On Sunday 26th July, Friends of Brislington Brook invited our local community along to celebrate St Anne’s Day. And what a day it was! St Anne’s Wood has long been a site of pilgrimage. In 1276, Roger de Warr founded the Chapel of St-Anne-in-the-Wood, a daughter chapel of Keynsham Abbey, which rose to great…
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…
All change! Not only has Giorgia made the BioBlitz happen again this year, but she also continues to work tirelessly alongside Oliver in the allotment, join the goat team in regular health check-ups (including delivery of a new salt lick in the hot weather) and undertake monthly riverfly surveys in the Brook… all whilst working…
As part of the Great Big Green Week 2026, we hosted our annual Bioblitz, between the 12th and 13th of June, – 24hrs of counting every species we could in St Annes Wood. The event kicked off with an evening Bat Walk on Friday, we were very pleased to have had Miguel from the Avon…
Sadly, with the arrival of the summer there is also the return of FoBB’s nemesis: Himalayan Balsam, one of the UK’s most aggressive invasive plants. This prolific plant – notable for its unusual three-leafed triangular form – can grow to 3m tall, outcompeting everything around it for light. This leads to a monoculture habitat, which…
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.
It has long been my dream to create a wetland wildflower meadow in the St Anne’s Valley. When I applied for the CIL (Community Infrastructure Levy) grant I had this in mind. In addition to requesting funding for the dragon sculpture, the container/tool shed and tools, I applied for £450 to spend on wetland wildflower…
Our pair of resident bramble eaters continue their mission to reclaim some of the Lichfield Road slopes of St Anne’s Wood from the overgrown undergrowth. The vision is to carefully open up the space (as it was some years ago) making it safer and more welcoming for people. Along the way we’re hoping to find…
The Easter Bunny left an egg-citing nature trail around Nightingale Valley over the Easter holidays. Posters of different types of eggs laid by a variety of animals that call the valley their home were hidden around the footpath, and we hope that interesting facts were learnt by all. Who knew that stickleback fish make nests…
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…
