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Invasive species week: coastline risks from invasive species and how we tackle them

Posted by: Nina Godsell, Posted on: 27 March 2018 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity, Water

As part of invasive species I wanted to uncover the coastline risk of invasive species and the work I do as part of my role to tackle this issue. I was very fortunate to grow up a 10 minute walk …

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Partnership working on an urban river: Bracknell’s River Cut

Posted by: Stuart Keable, Posted on: 19 December 2017 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity

The River Cut in Bracknell is a tributary of the mighty River Thames and is, typically for a heavily urbanised catchment, challenged in many ways. At least 3 sewage treatment works discharge along its course, and historically the channel was …

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Restoring rivers to their natural state

Posted by: Rosie Pyper, Posted on: 23 September 2016 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity, Water
Removing the wooden boards at Harpers Weir

I recently finished an 11 month assignment working for the South East Rivers Trust, an environmental charity dedicated to conserving and restoring rivers. Rivers trusts are national and have been described as having “wet feet” concentrating much of their effort …

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Build it and they will come...

Posted by: Peter Hughes, Posted on: 12 August 2015 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity, Water

...with great haste and in unpredictable ways, never ceases to amaze me. We all had great expectations for Medmerry – 180 hectares of saltmarsh, lagoons and mudflats on the Sussex...

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From a phone call to a fish rescue

Posted by: Steve Lane, Posted on: 9 June 2015 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity, Water
Fish being rescued by the team

When you are dealing with a water body the size of London’s Hyde Park, the presence of two or three dead fish may not seem significant, but it can be an important early warning that something is wrong. So when …

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A Few Thoughts on Pennywort

Posted by: Rebecca Brunt, Posted on: 19 March 2015 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity, Uncategorized
Floating pennywort

I don’t think you can do my job without having a passion for the environment. It’s not a regular 9 to 5 job, and when I clock off for the day I am still thinking about the environment around me. …

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Fish finally find freeway to freedom

Posted by: Trev Bond, Posted on: 9 April 2014 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity
Riffles created after the removal of the sluice at Homersfield, Suffolk

I am a geomorphologist. Geomorphology is the science of earth surface processes and landform development. It explains the way rivers form, why coastal erosion occurs and where we’re likely to get flooding. There are many parts to my day job …

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For the love of Essex rivers

Posted by: Matt Butcher, Posted on: 13 March 2014 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity, Other areas of our work, Water
A Kingfisher on the Mardyke in Thurrock, Essex

What I do and why I'm responsible for making improvements to our water environment in Essex.  My focus is onpartnership working, making sure we put our resources (both time and money) into broader projects that get the most benefit to …

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