Our parks are again going to be vitally important to get us through the coming weeks. Time outside in a green space, (even if just for a short windy walk!) helps us stay well physically and mentally. Let’s cherish our local parks in Bristol and Bath.💚🌳 #LoveYourPark

A new winter visitor on the reserve this weekend...

A scarce visitor from Siberia found in our nature reserve this morning.

Happy new year from the Friends of Royate Hill. We've got lots planned for the reserve in 2021, so watch this space...

Pop-up flu vaccine clinic in the heart of Bristol communities affected by health inequalities. Please share & promote, it will help to ease pressures off our hospitals by preventing admissions. To book, visit bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk/flu-clinics/ Ewan Cameron @adamalih Ade Williams @upourstreet

Due to new Covid-19 lockdown measures, we have suspended all public group volunteering in parks until further notice. Please visit bristol.gov.uk/parkscovid19ch… for details and links to the latest information.

Clear signs of conservation activity going on Friends of Royate Hill LNR nature reserve. Great views of Bristol, unexpected goats and bizarre sculpture at the Moon Temple on offer. Also saw a massive fox🦊. #Lockdown3

With schools remaining closed, inner city parks and green spaces are even more crucial for family health. #parksmatter itv.com/news/westcount…

We'll be on BBC Radio Bristol tomorrow morning around 8.30am. @gbankbirds will be talking to James Hanson about how the increase in visitors to our nature reserve has affected the site over last year. Do tune in if you can.

Are you going to visit the park this half term? Remember to #BringYourBoots! The weather and number of visitors in parks is starting to cause damage to the ground. Parks staff are working to protect nature and you can do your bit by wearing the right footwear.

eventbrite.com/e/volunteering… I’m hosting two #volunteering in Bristol Parks updates this week - come along to stay in the know & hear what opportunities are ahead 🙏🏻🤞🏼

We've got a little Easter Trail going on over the Easter holidays. If you fancy coming along, it starts at the Greenbank View entrance of the nature reserve.

When the idea was first suggested back in 2018, we never realised what a huge effort it would be to get these two new interpretation panels funded, designed, manufactured and then installed on the reserve. It's great to see them finally in place.

Save the bees! (but which ones?) Contrary to a popular belief, adding more honeybees is not the answer to pollinator declines. In fact, it may do more harm than good. buglife.org.uk/blog/save-the-…

We've been short-listed for the Your Park, People's Choice Award. We've got stiff competition from seven other amazing sounding groups from Bristol and Bath, but we'd love your vote if you think we deserve it. Find out more and cast your vote here... yourpark.org.uk/peoples-choice/

We won! Thank you to all our volunteers helping to make our nature reserve such a special place for nature. 🐭🦊🐝🐛🦋🕸️🕷️🪳🦗🐜🐞🪲🐌🐐🌿🌳

Proof that sometimes you can find notable wildlife on your doorstep and of the importance of urban nature reserves such as Friends of Royate Hill LNR Friends of Troopers Hill & all the other wonderful green spaces in #Bristol Your Park Bristol & Bath

An exciting 8-legged find on our nature reserve. Amazing what you can find if you look.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our Parks and Green Space service as an experienced and motivated Nature Conservation Officer (full-time and fixed-term for 12 months). Apply at: bristol.gov.uk/web/jobs (Closing date: 6 Feb 2022)

Looking forward to this and setting up our own butterfly monitoring transect on our reserve.