BBOWT Our Impact 2024–25

About

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

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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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