Protecting local wildlife
The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is your local wildlife conservation charity. Our staff and volunteers, with the invaluable support of our members, work to protect wildlife from the threats it faces. We look after over 80 nature reserves, give wildlife a voice, and inspire people to take action for wildlife.
HS2 have taken over Calvert Jubilee
BBOWT is devastated that High Speed 2 Ltd have now taken legal possession of a large section of our Calvert Jubilee Nature Reserve.
Government’s planning reforms must address the nature and climate crisis
The Wildlife Trusts call for a new designation – Wildbelt – to allow nature’s recovery.
Government U-turn on promises to end badger culling
Largest ever cull authorised this autumn, bringing the total shot to 35% of UK’s badger population.
Most people live within a few miles of one of our nature reserves. Find one near you.
Wild flowers at Chimney Meadows by Wendy Tobitt
Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Join the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust
Joining your local Wildlife Trust is the best thing you can do to help wildlife in your area. We rely on the support of people like you to help us protect the wildlife and wild places of our three counties.
Thank you for helping us protect a precious ancient meadow
Great burnet by Philip Precey
What we're doing
Find upcoming events and keep up to date with our work protecting wildlife in Berkshire, Buckingamshire and Oxfordshire.
Family activity: how to make your own model bat
Here's how to make an incredibly realistic model bat to fly in your own home!
Rough Around The Edges update
July and August were a whirl of supporting the Wild Parishes webinars and enjoying spending one day a week on site visits and working…
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…
Grasshopper warbler by Chris Gomersall/2020VISION
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Take action at home
Find simple things you can do to help wildlife at home.
How to make your garden a chemical-free zone
Go chemical-free in your garden to help wildlife, make a safer environment for people and pets, and save money!
What to feed hedgehogs and badgers
Putting out a bit of food can help see mammals like hedgehogs through colder spells.
How to cut out palm oil – not trees
Palm Oil is a cheap, efficient form of vegetable oil, but a lot of species-rich tropical habitat is being destroyed to make way for it…