The BVC carryout practical conservation work including:

Tree planting
Wild flower planting
Hedge planting
Hedge Laying
Widlife gardens
Pond creation and restoration
Reed bed planting
Bank erosion management
Wetland management
Woodland management
Dune restoration
Tern raft building
Bat / bird box building
Dam building
Dry stone walling
Willow coppicing
Scrub clearance
Rhododendron clearance

 The BCV have worked at sites such as :

Nob End SSSI, Moses Gate, Bolton, Red Moss SSSI, Horwich, Bolton
Astley Moss SSSI, Astley Gait Barrows SSSI, Arnside, Cumbria
Gronant Dunes and Talacre Warren SSSI, Talacre, Flintshire
Doffcocker Lodge Local Nature Reserve, Bolton
Wigan Flashes Local Nature Reserve, Wigan
Eatock Lodge Local Nature Reserve, Westhoughton, Bolton
Blackleach Country Park, WalkdenSalford
Seven Acres Country Park, Breitmet, Bolton
Pennington Flash Country Park, Leigh, Wigan
Clifton Country Park, Clifton, Salford
Moses Gate Country Park, Moses Gate, Bolton
Darcy Lever Gravel Pits, Darcy Lever, Bolton
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
Ravenden Clough, Smithills, Bolton
Turton Tower, Turton, Bolton
Leg of Mutton Wood,Smithills, Bolton
Deane Clough, Deane, Bolton
The Anderton Conference Centre, Anderton, Chorley
Rivington Pike Ornamental Gardens, Rivington, Bolton
Colliers Row Wood, Colliers Row, Bolton
Rumworth Lodge/Seddon Fold Farm, Bolton
Captains Clough, Halliwell, Bolton
Ravenswood, Ladybridge, Bolton
Cowlees Pond, Westhoughton, Bolton
Chew Moor Meadows, Westhoughton, Bolton
Hart Common Church, Westhoughton, Bolton
Georges Wood, Bury
Orrell Water Park, Wigan
Cox Green Quarry SBI, North Bolton.
Coed Pen-Y-Maes wood, Holywell, North wales
Belmont Reservoir, Belmont

The BCV have worked with many organisations over the years including:

United Utilities
The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside
The Wildlife Trust Mid-week Group
Cumbria Wildlife Trust Woodland Trust
The Croal Irwell Ranger Service
The Flintshire Countryside Service
Red Lee Conservation Trust
Bolton Council
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Salford City Council
Darcy Lever Gravel Pits Action Group
The Lostock and Chew Moor Residents' Group
Group Deane Golf Club
British Mountaineering Council