With plenty of autumnal colours and colourful woodland walks, Prisha Bembalore has six BBOWT nature reserves for you to visit this month.

"A few butterflies are on the wing, among them the seldom-seen brown hairstreak. And to my delight we encountered one, my first ever, down low on some bramble. A rare sight indeed."

Prisha Bembalore find the best nature reserves to visit this month. With summer crowds fading, autumnal colours appearing and wildlife making the most of the seasons changing, September is the…

"One lucky worker, with just the right aroma, found himself with three-quarters of a Purple Emperor in his hand. This beautiful beast was spotted a couple of weeks later, clearly managing…

Assistant Ecologist Louisa Reeve explains how a pioneering technology for monitoring wildlife has discovered an elusive woodland species where it had never been recorded before.

With over 80 nature reserves across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to choose from, which are the best to visit this month?

"The fences are stronger, the paths tidier, and the streams a little better understood. Each volunteer has played their part, bringing their own skills and enthusiasm to the task."

With over 80 nature reserves across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to choose from, which are the best to visit this month?

The woodland workers scramble through the foliage, knocking in new posts and re-tensioning slack wire... It is imperative that the boundary is secured; once loose in the wood, a cow would be a…

With over 80 nature reserves across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to choose from, which are the best to visit this month?