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.
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.
Join SWT staff and volunteers to undertake practical activities to help conserve the local environment.
The Hunt for the Demon Shrimp in the River Wey
Maddy Simmonds, zoologist and passionate science communicator, recently volunteered on a riverfly monitoring training day. Here, she tells us what the day entailed.
A River Mole Catchment Partnership project to restore the natural course of the Rye Brook, near Ashtead in Surrey, is helping to encourage brown trout upstream and capture flood waters.
Cranleigh Rivers Group is a great example of how people from local community are making a difference.
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