Category: Conservation

Despite the challenges of 2020, we have been making some progress on the reserve. Some were teeny tiny steps … while others, like Green Gym’s return to weekly workdays, or the improved paths project, were giant strides towards us making the best we can of the reserve and this strange year.

We’ve always known what an inspiring place our nature reserve is, we’re just sorry it took a lockdown for it to be appreciated by everyone. At 46ha it’s the largest local nature reserve in South Gloucestershire, and it’s surrounded by one of the largest housing estates in Europe.

By Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. Our annual hedgelaying went well with us running out of hard hats for the first time. However, this year, we did manage to lay 38 paces of new hedgeline reaching as far as the gate onto Bradley Stoke Way. Not all of last year’s hedge is thriving, so we have

By Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. Well that was yet another very busy year which seemed to fly by, if only our goals could have achieved the same speed! But for all its challenges, annoyances, foul weather and delays, it has, I feel, still been a satisfying year for us. Although our now swan-less lake

An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. We’ve had a very busy last couple of months but we have at last seen our Savages Wood paths project completed. The contractors that completed the work are called Greenfields and we think it all went well, although I’m not sure their lads would all agree. It wasn’t

An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. Life at the lake No one who has been down to the lake recently could have failed to see that the islands look just a little different; the main difference being that now you can actually see them! I know I’d forgotten how big they were. The project

An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. Annual New Year hedgelaying weekend We are now in our ninth year of hedgelaying along the entire length of Bradley Stoke Way and I think we’re getting the hang of it! Green Gym went in over Christmas and cleared 65 paces along the fence on the reserve side