---- Monitoring Troopers Hill 1994 to 2011 ----

The photos below were taken as part of an ongoing photographic survey of Troopers Hill undertaken for Bristol City Council by Wessex Ecological Consultancy and the Friends of Troopers Hill.

35 photographs are taken from fixed points on the hill so that changes in the spread of different plant species can be monitored. From 1994 to 2008 they were taken every other year.

In 2010 it was agreed to move to 5 year cycle for the photo survey to match the review dates of the Management Plan so the survey was delayed until 2011. This was in view of the increased site presence of Bristol Parks and Friends of Troopers Hill monitoring vegetation as part of ecological management.

For six of these photos we have uploaded the full set of photos since 1994. Clicking on the thumbnails below will allow you to click through to see the photos from all the surveys 1994 to 2011 together with a more detailed description of the changes that can be seen. The photographs are taken in August each year.

 Location Map for the above photographs.

The changes on part of Troopers Hill since May 2006 can also be seen on our 'Through the Seasons' page where there are photos of the hill taken monthly from the same spot. A comparison with a similar view from 1998 can be seen here.

For a longer term view of the changes on the hill you can look at some of the photographs of the hill on our Old Photographs page. Some of the sets have a Then & Now feature to let you see how the vegetation has changed over time.

2011 Survey

The report and photos from the 2008 survey can be seen via the links below:

 Report on photo survey - August 2011

 Map showing areas refered to in the reports

 2011 Photos - numbers 1 to 8

 2011 Photos - numbers 9 to 16

 2011 Photos - numbers 17 to 22

 2011 Photos - numbers 23 to 28

 2011 Photos - numbers 29 to 35

2008 Survey

 Report on photo survey - September 2008

 2008 Photos - numbers 1 to 17

 2008 Photos - numbers 18 to 35

2006 Survey

The photographs for 2006 were taken by Friends of Troopers Hill during our Work Party on 5th Aug. To help get an overall view of how the hill had changed, we put together some pages showing the 2006 photographs alongside the 1994 set. These can be seen via the links below:

Photos 1 to 11  | Photos 12 to 22  | Photos 23 to 35

 Report on photo survey - August 2006

2004 & 2002 Reports

The written reports produced with three earlier surveys are availble for download below:

 Report on photo survey - August 2004
 Report on photo survey - August 2002