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Waxwing pictured at the Willow Brook Centre. [Photo credit: Chris Teague]

Monday 5th March 2018 SH (Editor)

Council steps in to replace lost berry trees

Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) has stepped in to ensure that, in future years, there will be a plentiful supply of food for a rare category of occasional visitor to the town. In recent winters, the town has become well known amongst the bird watching community as a favoured feeding ground for waxwings, unusually coloured birds which are native to

Birdwatchers taking photographs of waxwings in the car park of the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke, Bristol.

Friday 14th April 2017 SH (Editor)

Birdwatchers’ anger as berry trees felled

Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre has come under fire from birdwatching enthusiasts for chopping down around 20 rowan trees whose berries had attracted a flock of rare migrant waxwings over the winter months. Just days after crowds of waxwing-seeking photographers in the shopping centre’s car park had made headlines in the Journal and been featured on BBC Radio Bristol, contractors

Thursday 9th March 2017 SH (Editor)

Twitchers flock to Willow Brook car park

Anyone driving past the car wash in the car park of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre in recent weeks and seeing tens of photographers lined up on the edge of the road might be forgiven for thinking a film star had popped in to have their Rolls-Royce valeted. The reality, however, is that the guys (and gals) with the

Monday 10th December 2012 SH (Editor)

Bird watchers flock to witness waxwings in Willow Brook car park

The car park of the Willow Brook shopping centre in Bradley Stoke became the focus of bird watchers from across the west over the weekend, all eager to witness an invasion by a rare visitor to this part of the country. Since they were first spotted on Friday afternoon, a flock of up to 45 waxwings that has chosen the

Sunday 13th March 2011 SH (Editor)

Twitchers spot waxwings near Aldi

A flock of unusual birds hanging out near a Bradley Stoke roundabout has been causing excitment among local twitchers. According to reports on a number of birdwatching websites [1, 2, 3], a flock of twenty or so waxwings has been sighted at various times over the last week in trees near the Aldi supermarket in the north of the town.

Tuesday 21st December 2010 T Thomas (Forum)

[Forum] Hungry birds at the Three Brooks lakes

I was wondering if you could send out an s.o.s to your readers regarding the birds at the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve? We have been to feed them on a few occasions but they appear to be extremely hungry in this cold weather! The swans in particular do not seem to be getting to hand outs of food as