theriverstrust.org/about-us/new... Really interesting feedback from #BigRiverWatch. Pleased to have taken part and lovely to see one of my photos used! Love that the data collected supports the link between good mental health and time spent in nature.
Big River Watch September 2025 results: citizen science, nature…
From spotting pollution and wildlife to reconnecting with your local river, last month thousands of you got outside for a week full of citizen science and…
theriverstrust.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
theriverstrust.org/about-us/new... Really interesting feedback from #BigRiverWatch. Pleased to have taken part and lovely to see one of my photos used! Love that the data collected supports the link between good mental health and time spent in nature.
THANK YOU to everyone who got involved in our latest #BigRiverWatch! 💙
More than 4,100 of you got outside, spent time by your local rivers, and became citizen scientists.
Together, you submitted over 2,300 surveys and spent an incredible 43 days watching our rivers. 👏
🧵
More than 4,100 of you got outside, spent time by your local rivers, and became citizen scientists.
Together, you submitted over 2,300 surveys and spent an incredible 43 days watching our rivers. 👏
🧵
September 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
THANK YOU to everyone who got involved in our latest #BigRiverWatch! 💙
More than 4,100 of you got outside, spent time by your local rivers, and became citizen scientists.
Together, you submitted over 2,300 surveys and spent an incredible 43 days watching our rivers. 👏
🧵
More than 4,100 of you got outside, spent time by your local rivers, and became citizen scientists.
Together, you submitted over 2,300 surveys and spent an incredible 43 days watching our rivers. 👏
🧵
The BigRiverWatch may be over, but happily that doesn't mean that watching big rivers is no more...
The Great Ouse, in all it glory 👇
The Great Ouse, in all it glory 👇
🧡🌤️😊
I thought I would share a few more photos from Tuesday morning, along the Great Ouse in Ely.
#LoveNature #sunrise #thefens #autumn #Ely
veronicainthefens.company.site
I thought I would share a few more photos from Tuesday morning, along the Great Ouse in Ely.
#LoveNature #sunrise #thefens #autumn #Ely
veronicainthefens.company.site
September 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The BigRiverWatch may be over, but happily that doesn't mean that watching big rivers is no more...
The Great Ouse, in all it glory 👇
The Great Ouse, in all it glory 👇
Pollution is a critical threat to chalk streams. Enter the beavers.
After beaver engineering the environment, their slowing of water resulted in a dramatic decrease in levels of phosphates & nitrates improving water quality.
And so, ##BigRiverWatch comes to a close ...
After beaver engineering the environment, their slowing of water resulted in a dramatic decrease in levels of phosphates & nitrates improving water quality.
And so, ##BigRiverWatch comes to a close ...
Could beavers really rescue Norfolk’s threatened chalk streams?
Norfolk’s river Glaven is one of our rare chalk streams, and the site of an interesting experiment in environmental restoration.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Pollution is a critical threat to chalk streams. Enter the beavers.
After beaver engineering the environment, their slowing of water resulted in a dramatic decrease in levels of phosphates & nitrates improving water quality.
And so, ##BigRiverWatch comes to a close ...
After beaver engineering the environment, their slowing of water resulted in a dramatic decrease in levels of phosphates & nitrates improving water quality.
And so, ##BigRiverWatch comes to a close ...
Local people are working to get their river clean.
The Cow Tower Dippers, wild swimmers in Norwich, want part of the River Wensum to be a designated bathing water site. This would trigger regular pollution testing & keep the river safer for swimming.
By Owen Sennitt #BigRiverWatch
The Cow Tower Dippers, wild swimmers in Norwich, want part of the River Wensum to be a designated bathing water site. This would trigger regular pollution testing & keep the river safer for swimming.
By Owen Sennitt #BigRiverWatch
Norwich swimmers lead new push for cleaner rivers
With city council support, a Norwich swimming group is applying for bathing water status to help protect their river from pollution
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Local people are working to get their river clean.
The Cow Tower Dippers, wild swimmers in Norwich, want part of the River Wensum to be a designated bathing water site. This would trigger regular pollution testing & keep the river safer for swimming.
By Owen Sennitt #BigRiverWatch
The Cow Tower Dippers, wild swimmers in Norwich, want part of the River Wensum to be a designated bathing water site. This would trigger regular pollution testing & keep the river safer for swimming.
By Owen Sennitt #BigRiverWatch
Did you know the Little Ouse is one river which is being ‘re-wiggled’ by the Norfolk Rivers Trust, to reinstate wildlife habitats where humans had ironed them out.
And to learn more aboutthe art of wiggling rivers... 👇
#BigRiverWatch @theriverstrust.bsky.social
And to learn more aboutthe art of wiggling rivers... 👇
#BigRiverWatch @theriverstrust.bsky.social
Wiggling rivers to be restored in Brecks – North Norfolk Coastal Group
nncg.org.uk
September 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Did you know the Little Ouse is one river which is being ‘re-wiggled’ by the Norfolk Rivers Trust, to reinstate wildlife habitats where humans had ironed them out.
And to learn more aboutthe art of wiggling rivers... 👇
#BigRiverWatch @theriverstrust.bsky.social
And to learn more aboutthe art of wiggling rivers... 👇
#BigRiverWatch @theriverstrust.bsky.social
On the final day of #BigRiverWatch we are revisiting past river articles.
Here Aidan Baker explores the River Ouse, and finds the natural & human interventions that have shaped it ...
Here Aidan Baker explores the River Ouse, and finds the natural & human interventions that have shaped it ...
The Little Ouse River
This latest in our series Rivers of East Anglia traces the Little Ouse upstream, and meets several interesting buildings on the way.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
On the final day of #BigRiverWatch we are revisiting past river articles.
Here Aidan Baker explores the River Ouse, and finds the natural & human interventions that have shaped it ...
Here Aidan Baker explores the River Ouse, and finds the natural & human interventions that have shaped it ...
Millions visit the Broads every year to walk, boat and birdwatch.
They deserve rivers that aren’t toxic.
Owen Sennitt reports
#BigRiverWatch
They deserve rivers that aren’t toxic.
Owen Sennitt reports
#BigRiverWatch
Norfolk Broads rivers drowning in sewage, new report warns
A new report reveals the Norfolk Broads has some of the worst sewage-hit rivers in Britain
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Millions visit the Broads every year to walk, boat and birdwatch.
They deserve rivers that aren’t toxic.
Owen Sennitt reports
#BigRiverWatch
They deserve rivers that aren’t toxic.
Owen Sennitt reports
#BigRiverWatch
Tomorrow is the last day of the #BigRiverWatch, so if you have a free 15 minutes head down to your local river or stream to see what you can record about river health.
Don't forget to download the free app via your app store before you go.
#BigRiverWatch #Riverhealth #Pollution #Wildlife
Don't forget to download the free app via your app store before you go.
#BigRiverWatch #Riverhealth #Pollution #Wildlife
September 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Tomorrow is the last day of the #BigRiverWatch, so if you have a free 15 minutes head down to your local river or stream to see what you can record about river health.
Don't forget to download the free app via your app store before you go.
#BigRiverWatch #Riverhealth #Pollution #Wildlife
Don't forget to download the free app via your app store before you go.
#BigRiverWatch #Riverhealth #Pollution #Wildlife
#BigRiverWatch on the Kennet on the east of Marlborough. Thank you volunteer Zoe!
Do join in this national survey run by The Rivers Trust anytime between now and 25th September.
For more detail:
theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
Do join in this national survey run by The Rivers Trust anytime between now and 25th September.
For more detail:
theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
September 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
#BigRiverWatch on the Kennet on the east of Marlborough. Thank you volunteer Zoe!
Do join in this national survey run by The Rivers Trust anytime between now and 25th September.
For more detail:
theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
Do join in this national survey run by The Rivers Trust anytime between now and 25th September.
For more detail:
theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
2,000 of you got out this weekend & surveyed a river with #BigRiverWatch 🙌
But can you make an honest social media team out of us? 👀
You've got until the end of Thurs 25th, to get your surveys in, put your river on the map, & bring us closer to our (slightly ambitious) claim.
But can you make an honest social media team out of us? 👀
You've got until the end of Thurs 25th, to get your surveys in, put your river on the map, & bring us closer to our (slightly ambitious) claim.
September 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
2,000 of you got out this weekend & surveyed a river with #BigRiverWatch 🙌
But can you make an honest social media team out of us? 👀
You've got until the end of Thurs 25th, to get your surveys in, put your river on the map, & bring us closer to our (slightly ambitious) claim.
But can you make an honest social media team out of us? 👀
You've got until the end of Thurs 25th, to get your surveys in, put your river on the map, & bring us closer to our (slightly ambitious) claim.
The River Cam should flow with pure chalk spring water. Instead, it runs on sewage outflows laced with phosphorus, and it's killing life in the river. Read the full story for this week's #BigRiverWatch ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Dry summers, dirty water: the river Cam’s slow collapse
The river Cam faces crisis from sewage pollution, over-abstraction, and inaction – locals fight to save its wildlife and natural flow
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The River Cam should flow with pure chalk spring water. Instead, it runs on sewage outflows laced with phosphorus, and it's killing life in the river. Read the full story for this week's #BigRiverWatch ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
After noticing a lot of pollution on this stretch of the River Coquet in Northumberland back in late Spring (dead fish, frogs and white powder encrusted rocks); I decided to do the #BigRiverWatch and #WaterBlitz pollution testing here. It looked much improved, but we'll see when the results are in.
September 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
After noticing a lot of pollution on this stretch of the River Coquet in Northumberland back in late Spring (dead fish, frogs and white powder encrusted rocks); I decided to do the #BigRiverWatch and #WaterBlitz pollution testing here. It looked much improved, but we'll see when the results are in.
Thanks to work of concerned citizens, councillors, @theriverstrust.bsky.social, @wildlifebcn.org & other nature trusts some river habitats are being recolonised by Ratty, the endangered water vole...
Help wildlife thrive & report the state of stream or river near you for #BigRiverWatch.
Help wildlife thrive & report the state of stream or river near you for #BigRiverWatch.
Today, after much predation by American mink introduced in the 1950s, water voles are one of the UK’s most endangered species.
Pollution, climate change and the loss of their natural habitats from intensification of agriculture has not helped.
Pollution, climate change and the loss of their natural habitats from intensification of agriculture has not helped.
Endangered – the remarkable water vole is making a comeback
Predation, pollution, climate change and habitat loss made Kenneth Grahame's Ratty one of the UK's most endangered species. But wildlife trusts are on the case
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Thanks to work of concerned citizens, councillors, @theriverstrust.bsky.social, @wildlifebcn.org & other nature trusts some river habitats are being recolonised by Ratty, the endangered water vole...
Help wildlife thrive & report the state of stream or river near you for #BigRiverWatch.
Help wildlife thrive & report the state of stream or river near you for #BigRiverWatch.
Good news for Norfolk’s rivers!
The Riverlands project will restore 13km of the River Bure, improve water quality, and bring back wildlife from water voles (see 🧵) to dragonflies.
#BigRiverWatch
The Riverlands project will restore 13km of the River Bure, improve water quality, and bring back wildlife from water voles (see 🧵) to dragonflies.
#BigRiverWatch
How the River Bure is being restored
Norfolk’s River Bure is part of a major national project to restore English rivers. We describe the work under way
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Good news for Norfolk’s rivers!
The Riverlands project will restore 13km of the River Bure, improve water quality, and bring back wildlife from water voles (see 🧵) to dragonflies.
#BigRiverWatch
The Riverlands project will restore 13km of the River Bure, improve water quality, and bring back wildlife from water voles (see 🧵) to dragonflies.
#BigRiverWatch
Norfolk’s river Bure is being restored as part of the National Trust’s £1.6m Riverlands project — tackling pollution, restoring habitats, and reconnecting communities with nature.
#BigRiverWatch
#BigRiverWatch
How the River Bure is being restored
Norfolk’s River Bure is part of a major national project to restore English rivers. We describe the work under way
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Norfolk’s river Bure is being restored as part of the National Trust’s £1.6m Riverlands project — tackling pollution, restoring habitats, and reconnecting communities with nature.
#BigRiverWatch
#BigRiverWatch
The Cam should flow with pure chalk spring water.
Instead, it runs with what we flush down the sink, and that’s killing life in the river.
As part of the #BigRiverWatch Kate Moore reports on the state of the River Cam
Instead, it runs with what we flush down the sink, and that’s killing life in the river.
As part of the #BigRiverWatch Kate Moore reports on the state of the River Cam
Dry summers, dirty water: the river Cam’s slow collapse
The river Cam faces crisis from sewage pollution, over-abstraction, and inaction – locals fight to save its wildlife and natural flow
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Cam should flow with pure chalk spring water.
Instead, it runs with what we flush down the sink, and that’s killing life in the river.
As part of the #BigRiverWatch Kate Moore reports on the state of the River Cam
Instead, it runs with what we flush down the sink, and that’s killing life in the river.
As part of the #BigRiverWatch Kate Moore reports on the state of the River Cam
Once it inspired writers like John Betjeman and Arthur Ransome.
Now, the River Bure is inspiring a wave of river restoration
#BigRiverWatch @theriverstrust.bsky.social
Now, the River Bure is inspiring a wave of river restoration
#BigRiverWatch @theriverstrust.bsky.social
How the River Bure is being restored
Norfolk’s River Bure is part of a major national project to restore English rivers. We describe the work under way
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Once it inspired writers like John Betjeman and Arthur Ransome.
Now, the River Bure is inspiring a wave of river restoration
#BigRiverWatch @theriverstrust.bsky.social
Now, the River Bure is inspiring a wave of river restoration
#BigRiverWatch @theriverstrust.bsky.social
Villagers are ripping invasive plants from the banks.
Trout habitats are being restored.
Wildlife is being tracked.
But one thing still poisons the Cam: sewage pouring from treatment works.
Kate Moore reports #BigRiverWatch
Trout habitats are being restored.
Wildlife is being tracked.
But one thing still poisons the Cam: sewage pouring from treatment works.
Kate Moore reports #BigRiverWatch
Dry summers, dirty water: the river Cam’s slow collapse
The river Cam faces crisis from sewage pollution, over-abstraction, and inaction – locals fight to save its wildlife and natural flow
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Villagers are ripping invasive plants from the banks.
Trout habitats are being restored.
Wildlife is being tracked.
But one thing still poisons the Cam: sewage pouring from treatment works.
Kate Moore reports #BigRiverWatch
Trout habitats are being restored.
Wildlife is being tracked.
But one thing still poisons the Cam: sewage pouring from treatment works.
Kate Moore reports #BigRiverWatch
Invasive species, pollution, and river engineering have all harmed the River Bure. But a new project is working with farmers, anglers & locals to bring it back to life. #BigRiverWatch
How the River Bure is being restored
Norfolk’s River Bure is part of a major national project to restore English rivers. We describe the work under way
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Invasive species, pollution, and river engineering have all harmed the River Bure. But a new project is working with farmers, anglers & locals to bring it back to life. #BigRiverWatch
Five years ago, they warned the River Cam was only ‘one or two dry summers from crisis.’
That crisis has arrived – sewage, pollution, abstraction, and a dying chalk stream.
See why it matters.
Kate Moore reports during
#BigRiverWatch from @theriverstrust.bsky.social
That crisis has arrived – sewage, pollution, abstraction, and a dying chalk stream.
See why it matters.
Kate Moore reports during
#BigRiverWatch from @theriverstrust.bsky.social
Dry summers, dirty water: the river Cam’s slow collapse
The river Cam faces crisis from sewage pollution, over-abstraction, and inaction – locals fight to save its wildlife and natural flow
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Five years ago, they warned the River Cam was only ‘one or two dry summers from crisis.’
That crisis has arrived – sewage, pollution, abstraction, and a dying chalk stream.
See why it matters.
Kate Moore reports during
#BigRiverWatch from @theriverstrust.bsky.social
That crisis has arrived – sewage, pollution, abstraction, and a dying chalk stream.
See why it matters.
Kate Moore reports during
#BigRiverWatch from @theriverstrust.bsky.social
📢 Big River Watch starts today!
Download the free app, spend 15 minutes by your local river, and complete the short survey to tell @theriverstrust.bsky.social what you see.
Get your survey in by the 25th of September! #BigRiverWatch.
#TheRiversTrust #river #nature #riverflies
Download the free app, spend 15 minutes by your local river, and complete the short survey to tell @theriverstrust.bsky.social what you see.
Get your survey in by the 25th of September! #BigRiverWatch.
#TheRiversTrust #river #nature #riverflies
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
📢 Big River Watch starts today!
Download the free app, spend 15 minutes by your local river, and complete the short survey to tell @theriverstrust.bsky.social what you see.
Get your survey in by the 25th of September! #BigRiverWatch.
#TheRiversTrust #river #nature #riverflies
Download the free app, spend 15 minutes by your local river, and complete the short survey to tell @theriverstrust.bsky.social what you see.
Get your survey in by the 25th of September! #BigRiverWatch.
#TheRiversTrust #river #nature #riverflies
“Off the scale.” - That’s how sewage readings looked in the River Cam.
Councillor Richard Pavitt has spent five years warning of crisis.
Now, the water is more sewage than spring.
Kate Moore reports during #BigRiverWatch
Councillor Richard Pavitt has spent five years warning of crisis.
Now, the water is more sewage than spring.
Kate Moore reports during #BigRiverWatch
Dry summers, dirty water: the river Cam’s slow collapse
The river Cam faces crisis from sewage pollution, over-abstraction, and inaction – locals fight to save its wildlife and natural flow
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
“Off the scale.” - That’s how sewage readings looked in the River Cam.
Councillor Richard Pavitt has spent five years warning of crisis.
Now, the water is more sewage than spring.
Kate Moore reports during #BigRiverWatch
Councillor Richard Pavitt has spent five years warning of crisis.
Now, the water is more sewage than spring.
Kate Moore reports during #BigRiverWatch
🌊 The Big River Watch starts today! This is your chance to report on the health of your local river using the #BigRiverWatch app.
✅ Download the free app
✅ Head to your local river
✅ Upload your survey
🤳 Between the 19-25th, what will you see? theriverstrust.org/big-river-watch
✅ Download the free app
✅ Head to your local river
✅ Upload your survey
🤳 Between the 19-25th, what will you see? theriverstrust.org/big-river-watch
September 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🌊 The Big River Watch starts today! This is your chance to report on the health of your local river using the #BigRiverWatch app.
✅ Download the free app
✅ Head to your local river
✅ Upload your survey
🤳 Between the 19-25th, what will you see? theriverstrust.org/big-river-watch
✅ Download the free app
✅ Head to your local river
✅ Upload your survey
🤳 Between the 19-25th, what will you see? theriverstrust.org/big-river-watch
🌻The #BigRiverWatch starts today.
🖱️Download the free @theriverstrust.bsky.social app, spend 15 minutes by your local river, & complete the short survey to tell us what you see. Wildlife, plants, barriers, water colour, and every sighting matters. Get involved.
theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
🖱️Download the free @theriverstrust.bsky.social app, spend 15 minutes by your local river, & complete the short survey to tell us what you see. Wildlife, plants, barriers, water colour, and every sighting matters. Get involved.
theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
September 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🌻The #BigRiverWatch starts today.
🖱️Download the free @theriverstrust.bsky.social app, spend 15 minutes by your local river, & complete the short survey to tell us what you see. Wildlife, plants, barriers, water colour, and every sighting matters. Get involved.
theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
🖱️Download the free @theriverstrust.bsky.social app, spend 15 minutes by your local river, & complete the short survey to tell us what you see. Wildlife, plants, barriers, water colour, and every sighting matters. Get involved.
theriverstrust.org/take-action/...