The #RiverGade is a 10km tributary of the #RiverBulbourne. Yesterday new and existing volunteers met to monitor #Riverfly. Often described as the canary of our rivers. Monitoring is crucial to understand the health of our chalkstreams. Training...
We were out training new @Riverflies #Riverfly surveyors today at Latimer on the #RiverChess!
We found all 8 target groups, teaching new surveyors from @RiverChess @VerValleySoc #RiverGade @ReviveTheWye & #RiverBulbourne including treats like a bullhead ๐
Scarlet elf cups in a mossy bed #RiverGade
Nice to find Otter spraint rinsed by the chalk stream to its constituent parts of fish scales and bones #RiverGade
The upper stretch of the #RiverGade is an example of a #chalkstream with habitat which can support Grayling.
The lower stretches are in need of improvements to address the significantly impacted channel which currently provides poor habitat & low #wildlife diversity.
#WWWeek