Category: Conservation

A report by Sara Messenger of TBNCG. The Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group (TBNCG) was ten years old in September and celebrated by downing tools early and having a bit of a party by the lake. The picnic kicked off with the shortest introduction by the Chair (his words not mine!) followed by our birthday cake being cut by the Chair of

An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. Swans Bradley & Brooke We are delighted with the progress of our two cygnets who are now almost the size of their parents. We do not know what happened to the third cygnet but at the same time it disappeared, Brooke sustained a leg injury. We are

An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. Swans and cygnets By now we’re sure you all know that our mute swans Bradley & Brooke have, from their seven eggs, hatched three cygnets! We’re rather chuffed with them – and with the ducklings, grebe and moorhen chicks that can be seen at the lake. We had made

An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. For our February workday we had planned to coppice ‘Scholars Copse,’ the area of woodland behind the Community school, but because of Ash Dieback disease, authorities are still suggesting that ash trees are only felled if they are unsafe. So the group headed off to Bluebell Bridge, to continue

An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. Our January workday was, as always, two hedge-laying workdays instead of one day. Using traditional methods, we continued laying a hedge along the length of Bradley Stoke Way. To all of you who have seen it, we know it looks brutal and you may think the trees won’t ever

Our December workday was again spent in Savages Wood coppicing hazel & dead hedging much to the dismay of many of the passing dogs, who thought that the pile of freshly cut sticks was an early Christmas present to them! Sadly, our bird box survey has revealed that the majority of our boxes have either disappeared or have suffered damage