We have a vacancy for a new Project Officer for the EU LIFE R4Ever Kent Project (LIFE20.NAT/UK/001013). In partnership with Natural England, the Freshwater Biological Association and the Environment Agency, you will be helping to restore freshwater habitats for pearl mussels and white-clawed crayfish in the Kent Special Area of Conservation (SAC). See our vacancies page for more information: Project Officer Vacancy
Making pollution incidents visible for the first time, SCRT have developed a reporting system where the public can now report water pollution incidents happening in and around their local watercourses. WATER QUALITY MAP SCRT recognise the need to have a reporting system that allows people to see what is happening at a local level to empower change. The Water Quality Map data will be taken the Catchment Partnership every quarter to drive improvements locally. Have a question about pollution? Got…
The Rivers Trust, our national body, have just released The State of Our Rivers Report. Providing data on both a local and national scale for England, the report provides us with detail to better understand the health of our rivers; highlighting their plight and how we are losing the fight to enable rivers to be key in our climate resilience. Some of the main points are: Agriculture contributes towards nearly two-thirds of rivers failing to meet good status; the water…
CEO of The Rivers Trust, Mark Lloyd is hitting the road in a bid to raise funds for The Rivers Trust. Mark is truly embracing the River Revival campaign, set up by the Rivers Trust inviting people to ‘Take 5’ to spare a thought for rivers. From Abergavenny to Glasgow, Mark will be riding 500 miles, via at least 5 local Rivers Trusts and in only 5 days! We wish you the best of luck Mark. You can follow his…
Lambrigg Beck is part of the River Kent, which is a Special Site of Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Special Area of Conservation (SAC). A reach of the beck was identified to have a number of concerns; it had been straightened, embanked in places, revetted with artificial bank protection and cleared of natural tree debris material, crucial for fish habitat. The project also identified a weir upstream affecting fish migration and the hydro-morphology of the beck as well as two natural flood…
We held two Family River Dipping sessions this summer, with 40 adults & children exploring the River Kent at Levens Hall and the beck at Hoathwaite Campsite, Coniston. We found plenty of minibeasts, some small fish and even an eel. A big thank you to both Levens Hall and the National Trust and to all the volunteers who helped.
We have taken the decision to cancel tomorrow’s balsam bashing at Bell Beck. This is due to the poor weather forecast which would make working conditions difficult and a low level of interest. We apologise for any inconvenience but hope you can join us on Thursday 12th August instead.
Explore the becks, bash the balsam – take your pick as we’ve got lots to keep you busy this summer. https://scrt.co.uk/events/
Saturday 10th July 2021 9.30am – 1.30pm Big Balsam Bash We’ve teamed up once more with Friends of the Lake District to continue the fight against Himalayan balsam around the Rydal area. It is a very pesky, invasive species and persistence is key, as it can creep back again. Following last years efforts we’re back to bash it again! Most of the work involves pulling it by hand and breaking the stem at the root but its very satisfying indeed.…
As part of the Conserving Coniston & Crake project, local artist Dan Fox was commissioned to produce a short film about the River Crake. A camera set up in a riverside garden captured an image every ten minutes over the course of a year. In total over 40,000 images were stitched together with some time lapse filming to produce a beautiful short film that follows the river from Coniston Water to Greenodd.. It shows the rise and fall of the…