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The Friends get 10/10
16 Jul
The two local nature reserves managed by The Friends of Bramcote Ridge have, once again, been awarded the Green Flag Community Award for 2018-2019. This is the tenth consecutive year they have obtained this award, and it is a fitting tribute to the hard working volunteers who regularly devote th...
On what was a very hot summer's day 12 volunteers braved the sunshine, all were well armed with water bottles and wearing suitable protection against the sun (28⁰C).
Most of the group concentrated are clearing overgrown paths.
On a very warm sunny morning we had 12 volunteers attend, and the jobs completed where as follows:
- A large area of rosebay willow herb was cut down to ground level before it had started to flower.
Usually this is something that's gets forgotten until it is going to seed and much as we like it i...
May 2018 Work session Report
06 May
This work session fell on another bank holiday weekend, but this time we had a very reasonable turnout of ten members on a beautiful spring day with not a cloud in the sky.
The ridge at the moment is looking really good with bluebells, wild garlic and cowslips in flower and very little litter aro...
Following the decision to cease holding regular meetings and produce quarterly newsletters instead, you can download the latest newsletter from the Friends here.
Featured in this issue:
- Work Session Report January to March 2018
- Practical Conservation Volunteers
- Membership and Other News ...
With today's work session falling on Easter Sunday, the turnout was understandably low with just 4 hardy souls attending. Nevertheless we still managed to get all the priority jobs accomplished. These were:
Splitting up the snowdrops to cover a larger area at the Alexandrina Plantation entrance.
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