Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust

Credits: A polecat at a BBOWT nature reserve - Helen Walsh
The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is the local wildlife conservation charity protecting wildlife across the three counties.

Find a wildlife reserve near you

BBOWT looks after more than 80 nature reserves. To learn more about places to see wildlife around Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire please click here

More about BBOWT

Local Wildlife Watch groups 

 

Watch groups for children aged 8-11 meet once a week or once a month to do wildlife activities under the guidance of a Wildlife Watch leader to go on a wildflower hunt, learn to identify spiders and woodlice, or do pond dipping.

 

There are vacancies with groups that meet at:

Warburg Nature Reserve, near Henley, Oxfordshire

(Contact: Tess Szymanis or Giles Alder on 01491 642001)

Events for children and families

 

Come along to our 'Family Friendly' events and activities :

 

Date

EventLocation
17 July 10

Summer Walk at Holtspur Bank (2.30-4.30pm)  10yrs+

Nr Beaconsfield, Bucks
18 July 10

Beginners Butterflies at College Lake         (11am-1pm)   10yrs+

Nr Tring, Bucks
24 July 10

Bird Ringing at College Lake                             (see website for further details)

Nr Tring, Bucks
26 July 10

Minibeast Discovery Day at Warburg           (10.30am-1pm)

Nr Henley, Oxon
27 July 10

Dragonfly Discovery Day at Abbey Fishponds       (1.30-4pm)  6yrs+

Abingdon, Oxon
7 Aug 10Earley Green Fair (11am-3pm) Reading, Berks
7 Aug 10Wytham Woods Walk (10.30am-12.30pm) 12yrs+Nr Oxford, Oxon
8 Aug 10Time Travellers at College Lake (10.30am-2.30pm)Nr Tring, Bucks
8 Aug 10Wildflower walk in Bracknell (2-4pm) 12yrs+Bracknell, Berks
11 Aug 10Wildlife Discovery at Moor Copse (1-4pm)Pangbourne, Berks
14 Aug 10A Walk along the River Wye                   (10.30am-12pm) 10yrs+High Wycombe, Bucks
14-20 Aug 10Wildlife Detectives (10am-3pm) 5yrs+Nr Didcot, Oxon
21-27 Aug 10Damsels and Dragons (10am-3pm) 5yrs+Nr Didcot, Oxon
21 Aug 10Bat walk at College Lake (8-10pm) 10yrs +Nr Tring, Bucks
 28-31 Aug 10 Wild Art and Den building (10am-3pm) 5yrs+ Nr Didcot, Oxon
 29 Aug 10 Walk at Runnymede (2.30-5pm) Nr Egham, Surrey

 

 

Contact 

 

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