Reserves Officer Glenn Hadley looks back on the trials of sheep shearing this year and considers how important our volunteers are in helping out.

In the next in our series, volunteering administrator Wayne Brown chats to Nick Marriner to find out what motivates him to act for nature as a volunteer for BBOWT.

Volunteer Hannah Webley describes how returning to volunteering after a long break due to the pandemic felt like coming home

Volunteer Sue Taylor discover which creatures of the night you could find in your garden and beyond

"The gentle rhythmic swish of scythes can be heard in the depths of Finemere Wood. Seven scythers swing and sway in harmony with the symphony of birdsong."

"...at every time of the year there is some delight to be had in the oasis that is Finemere Wood"

Volunteer bird ringer Jan Legg explains how a lifelong love of birds led to learning to survey the local bird population through bird ringing

BOWT volunteer surveyor, Alan Garnsworthy explains what it takes to track elusive adders in Berkshire

There can be few groups of animals as incredibly useful and so little loved and understood as spiders. BBOWT volunteer Sue Taylor speaks up for them.

"In record time the job is done and a huddle of soggy, dripping hardy souls retreats to the welcoming warmth of their homes and families."