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

Take a closer look this month for a chance to spot insects in disguise, baby birds, and the dragonfly other dragonflies fear!

Barbara Polonara, champion of house martins, shares how a childhood dream to protect these summertime visitors came true and how you can help them too

Get some top tips for telling the difference between dragons and damsels

Black and yellow stripes don't always mean a wasp or even a sting as Sue Taylor, BBOWT volunteer recorder, explains.

"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."

Outdoors or indoors, at home or even on holiday, we’ve got loads of ideas to keep the family busy all summer!

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

In the heat of summer, spend time in woodland shade looking out for butterflies, spot vivid wildflowers among the grassland, and enjoy the sound of swifts in our streets.

Get some top tips for identifying our summer visitors - swifts, swallows, house and sand martins.