This week we were lucky to have a visit from BBC News, interviewing our chairman Andy about our recent efforts to control the Himalayan Balsam growing in St Anne’s Woods.
You can read the article here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9rrpple3r7o or watch the interview below.
Not only is the Brislington Brook incredibly biodiverse but it ranks, sadly, as South Bristol’s most polluted waterway. Campaigns are afoot. So at the start of June, Jackie and Claire led a group of FoBBers to meet with local Councillors Andrew Varney and Tim Kent to begin exploring options on how best to make a…
Once again, even when the depths of winter’s relentless wet onslaught seems to make the idea of new life and beginnings an impossibility… here we are! So green, so new. Bluebells, Wild Garlic, blossom, – a symphony of sights, smells and sounds. Talking of which… Everybody’s Heard… About the Bird… Despite a downpour of rain at 5am…
February’s (brief) sunshine… brings hope for spring! Welcome to the Friends of Brislington Brook newsletter for February. The start of spring is nigh and as FOBB Vice Chair Jackie has spotted…it’s all happening in St Anne’s Woods! The fruiting bodies of scarlet elf cup are in their usual place, growing on the decaying sycamore. Yellow brain fungus is…
In March 2023 we had the opportunity to meet with representatives from the council to discuss the situation around the tar barrels in Nightingale Valley. Two people from the land contamination department came along and two from the Parks department. I am happy to report that wheels seem to be turning. Progress is limited so far…
For anyone wanting more volunteering/green goodness this year’s Green Week runs from 6th-19th June and there’s lots to get involved in – and lots of opportunities to sample other areas and groups in our wider area. Check out the poster below, or see more information about each event on the Green Week webpage. Share this…
