Speaker: Dr Steve Portugal (University of Oxford) Learn how birds co-operate and the mechanisms they employ to save energy during flight. The distinctive V formation…

Speaker: Grahame Hawker (Butterfly Conservation) After a brief introduction to butterflies, we will look at the butterflies that live in our area and the rest…

*** Change to published programme *** Speaker Fiona Brown. As Ken White is unable to give his talk on Crete on 4th March Fiona Brown…

Society AGM and short talks given by our members.

In 2023 Jon Mason, known as Instagram’s ‘theearlybirder’, undertook the challenge to visit all of BBOWT’s reserves in one year. This is the story of…

Talk by Dr Henrietta Pringle (People’s Trust for Endangered Species and British Hedgehog Preservation Society) and Maddie Davis (Bat Conservation Trust) Technology is revolutionising the…

Our annual get together with scrumptious food, drinks, quizzes and our photographic competition. For details on the rules for entering the photographic competition see here.…

Speaker: Catriona Bass (Long Mead Foundation - Thames Valley Wildflower Meadow Restoration Project) Burnet floodplain meadows are on the brink of extinction. Only 4 square…

Anna Forbes leads the Corporate Volunteer Programme at ARK and will tell us about some of their practical conservation and restoration projects in and by…

An introduction to their enormous variety, function, and occasional use for us. Speaker: Martin Woolner (Wild Maidenhead) Oak apples, Robin's pin cushions, Witches' brooms ……