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March 2019
Aylesbury Outfall Safari – identifying polluting outfalls in our streams and rivers
Do you want to help stop pollution in Aylesbury’s rivers and streams?
If so then sign up for our ‘Outfall Safari’ training session!
May 2019
Practical work party – Balsam Bashing
Help remove the pesky non-native, himalayan balsam, from the Bear Brook and its tributary streams.
Find out more »Practical work party – Balsam Bashing
Help remove the pesky non-native, himalayan balsam, from the Bear Brook and it's tributary streams.
Find out more »June 2019
Angler’s Riverfly Monitoring Initiative (ARMI) training
A training event for those interested in monitoring and protecting their local watercourses from pollution events through the 'Angler's Riverfly Monitoring Initiative'.
Find out more »Practical Work Party – Balsam Bash
Help remove the pesky non-native, himalayan balsam, from the Stoke Brook and it's tributary streams. Spend a few hours walking lengths of stream pulling out balsam.
Find out more »July 2019
Balsam Bash – Practical work party (Aylesbury)
Himalayan balsam, a pesky invasive non-native plant, has established itself along the Bear Brook, Aylesbury. ©Keith Williamson These plants bully their way into habitat, over shading and out-competing our native flora and damaging habitat for wildlife. They’re good dispersers, using coiled spring like seedpods to explode their seeds over 7m, often in the nearest watercourse where they are carried off downstream to set up new residence. Thankfully they are shallow rooted and easy to remove with just a sharp tug.…
Find out more »October 2019
Angler’s Riverfly Monitoring Initiative (ARMI) training
A training event for those interested in monitoring and protecting their local watercourses from pollution events through the 'Angler's Riverfly Monitoring Initiative'.
Find out more »November 2019
Watlington Environment Group – A review and look ahead
Watlington Town Hall on Friday November 29th at 8pm Watlington Environment Group began a Watercourses Project in 2013, with the aim of better understanding, protecting and enhancing the town’s streams, ponds and springs. Watlington is located at the source of the Chalgrove Brook in South Oxfordshire, which feeds into the Thame at Chiselhampton, and for its first few miles has the characteristics of a chalk stream. Watlington itself has a small population of brown trout, albeit a rather vulnerable one.…
Find out more »December 2019
Annual celebration event and review
We are excited to be able to invite you to our annual celebratory event. Come along and hear what we've been up to this past year (it's been a busy one), celebrate all the wonderful volunteers that have made so much possible and hear an update on the catchment survey network results. We will be raising a glass, eating some nibbles and taking a look back over the past year. We would be delighted to have you with us and…
Find out more »Introducing Watery Behaviours
Join us for an exploration of the River Thame Catchment, its diverse habitats, wonderful wildlife and the challenges it faces.
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