Blog: Nature reserves

Wild Writing by Nicola Chester

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Oak leaves

Where to go in November

With nearly 90 nature reserves to choose from in our three counties, which are the best to visit this month?

Discover autumn colours, fabulous fungi and wintering wildfowl.

Bowdown Woods by Rob Appleby

Where to go in October

With nearly 90 nature reserves across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to choose from, which are the best to visit this month?

Three cows walking along a meadow

Ramblings from Finemere Wood

"With visions of beasts thundering through the undergrowth, the woodland workers saw themselves thrashing through brambles and blackthorn, lassoes in hand."

Chiltern gentians

Where to go in September

With nearly 90 nature reserves across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to choose from, which are the best to visit this month?

A white-legged damselfly peeking out from behind a leaf.

Ramblings from Finemere Wood

"When next in the woods, bring sharp eyes and a pair of binoculars and take note of those smaller creatures fluttering around."

A tunnel for adders running underneath a road

Pioneering tunnels help adders

Roger Stace, Senior Land Manager (Berkshire) explains how a pioneering project at Greenham and Crookham Commons is giving adders a chance of survival

Watts Bank

Where to go in August

With nearly 90 nature reserves across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to choose from, which are the best to visit this month?

A close up of the bright pink foxglove flowers

Ramblings from Finemere Wood

“The foxglove is a magical plant associated with many folklore tales of fairies, and thus it is not a surprise to find a thriving population in Finemere Wood...”

Meadow of wild flowers

Where to go in July

With nearly 90 nature reserves across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to choose from, which are the best to visit this month?

Lesser stitchwort

Ramblings from Finemere Wood

"The scythes swish rhythmically, and the tall grass tumbles. It is hushed as the volunteers are lulled into a meditative state by mindful activity and gentle melodies of bird song."