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  Philippa Lyons, chief executive of BBOWT, says a few words can be vital
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  Many of you will know Farmoor Reservoir as a major county stopping-off point for migrating birds. Probably fewer people know that it’s also an important
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  COLIN WILLIAMS, of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, checks survey results to assess the effect of this year’s weather on wildlife
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  Intrepid wildlife explorer Steve Backshall is just at home hunting for beetles and frogs in a nature reserve in Didcot as he is tracking tigers in Nepal; and Sutton Courtenay Environmental
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  Warblers have been a topic of conversation among birding folk in Oxfordshire recently who have noticed a depletion of numbers with the once common willow warbler now markedly reduced and even the
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  TIME is ticking on Oxfordshire’s wildlife trust as it hopes to buy a £100,000 riverside meadow.
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  Next week sees the start of the Olympic Games and we’ll witness Team GB athletes pitting themselves against other nations to win a coveted medal.
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  Wildflower meadows brimming with ox-eye daisies, yellow bird’s-foot-trefoil and pink knapweed are among best places to see Mother Nature put on an impressive display.
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