A very good morning and welcome to Thursday m'lovelies.....

This looks like fun on The River Great Ouse in Eaton Socon. Have a fabulous day, whatever you are up to xx 😁 xx

( 📷 The St Neots Gallery )

#ThursdayMorning #EatonSocon #RiverGreatOuse

Morning m'lovelies, here we go.... It's Friday morning or as I like to say, Saturday Eve.

Have a wonderful day and a superdoooopa weekend! xx 😁 xx

( 📷 Let’s Explore Bedfordshire )

#FridayMorning #SaturdayEve #Bedford #RiverGreatOuse

Take part in Bedford’s most popular community clean-up - Bedford Independent Rivercare, the annual Embankment community clean-up, is returning this Spring and everyone is invited to take part. The event takes...

Sign up to become a volunteer at this year's Rivercare Clean Up...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #Rivercare #RiverGreatOuse

'Refections on The River Great Ouse'

Morning..... A lovely sunny Thursday ahead of us today, have a goodie and enjoy!! xx 😁 xx

( 📷 Beautiful Bedford )

#ThursdayMorning #Bedford #Bedfordshire #RiverGreatOuse

BedsGOVET welcomes tougher Environment Agency action on water pollution - Bedford Independent BedsGOVET has welcomed a major increase in Environment Agency enforcement teams in the Anglian region, as new figures show thousands...

The Environment Agency has announced it has increased its water enforcement workforce from 41 roles in 2023 to 195 by March 2026, with further increases planned later this year...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #Environment #AnglianWater #RiverGreatOuse #Pollution

Morning all... Welcome to Wednesday, have a fabulous day xx 😁xx

( 📷 Beautiful Bedford )

#WednesdayMorning #Bedford #RiverGreatOuse

Monthly column:  A year to remember and a New Year to plan - Bedford Independent We are forever grateful to all our volunteers and supporters who have worked hard to make BedsGOVET a force of reckoning...

"In 2025, we were able to monitor the River Great Ouse monthly at 18 sites from Turvey to Great Barford for key pollutants..." the latest column from BedsGOVET...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #BedsGOVET #WaterQuality #RiverGreatOuse #Environment

Monthly column: BedsGOVET pays thanks to our supporters with a Q&A with Wells &Co - Bedford Independent As the year comes to a close, it is a good time to thank all our key sponsors and supporters over the years...

Column: As the year comes to a close, it is a good time to thank all our key sponsors and supporters over the years...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #Environment #BedsGOVET #RiverGreatOuse #Column

Bedford Ian writes... - Bedford Independent Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks of it all…

Toned down taco, Consultation? What consultation?, and Water memory. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks of it all…

#Bedford #BedfordNews #Satire #Consultations #TacoBell #Lighting #RiverGreatOuse

Master strokes for Don't Lose the Ouse campaign with university partnership - Bedford Independent We are happy to report that we have had a major win-win situation arise with the University of Birmingham. Following the need to remove...

"We are happy to report that we have had a major win-win situation arise with the University of Birmingham...", the latest column from BedsGOVET...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #Environment #RiverGreatOuse #WaterQuality #Column

New year could see new Queens Bridge but no temporary crossing in the meantime - Bedford Independent A replacement for the Queens Bridge could be underway in the New Year, a senior borough councillor has confirmed, but temporary...

Cllr Nicola Gribble (Independent, Renhold and Ravensden), portfolio holder for environment, said that repair was not an option, as the bridge had “reached the end of its useful life”...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #QueensBridge #RiverGreatOuse #Environment

Environment Agency and Borough Council to carry out essential Bedford Lock upgrades until Easter 2026 - Bedford Independent Essential refurbishment work will begin at Bedford Lock later this month, with the project expected to run until Easter 2026. The project...

Half of the public car park off Longholme Way/Rope Walk roundabout will be closed for the duration of the project, and access routes on Mill Meadows will be fenced off. All public footpaths will remain open for walkers and cyclists...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #BedfordLock #Environment #RiverGreatOuse

River Great Ouse fails E. coli safety checks at several popular bathing sites - Bedford Independent Half the river sites tested along the Great Ouse through Bedfordshire are unsafe for bathing, according to new data from the...

Four of the sites recorded especially high readings, with one sample exceeding 10,000 coliforms, more than 11 times the safety limit...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #Environment #RiverGreatOuse #WaterPollution

Chuggin' into a brand new week.... Morning m'lovelies and welcome to Monday morning, have a fabulous day xx 😁 xx

( 📷 Veronica in the Fens @VeronicaJoPo )

#MondayMorning #Ely #Cambridgeshire #RiverGreatOuse

Morning.... and hello Tuesday xx 😁 xx

(📷 Veronica in the Fens @VeronicaJoPo )

#TuesdayMorning #Ely #rivergreatouse

River Great Ouse
Watercolour 10x14”
#rivergreatouse #norfolk #art

BedsGOVET say Borough Council not doing enough to tackle "dangerous" pollution in Bedford's waterways - Bedford Independent BedsGOVET say Bedford Borough Council isn’t doing enough to tackle serious pollution in the River Great Ouse...

Campaigners say Bedford Borough Council isn’t doing enough to tackle “dangerous” pollution in Bedford’s river. Local MPs back calls for urgent action...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #WaterPollution #Environment #RiverPollution #Pollution #RiverGreatOuse #Waterways

Monthly column: Pollution levels reach new high - Bedford Independent Each month BedsGOVET has been telling you more about the work we are doing to save the River Great Ouse, our beautiful river that is...

Monthly column: During 2024, the two main sewage plants covering the Bedford area, Odell and Priory, discharged the equivalent of six months of continuous discharging...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #Environment #WaterQuality #Pollution #RiverGreatOuse #Column

The Great Ouse, Cambridgeshire
Watercolour painting 10x14”
#RiverGreatOuse #Cambridgeshire #watercolour #art #river

Swans on the river The swans you see here are doing what swans do. They pair for life, but they also congregate in larger social groups (known as a bevy).

Swans on the river - When a swan dies and leaves a lonely partner, the remaining swan will often bond with a new mate.

#Swans #RiverGreatOuse #Bedford

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River Great Ouse
Watercolour painting 10x14”
#watercolour #river #rivergreatouse #norfolk

Monthly column: What’s Happening to our Rivers? - Bedford Independent You will no doubt have seen the shocking statistics in the news showing the state of our rivers following many years of ongoing pollution...

In this month’s column, BedsGOVET shares evidence of pollution along the River Great Ouse, including 4,288 hours of sewage discharges in 2024 alone...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #BedsGOVET #RiverGreatOuse #PollutionMonitoring #WaterQuality #Column

Rowing fans line the River Great Ouse to soak in the 159th Bedford Amateur Regatta - Bedford Independent Rowing fans from across the UK and abroad lined the banks of the River Great Ouse on Saturday (10 May) as Bedford...

1,800 athletes competed in 244 races along the sun-soaked River Great Ouse on Saturday, with some local success on the water too...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #BedfordSport #Rowing #Regatta #RiverGreatOuse

Oystercatcher

Barnacle geese

Lily dog in her buggy with St Peter & St Paul church, Olney in the distance

Tucker dog at the River Great Ouse, Olney

A lovely afternoon spent down Olney Mill, spotted an oystercatcher miles from the sea, barnacle geese, goosander, little egret and plenty of chiffchaff calling #BucksBirding #Olney #Buckinghamshire #oystercatcher #BarnacleGoose #LilyDog #TuckerDog #StPeterStPaulChurch #RiverGreatOuse #UKBirding

Volunteers collect 153 bags of rubbish at embankment Rivercare Clean Up - Bedford Independent Bedford Borough Council has thanked all the volunteers - on land and on the river - who took part in the 2025 Rivercare Clean Up. The 168 volunteers gave up their Saturday morning on 22 March to pick ...

Volunteers - including members of the Viking Kayak Club - helped collect 153 bags of rubbish as part of the Rivercare Clean Up 2025...
#Bedford #BedfordNews #Environment #RiverGreatOuse

After a morning of writing, Luna and I celebrated the equinox with a sunny walk along the River Ouse in one of my favourite places in #Cambridgeshire ☀️

#writingcommunity #amwriting #authorlife #equinox #dogwalk #goldenretriever #countrywalk #rivergreatouse

Everyone's invited to take part in this year's community Rivercare Clean Up - Bedford Independent If you would like to do your bit to help make Bedford better, then why not sign up to take part in this year’s Rivercare Clean Up event on Saturday, 22 March. Everyone is invited to the annual litter-...

Sign up to take part in this year's Rivercare Clean Up event and be part of making Bedford beautiful...
#Bedford #BedfordNews #RiverGreatOuse

River Great Ouse, Cambridgeshire
Watercolour painting 10x14”
#watercolour #art #painting #river #rivergreatouse #cambridgeshire

Hello everyone, welcome to Friday Morning or as I like to say, Saturday Eve...

Have a fabulous day & weekend, whatever you are up to xx😁xx

(📷 Robert Felton Photography )

#FridayMorning #SaturdayEve #Bedford #RiverGreatOuse

Monthly column: BedsGOVET at Bedford Borough’s Learning Exchange - Bedford Independent On 5 December, BedsGOVET (Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust) addressed around 50 Bedford Borough School Headmasters...

BedsGovet is offering schools the chance to work with them as part of their ongoing strategy to help support education in environmental and science-related subjects...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #Environment #WaterQuality #RiverGreatOuse #MonthlyColumn