"The gentle rhythmic swish of scythes can be heard in the depths of Finemere Wood. Seven scythers swing and sway in harmony with the symphony of birdsong."

"...at every time of the year there is some delight to be had in the oasis that is Finemere Wood"

Volunteer bird ringer Jan Legg explains how a lifelong love of birds led to learning to survey the local bird population through bird ringing

BOWT volunteer surveyor, Alan Garnsworthy explains what it takes to track elusive adders in Berkshire

There can be few groups of animals as incredibly useful and so little loved and understood as spiders. BBOWT volunteer Sue Taylor speaks up for them.

"In record time the job is done and a huddle of soggy, dripping hardy souls retreats to the welcoming warmth of their homes and families."

"For a couple of years, we watched the hesitant beginnings of natural regeneration"

BBOWT volunteer Derek Cutt celebrates twenty five years of the Greenham and Crookham Conservation Volunteers

BBOWT volunteer Sylvia O'Brien explains what she does as a volunteer surveyor for the ecology team and how you can get involved too

"Here, embraced in the warm, gentle companionship of other woodland folk, feelings of desolation will dissipate."