"Events in any Bristol park are in the gift of Bristol City Council.
If it’s a commercial event then a licence is required.
ad hoc events are treated on a more liberal basis, for example, there are Yoga classes, French Speakers groups…"
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Music in the park?
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The mysterious BMH
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Monthly Bird Walks
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Music in the park?
Is FOSAP happy to allow ad hoc music events? I see from Facebook that a band is playing in the park tomorrow at 6pm. See More
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Bird walks in the park - see you in January!
Posted on September 12, 2016 at 12:10 0 Comments 0 Likes
The popular Sunday morning bird walks will be starting again in January 2017. Watch this space for more details!
Bird walk 17 April
Posted on April 17, 2016 at 16:25 2 Comments 0 Likes
A beautiful sunny morning and some suitably spring-like bird activity observed! The full list as follows:
Mistle Thrush - a nest was located (see Simon's photo) and at least one youngster was seen. Parent birds nearby. Excellent stuff!
Coal Tit - 1 in song
Blue Tit - a few heard and seen
Great Tit - several heard
Robin - 1 or 2
Blackbird - several…
ContinueDawn Chorus at Narroways
Posted on April 2, 2016 at 16:42 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hi all
I'll be leading a dawn chorus walk on Narroways Local Nature Reserve on Saturday 9 April. Full details here
Des
Bird walk 21 February
Posted on February 21, 2016 at 17:00 0 Comments 0 Likes
Despite the wild wind and drizzle a few hardy souls turned up for this walk. There was a surprising amount of bird song despite the conditions and at least it was mild. The list in full:
Redwing - a count of 15 birds by one participant was very impressive
Starling - a mini-murmuration of 40 birds
Blackbird - a few
Dunnock - 1 or 2 heard
Blue Tit - seen by one of us
Great Tit - 1 by the bowling green
Long-tailed Tit - seen on 2…
ContinueBird walk 17 Jan 2016
Posted on January 17, 2016 at 13:49 2 Comments 1 Like
Well I thought today would be a wash-out, with overcast conditions and drizzle putting everyone, including me, off the idea of birding in the park. How wrong could I be? It turned out to be a classic walk! The list is as follows:
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 seen well near the children's play area. A rare visitor to the park.
Redwing - a flock of up to 20 seen in the trees and feeding on the ground - a good…
ContinueComment Wall (3 comments)
- At 0:59 on February 15, 2010,
admin said…
- many thanks Des.
- At 21:45 on February 14, 2010,
Des Bowring said…
- It's a Fieldfare all the way from Scandinavia! Nice one!
Regards,
Des
- At 21:23 on February 14, 2010,
- Hi Des, Any idea what bird this is - there were two of them a few weeks back in our garden. I coldn't spot it in my bird book. Thanks Simon
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