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River lamprey
The river lamprey is a primitive, jawless fish, with a round, sucker-mouth which it uses to attach to other fish to feed from them. Adults live in the sea and return to freshwater to spawn.
Protected wildlife sites
Rivers Week: Q&A with Emma, Assistant Conservation Officer
Rivers Week is a time to celebrate our amazing waterways but also to think about what we can do to help our rivers. Assistant Conservation Officer Emma, provides an insight into her role…
Shrimply Demonic: The Exorcism of the River Wey
The Hunt for the Demon Shrimp in the River Wey
Riverflies: the canaries of the river
Maddy Simmonds, zoologist and passionate science communicator, recently volunteered on a riverfly monitoring training day. Here, she tells us what the day entailed.
Surrey Wildlife Trust wades in to care for nature during Rivers Week
From 21-28 September 2019, Surrey Wildlife Trust staff and volunteers are wading in to River’s Week to help clean up, repair and restore Surrey’s rivers for wildlife, the environment and people.…
Common scoter
The common scoter has suffered large declines in the UK, threatening its survival here. Look out for this duck feeding at sea in winter when its numbers are bolstered by migrating birds.
Surrey County Council managed sites
A Wild Week of Work Experience
Our guest blogger, Freya, talks about the week she spent with Surrey Wildlife Trust and everything she learnt.
European otter
The sinuous otter is an excellent swimmer and can be seen hunting in wetlands, rivers and along the coast - try the west coast of Scotland, West Wales, the West Country or East Anglia for the best…