06 Mar 2025
An image of the team restocking fish into the River Weaver A total of 4,000 fish, including chub dace and roach, have been released into the River Weaver at two key locations in Cheshire, including Mill Island Weir and downstream in “The Willows” area. The restocking aims to help replenish populations after two pollution […]
27 Feb 2025
For the first time in the UK, a Council has signed up to a River Rights Charter. Whilst not yet legally binding, the Charter provides a visionary framework that reflects both the essential needs of the river in order for it to be healthy, and local communities highest aspirations for it. Photo credit: Anne […]
27 Feb 2025
The River Thames dataset is the world’s longest continuous water quality record, providing an invaluable historical perspective on how human activity and policy can affect rivers, and sets a new benchmark for assessing modern water quality challenges. Photo credit: Nicole Rathmayr Over the past 40 years, concerted efforts to improve wastewater treatment and […]
23 Apr 2024
Two individual seahorses have been discovered just days apart in separate locations in English waters. A diving contractor found a female spiney seahorse whilst working in the Hamble Estuary, Hampshire whilst a Cornwall Council nature recovery officer spotted another spiney seahorse in a Cornish Estuary. The spiney seahorse is also known as the long-snouted seahorse. […]
15 Nov 2023
An innovative downloadable graphic comic based in the Stroud district has been released with the aim of inspiring a new generation of environmental managers. The Sound of a River was written by Stroud District Council officer Chris Uttley and illustrated by local artist Joe Magee. The book tells the story of Monica, a girl who sets […]
16 Jun 2022
A report from lawyers Leigh Day and the Guardian have covered the news that Wild Justice files legal claim over Ofwat’s failure to step in and prevent discharges of untreated sewage into rivers. Wild Justice has stepped up a legal campaign against Ofwat for failing to ensure sewage treatment plants are fit for purpose with […]
05 May 2022
There has been coverage this week about campaigners asking for increased access to inland water. Firstly, a story about swimmers in a reservoir in the Peak District and a separate news piece regarding canoeists campaigning for the right to paddle in English rivers. Would you break the law to go for a swim? A quiet […]
17 Feb 2022
Minister Pow’s visit to the Wye highlights the ongoing high profile of river pollution. More alarming for Government (see below) is the Daily Telegraph has begun a Clean Rivers campaign which it has run on its front page for several days this week. Minister Pow visit to the River Wye Defra Media ‘There has been […]
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