revealed
Winning photographers highlight mental health benefits of nature, young talent and conservation in action.
Local Wildlife Sites
Local Wildlife Sites are special places recognised for having high wildlife value or containing rare or threatened habitats and species
Photo Competition Tips
Read our top tips for entering the BBOWT Wildlife Photography Competition and find out how to take a winning wildlife photograph!
Lowland dry acid grassland
Sprinkled with diminutive, short-living flowers in spring and parched dry by July, this is a habitat of heathlands, coastal grasslands and ancient parkland.
Photo Competition Results 2023
View the amazing winning, runner-up, and highly commended images from the BBOWT Photography Competition 2023.
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…
Lowland dry oak and birch wood
Gnarled veteran oaks are interspersed with groves of pale, elegant birches, while swathes of bracken and soft tussocks of wavy hair-grass cover ground from which autumn fungi sprout.…