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Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT)

BBOWT Our Impact 2024–25

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is a leading county wildlife trust managing 80+ nature reserves and delivering nature recovery programmes across 21,000 hectares of the three counties. In 2024/25 it engaged 7,400+ pupils from 177 schools, supported 1,000+ Wildlife Ambassador campaigners, recruited 268 new volunteers, and secured £512,182 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for the BOR landscape project. Notable achievements include installing the UK's first-of-a-kind adder tunnels at Greenham Common, concluding the Nextdoor Nature project in Slough and Reading, and raising nearly £1 million through the Nature Recovery Fund. Total income was £10.94 million. BBOWT is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts across the UK.

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80+ nature reserves management (including rare habitats — 10% of remaining UK floodplain meadows under BBOWT management); 1,343 military orchids counted; 12 bat species recorded at Moor Copse; adder tunnels at Greenham Common (first of their kind in UK); great crested newt pond creation at Moor Copse; Parsonage Moor reedbed dam installations; Thames Goring Gap Mend the Gap project; Reconnecting Bernwood, Otmoor and Ray programme; 5 education centres and 2 visitor centres; A-level programme (234 students, 13 schools); Wildlife Watch clubs (850 children aged 8–17); Community Network (380+ members, 207 groups engaged); Nextdoor Nature project in Slough and Reading (concluded); Engaging with Nature project Maidenhead; Wild Bicester and Wild Banbury projects (1,100+ local people engaged); 24 farm opportunity plans for Ray Farmer Cluster; Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) sales; advocacy and parliamentary campaign on chalk streams and rivers Custom geography from upload: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, UK

📊Key Metrics

80+ nature reserves managed; 21,000 hectares over which nature conservation projects delivered; 60,000+ members; 7,400+ pupils from 177 schools visited learning centres; 13,871 people of all ages attended learning sessions and events Key Metric 1
268 new volunteers recruited; 1,000+ Wildlife Ambassadors campaigning for nature; 140 volunteer surveyors completed 260 biological surveys; £10,940,000 total income; £8,895,000 total expenditure Key Metric 2
95% of responses to planning applications resulted in better results for nature; 91% of volunteers feel valued; £512,182 secured from National Lottery Heritage Fund for Reconnecting Bernwood, Otmoor and Ray (RBOR) project; nearly £1 million raised through Nature Recovery Fund Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • First adder tunnel of its kind in the UK installed at Greenham Common — camera trap confirmed adder use in April 2025; 95% of planning application responses resulted in improved nature outcomes; Nextdoor Nature project in Slough and Reading empowered previously disengaged communities to lead nature activities
  • Nature Recovery Fund raised nearly £1 million in first full campaign year; BNG sales at Ludgershall Meadows and Duxford Old River secure long-term management; income boosted by £1.35m profit on sale of The Lodge (restricted for new office premises); EEDIB trustee sub-committee formed and meeting monthly
  • 29,200+ active memberships; 10,627 Wildlife Watch Club members; 3,391 new memberships; 41% of income from membership, donations and legacies; 860+ known pledged gifts in wills; 13 trainees recruited into land management, ecology and learning teams

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