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  • Bramble Bashing
    4 October 2008
    The group will be "bramble bashing", in other words, clearing paths of the unwanted vegetation that has grown up over the summer.
    Meet at the entrance to the Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre at 10am.

  • Bat Walk
    3 October 2008
    Someone from the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) will be leading a walk around the reserve to search for bats.

    On previous occasions electronic bat detectors have been available for participants to use to listen in to the bat calls which would otherwise be too high for the human ear to hear.

    It will be dark by the end of the walk and it can get cold once the sun has set at this time of year so please bring a torch and wear suitable clothes.
    Meet at the entrance to the Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre at 6:15 pm.

  • Bat Walk
    16 September 2008
    Someone from the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) will be leading a walk around the reserve to search for bats.

    On previous occasions electronic bat detectors have been available for participants to use to listen in to the bat calls which would otherwise be too high for the human ear to hear.

    It will be dark by the end of the walk and it can get cold once the sun has set at this time of year so please bring a torch and wear suitable clothes.
    Meet at the entrance to the Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre at 6:45 pm.

  • Hay cut
    6 September 2008
    The group will be cutting the hay using traditional scythes in various patches of grassland begining with the Community Orchard.
    Meet at the entrance to the Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre at 10am.

  • Hay cut
    2 August 2008
    The group will be cutting the hay using traditional scythes on the grass land near Webb's Wood.
    Meet at the lake at 10am.

  • Bird boxes
    5 July 2008
    The group will be making and setting up bird boxes.
    Meet at the lake at 10am.

  • Arable Plant Survey
    7 June 2008
    The group will be accompanying a professional ecologist as he conducts an arable plant and insect survey near Webb's wood.
    Meet at the lake at 10am.

  • Dawn Chorus Walk
    17 May 2008
    One for the early birds ... a walk around the reserve with a professional ecologist to listen to the dawn chorus.
    Meet at the Leisure Centre at 6:00am.

  • Stream Clearing
    3 May 2008
    We will be clearing sections of the streams ... so don't forget your wellies and waterproofs.
    Meet at the lake at 10am.

  • 3BNCG Annual General Meeting
    Wed 30 April 2008
    7:30pm to 9:30pm
    3BNCG will be holding the Annual General Meeting of the group.

    The meeting will be held at the Ramada Grange Hotel, 1 Old Gloucester Road, Winterbourne, Bristol, BS36 1RP, which is only about a mile outside Bradley Stoke.
    Click here for directions.

    The hotel are generously donating the room free of charge.

  • Planting Wildflowers
    5 April 2008
    Planting wildflowers in the community orchard.
    Meet at the Leisure Centre at 10am.

  • Woodland Management
    1 March 2008
    Continuing to thin out the woodland opposite the school fence.
    Meet at the Leisure Centre at 10am.

  • Woodland Management
    2 February 2008
    Thinning out the woodland opposite the school fence.
    Meet at the Leisure Centre at 10am.

  • Hedgelaying
    5 & 6 January 2008
    Our annual mince-pie-moving, turkey-trashing hedgelaying weekend. This year we will be working on a stretch of hedge in the north plantation near Primrose Bridge. You are welcome to join us for either or both days.
    Meet at Primrose Bridge at 10 am on both days.

  • 3BNCG General Meeting
    Wed 12 December 2007
    7:30pm to 9:30pm
    3BNCG will be holding a General Meeting of the group.
    Click here for the agenda.

    The meeting will be held at the Ramada Grange Hotel, 1 Old Gloucester Road, Winterbourne, Bristol, BS36 1RP, which is only about a mile outside Bradley Stoke.
    Click here for directions.

    The hotel are generously donating the room free of charge.

  • Coppicing in Sherbournes Brake
    1 December 2007
    On Saturday 1st December we were coppicing in Sherbourne's Brake.
    Click here for the diary entry (902 kb PDF).

  • Coppicing in Webb's Wood
    3 November 2007
    On Saturday 3rd November we were coppicing in Webb's Wood, continuing our woodland management programme.

  • General Group Meeting
    11 October 2006
    A General Meeting of the group, was held on Wednesday 11th October, 7.30 pm at the Brook Way ActivityCentre (just off Brook Way and adjacent to the doctors' surgery- there is a car park). All were welcome.
    Click here for the minutes.

  • Bramble Bashing
    6 October 2007
    We were maintaining paths on the reserve by cutting back brambles.

  • Hay Cut & Flower Planting - 16th September
    16 Septemer 2006
    We made a traditional hay rake from wood felled on site and did a hay cut/ flower planting - everyone was welcome to join in all aspects.

  • Marshland irrigation
    1 September 2007
    We preserved the marshland habitat by digging out ponds and channels. Getting muddy was guaranteed.

  • Grass Cutting
    4 August 2007
    Click here for the diary entry (38 kb PDF).

  • Grass Cutting
    7 July 2007
    Click here for the diary entry (38 kb PDF)

  • Avon Wildlife Trust day
    17 June 2007
    Click here for the diary entry (38 kb PDF)

  • Bradley Stoke Community Fair
    9 June 2007
    Click here for the diary entry (38 kb PDF)

  • Our annual stream clearing event
    2 June 2007
    Click here for the diary entry (38 kb PDF)

  • Dawn Chorus Walk
    5 May 2007
    15 people braved an early start and assembled somewhat bleary-eyed at 6 am for a dawn chorus walk, led by Ed Drewitt from the Bristol City Museum. Ed - who was unnaturally bouncy for this early in the day - helped us to identify 18 species.
    Click here for further details.

  • Wildflower walks
    7 April 2007
    Rupert Higgins from Wessex Ecological Trust, who drafted the management plan for the reserve, led two wildflower walks.
    Click here for further details.

  • Coppicing in Sherbourne's Brake
    3 March 2007
    We were coppicing and tree felling in Sherbourne's Brake.

  • Traditional Wooden Gate
    1 & 22 October 2006
    We made a traditional woodengate and post and rail fence, to go around the lower pond near the seatingarea, using trees felled in the plantation woodland from the managementwork we have been doing. It was a chance to try out some green woodwork (and digging)skills.

  • Bramble Bashing
    7 October 2006
    We decided to do BrambleBashing in the northernmost tip of the reserve up by Primrose Bridge, wherewe hadn't been before. A special note; Paul couldn't make it for this workday andone of his colleagues, Becci, attended in his place. However,she (and the BTCV tools) were only there until 2pm.

  • Stream Clearing
    2 September 2006
    We cleared out some of the rubbish that had accumulated in the brooks.

  • Bat Walks
    Various dates in 2006
    A number of bat walks were ran over various summer evenings in 2006 when we hoped to find which species of bats are using the reserve.