Surrey river restoration to tempt brown trout upstream
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.
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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.
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.
How are volunteers helping monitor river health?
Cranleigh Rivers Group is a great example of how people from local community are making a difference.
Wildlife at risk on farms as vital hedge and river rules vanish
The National Trust, RSPB and The Wildlife Trusts say rivers and hedgerows are at increasing risk as UK Government fails to enshrine basic protection for nature on farms.
Rivers
From otters to freshwater shrimps, all animals are dependant on an abundant and reliable supply of clean water. Rivers sustain the natural environment, wildlife and people in equal measure.
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…
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.…
Celebrating Surrey’s Rivers
From 18th to 26th September, Surrey Wildlife Trust will be championing blue nature super-highways in the run up to World Rivers Day on the 26 September 2021.
Chalk rivers
Cool, crystal-clear waters flow over gravelly beds, streaming through white-flowered water-crowfoot and watercress in serene lowland landscapes.
Surrey Celebrates World Rivers Day
Surrey Wildlife Trust and partners host Surrey Rivers Week from Saturday 22nd to Sunday 30th September.