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  • Bat Walk
    Friday 27th August

    Meet at the leisure centre at 7.30 p.m.

  • Bat Walk
    Friday 13th August

    Meet at the leisure centre at 8.15 p.m.

  • Digging
    4th September 2010
    Digging irrigation channels in the marsh.
    Meet at the reserve entrance off Brook Way (near the Braydon Avenue roundabout) at 10 am.

  • Haycut
    Saturday 7th August
    Haycut in the grassland next to Webb's Wood, to benefit the wildflowers.
    Meet at the tool store (behind the leisure centre) at 10 am.

  • Haycut
    3rd July 2010
    Haycut in the grassland next to Webb's Wood, to benefit the wildflowers.
    Meet at the Three Brooks Lake at 10 am.

  • Guided Walk
    12th June 2010
    Guided walk around the reserve as part of the community fair celebrations. A professional ecologist will introduce the plants and wildlife of the reserve.
    Meet outside the leisure centre at 10 am. Walk will finish by 1 pm.

  • Stream clearing
    5 June 2010
    Stream clearing and pulling up Himalayan balsam.
    Meet at the Three Brooks Lake at 10 am.

  • Dawn Chorus
    8 May 2010
    Whatever government is in power on Saturday morning, the birds will still be up and singing. So take a sanity break from the election coverage to come and hear them at their best.
    Meet at the leisure centre at 6am.

  • Stream Clearing
    1 May 2010
    Stream clearing. Wellies advised.
    Meet at the tool store (behind the leisure centre) at 10 am.

  • Planting and Tidying Up
    3 April 2010
    Tidying the community orchard and planting insect-friendly plants to help with pollination.
    Meet at the tool store (behind the leisure centre) at 10 am.

  • Treefelling
    6 March 2010
    Tree felling in the plantation next to Sherbourne’s Brake.
    Meet at the reserve entrance by the Brook Way/Baileys Court Road roundabout at 10 am.

  • Treefelling
    6 February 2010
    Tree felling in the plantation near the community orchard.
    Meet at the tool store (behind the leisure centre) at 10 am.

  • Hedgelaying and Pond Clearance
    2 & 3 January 2010
    Hedgelaying and pond clearance at Dewfalls pond (by special request from the Council!) Our annual Christmas-pud-busting weekend.
    Meet at the Dewfalls pond which is just off Dewfalls Drive at 10 am.

  • Pond Clearance
    5 December 2009
    We've changed our plans and instead of tree felling, which was our original intention, we will be clearing the upper newt pond (near the path between Tesco and the Ellicks Close Bridge) as it has got choked up, and there may be a bit of clearing work to do up there too.
    Meet at the tool store (behind the leisure centre) at 10 am.

  • Coppicing in Sherbournes Brake
    7 November 2009
    Coppicing in Sherbourne’s Brake.
    Meet at the reserve entrance by the Brook Way/Baileys Court Road roundabout at 10 am.

  • A Savage Owl Prowl
    Friday 30 October 2009 (7pm to 9pm)
    Join Ian McGuire on a twilight walk through Savages Wood. Learn about all the British Owls along the way. It will be dark and it can get cold at this time of year so please bring a torch and wear suitable clothes.
    Meet outside Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre at 7pm

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  • Digging
    3 October 2009
    This month's activity is digging out drainage channels on the flooded bit of footpath next to the plantation between the lake and Savage’s Wood (where we did the tree felling last year).
    Meet at the tool store at 10 am.

  • Bat Walk
    Friday 18 September 2009
    Someone from the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) will be leading a walk around the reserve to search for bats, (and some electronic bat detectors will probably be available to use). It will be dark by the end of the walk and it can get cold once the sun has set even at this time of year so please bring a torch and wear suitable clothes.
    Meet at the leisure centre at 6:45pm.

  • Marshland irrigation
    5 September 2009
    Improving irrigation in the marsh by digging further channels and a drainage sump. Getting muddy is guaranteed.
    Meet at the reserve entrance off Brook Way (near the Braydon Avenue roundabout) at 10 am

  • Bat Walk
    Wednesday 19 August 2009
    Someone from the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) will be leading a walk around the reserve to search for bats, (and some electronic bat detectors will probably be available to use). It will be dark by the end of the walk and it can get cold once the sun has set even at this time of year so please bring a torch and wear suitable clothes.
    Meet at the leisure centre at 8:00pm.

  • Hay cut and wildflowers
    1 August 2009
    Haycutting in the community orchard and clearing the wildflower patches.
    Meet at the Leisure Centre at 10am.

  • Wildflower Management
    4 July 2009
    Maintenance of the wildflower-rich site by Webb’s Wood. Varied activities will include haycutting, remove saplings and doing some deliberate ground disturbance.
    Meet at the lake at 10am.

  • Tool Training
    Saturday 27 June 2009
    On Saturday 27th June we will have an extra event. Paul Humphreys will lead a Tools Training day when we will learn how to look after all the shiny tools we have – so things like oiling, sharpening and storage. A number of people have already registered their interest for this but anyone is welcome to come along.
    Meet at the tool store (the freight container behind the leisure centre) at 10.00 am on the 27th.

  • Bat Walk
    Friday 26 June 2009
    Someone from the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) will be leading a walk around the reserve to search for bats, (and some electronic bat detectors will probably be available to use). It will be dark by the end of the walk and it can get cold once the sun has set even at this time of year so please bring a torch and wear suitable clothes.
    Meet at the leisure centre at 8:45pm.

  • Walk Around The Reserve
    Saturday 13 June 2009
    To tie with the Bradley Stoke Festival on the same day we will be putting on a Community walk which we hope will be a fascinating insight into the plants and animals on your local reserve. Led by ecologist Rupert Higgins this walk is intended to involve the wider community, especially those who might not have realised just how much they have on the doorstep so everyone is even more welcome than usual.
    Meet at the leisure centre at 10am. (The walk will finish at the Jubilee Centre at 1 pm)
    Click here to see a report written after the walk [41kb PDF], and here to see a photograph. [177kb JPG]

  • Stream Clearing
    Saturday 6 June 2009
    We will be clearing sections of the streams ... so don't forget your wellies and waterproofs.
    Late change of meeting point: Meet at the ORCHARD at 10am.

  • Bat Walk
    Friday 5 June 2009
    Someone from the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) will be leading a walk around the reserve to search for bats, (and some electronic bat detectors will probably be available to use). It will be dark by the end of the walk and it can get cold once the sun has set even at this time of year so please bring a torch and wear suitable clothes.
    Meet at the leisure centre at 8:30pm.

  • Bat Walk
    Wednesday 20 May 2009
    Someone from the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) will be leading a walk around the reserve to search for bats, (and some electronic bat detectors will probably be available to use). It will be dark by the end of the walk and it can get cold once the sun has set even at this time of year so please bring a torch and wear suitable clothes.
    Meet at the leisure centre at 8:15pm.

  • Dawn Chorus Walk
    Sunday 10 May 2009
    Our annual Dawn Chorus walk is one for the early birds in every sense. A professional ecologist will be leading the walk and judging by previous years it should be very interesting and should last for about two and a half hours.
    Meet at the Leisure Centre at 06:00am!

  • Tree/Plant ID Walk
    Saturday 2 May 2009
    A walk around the reserve, hopefully with a professional ecologist, to identify trees and other plants.
    Meet at the Leisure Centre at 10:00am.

  • 3BNCG Annual General Meeting
    Wed 15 April 2009
    7:30pm to 9:30pm
    Our AGM will be 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 is generously donating the room free of charge.

    See meetings page for further details.

  • Wildflower Seeding
    Saturday 4 April 2009
    We will be planting wildflower seeds in the meadow area by Sherbourne’s Brake. We’ll clear patches of grass with spades, scatter the seeds and cover them loosely with topsoil. Spades and seeds will be available but it would be helpful if people could bring their own garden trowels and hand forks to help break up the soil patches. Feel free to bring any suitable seeds you may have too.
    We probably won't have enough seeds to do this all day so we also intend to do some litter picking around the area to tie in with a national “spring clean” event.
    Meet at the entrance near where Bailey's Court Road meets Brook Way at 10am.

  • Tree Felling
    Saturday 7 March 2009
    The group will be tree felling in the plantation between Webb's Wood and Savage's Wood.
    Meet at the lake at 10am.

  • Coppicing
    Saturday 7 February 2009
    The group will be coppicing in Webb's Wood, (i.e. cutting back species such as hazel down to the ground and putting the cut off material into a dead hedge), and generally tidying up in the immediate vacinity.
    Meet at the lake at 10am.

  • Hedgelaying
    Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 January 2009
    In time honoured tradition the group will be burning up the extra calories taken on over Christmas by laying a hedge using traditional hedgelaying techniques - and probably a few we'll make up as we go along.
    We'll be working on a stretch of the hedge that runs next to Bradley Stoke Way.
    On both days meet at 10am by the entrance into the reserve on Bradley Stoke Way opposite Tesco's Extra, (that’s the entrance with the path down to the Ellicks Close bridge).

  • Tree felling
    6 December 2008
    The group will be felling trees and clearing the land of unwanted vegetation or rubbish.
    Meet at the lake at 10am.

  • 3BNCG General Meeting
    Wed 26 November 2008
    7:30pm to 9:30pm
    3BNCG will be holding a 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 the agenda.
    Click here for directions.

    The hotel are generously donating the room free of charge.

  • Tree felling
    1 November 2008
    The group will be felling trees and clearing the area in the plantations near the lake.
    Meet at the lake at 10am.

  • 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.