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news KEEP UP-TO-DATE (PHILIP PRECEY)
Visit our website for
Share your views for nature’s recovery regular news updates at: (ANDY COLLINS)
bbowt.org.uk/news
Nature is in trouble, yet more people are listening and ready to act. It’s not too late to
turn this around, but to have a far-reaching impact we need to find new ways of working News in brief
towards nature’s recovery.
This year our Conference will consider how BBOWT can respond to the shift in popular Great crest of newts
opinion on climate change and biodiversity loss, and use new policies to create a wilder
region that tackles these environmental concerns. Newts just in! Monitoring of
Come and help to shape our vision for a wilder future on Saturday 12 October at breeding colonies of newts at
Oxford Brookes University. BBOWT president Steve Backshall will chair our discussion Kintbury Newt Ponds has
with a panel of experts in conservation, the rural environment and policy. Speakers confirmed a bumper year for
include Crispin Truman, Chief Executive of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), these amphibians. Bottle-traps
James Lloyd, Project Lead at Nature4Climate, Dr Noëlle Kümpel, Head of Policy at BirdLife yielded a total count of 152
International and BBOWT’s Conservation Strategy Director, Dr Prue Addison. newts across three species:
Join in the discussion to create a roadmap for nature’s recovery across Berkshire, palmate, smooth and the nationally rare great crested.
Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. This is the second highest total since records began in
During the AGM we will report on the third year of delivering our Strategic Plan, Be 2004 and includes a healthy 62 great crested newts.
Part of Nature’s Recovery, and present our Volunteer Awards.
Reserve your place at bbowt.org.uk/conference2019 or return the response form No entry!
sent with this magazine.
BBOWT has barred contractors
Let’s create a roadmap for nature’s recovery. working on behalf of HS2 access
to Calvert Jubilee until they
(Kim Taylor) address our concerns about the
needs of wildlife there such as
bitterns. There is a risk that (COLIN BUNTING)
precious habitat could be lost
for nothing. Works to create habitat to compensate for (DAVID HOWLETT)
any lost must be in place well in advance of clearance
Are you our next Trustee? works commencing. See bbowt.org.uk/calvert-jubilee. (TERRY WHITTAKER/2020VISION)
Could you help us thrive into the future? We are looking for new Trustees with energy and
Escape the office
enthusiasm to take an active role in the running of the Trust. We are keen to hear from
Time away from the office does
individuals with skills and experience in one of the following areas: us good – all the better if it’s
spent outside. In June we
n Outdoor or environmental education n Community engagement welcomed a work party from
Thames Water to Snelsmore
n Health and wellbeing n Business development. Common as part of Volunteers
Week.The group cleared winter
If that’s you, get in touch! As our Board is not currently fully representative of our hay to enable flowers to germinate and built wooden
hurdles to shield nesting nightjars. Want to escape the
local communities, we particularly welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds. office too? Visit: bbowt.org.uk/company-support

Send a cover letter and CV to Jade Sturdy at jadesturdy@bbowt.org.uk or contact In the frame

Jade to arrange an initial chat with a current Trustee. You can also learn more at There’s still time to enter the
BBOWT Photography
bbowt.org.uk/new-trustees. Applications close on Wednesday 4 September. Competition 2019. Sponsored
by Panasonic Lumix, there are
five categories to enter and you
can even use your phone to get
that perfect picture. All photos
must be taken on a BBOWT nature reserve. Enter before
1 December for your chance to win a fantastic prize. For
all the details visit bbowt.org.uk/photocomp19

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