Laura Bullock

A tale of 2 rivers. One is a designated SSSI full of soil and the other is an urban trout river with bankside trees full of wet wipes and sanitary waste. 🤮 #riverteme #worcester #riverchelt #cheltenham Things have got to change! This is no way to treat our precious rivers!

The gorgeous Camembert graduated to an outside hutch this morning now that she is a few days clear of treatment 🙌 A few days acclimatising and she will be ready for release 🦔🐾

I wrote about the Somerset Levels, once England's most precious wetland landscape, our Camargue or Danube Delta, known as the Avalon Marshes, the birthplace of England. This once amazing watery landscape has been engineered, drained and desecrated beyond recognition and at vast expense to taxpayers, for little or no gain. Now though, at long last, change is in the air. bengoldsmith.substack.com/p/reimagining-…

@MerryAlbright @Blacky_Himself Make contact with EA West Mids and WUF. Both have advisors and can offer funding or delivery of any work. Wild Trout Trust could also offer advice and be a delivery partner.

Southall Brook is small but has been ‘controlled’ so to not disturb farming. It’s v vulnerable to pollution (agri, septic tank & road 🤦🏻‍♀️) & flood risk. Theres huge potential to be ‘wilder’ & cleaner & biodiverse. I’m willing but where do I start @Blacky_Himself ??

From the scatter spawning of the roach to the epic journey of the eel, fish reproduction is as varied as it is fascinating 🐟 We were recently treated to a talk on the topic by Professor Mark Everard - a celebrated author and researcher. Catch up here: youtu.be/U12zDMh8e3E

@DaveThroup @denny_robert for info.

Looks like the rainfall affecting the Monnow catchment last Friday was an exceptional event. 100mm (Vowchurch) & 115mm (Trafalog) in 24 hours has a return period of 1 in 200-500 years for this area. Considerably more extreme than the flood events of 2019 & 2020.

@LBFlyawayhome Adult eels migrating out to sea. Fantastic capture.

“On a willow twig a kingfisher perches. It watches the eels with interest, but these are well-grown and too big for him to catch” ‘What to Look for in Autumn’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

@iaindwelch @Waterstones Looks wonderful Iain! Just pre ordered as a Christmas gift for my dog loving and owning, mum.

Hello, lovely people and lovely dogs. If you'd like to pre-order my book from @Waterstones, they are running an offer till Friday. Use code OCTOBER25 at checkout. Here's the link waterstones.com/book/its-a-tou… I'm wishing you the very best #hoorayfordogs #boops #book

Autumn is the best time to be a fun-gi in nature 🦌🍄🕊️ Spot deer, squirrels, migrating birds, the salmon run and more. Experience magical encounters and find out where to see wildlife in the autumn 👉 wildlifetrusts.org/where-to-see-a…

With tens of £ billions spent on addressing sewage pollution, a tiny fraction of that is being spent on tackling toxic road runoff. We're not accurately targeting spend on harm. Money's following politics and we're wilfully blind on the full picture. theguardian.com/environment/20…

@denny_robert @Jane45665825 @greenarteries @Feargal_Sharkey @CPRECambs @markrwilliamson @paulpowlesland Weevils can be released onto it to reduce the biomass. It's an INNS that favours canals and slow flowing watercourses. Completely smothers it, causing problems.

@Lozza_05556 @Jane45665825 @greenarteries @Feargal_Sharkey @CPRECambs @markrwilliamson @paulpowlesland Thankfully, I’d never heard of it until now! Don’t want another project!

Some of the pictures I took of the waterways that 'feed" chalk stream R. Cam Waterbeach. It got me thinking how are the rivers and waterways where you live? Please share your photos with me. Thank you @Feargal_Sharkey @greenarteries @CPRECambs @markrwilliamson @paulpowlesland

@NicolaCutcher @PFigg13 American signal crayfish

@PFigg13 They looked like this…

This is the riverbed of the River Dore in Herefordshire today. What a drought. There were still crayfish under the rocks. Eerie scene.

@denny_robert @Jane45665825 @greenarteries @Feargal_Sharkey @CPRECambs @markrwilliamson @paulpowlesland Azolla (water fern) perhaps Rob.

@Jane45665825 @greenarteries @Feargal_Sharkey @CPRECambs @markrwilliamson @paulpowlesland Dare I ask, what’s the brown stuff?

@NicolaCutcher x.com/EnvAgencyMids/…

@NicolaCutcher EA Fisheries have already undertaken a fish rescue in the River Dore above, in and below Peterchurch. The fish were released downstream in flowing water.

“How can Britain possibly be running out of water?” We’re running out of water for the very same reason that we get so many floods: we’ve engineered and drained our landscapes to expel water as quickly as possible; natural sponges are now fire hoses. theguardian.com/news/ng-intera…

Job Vacancy! Bristol Avon Rivers Trust is seeking a Project Manager – Catchment Restoration to lead projects supporting nature’s recovery. 📅 Deadline: 5 Sept 2025 🔗 Apply here: bristolavonriverstrust.org/vacancies/ #RiverRestoration #NatureRecovery

For the first time in 400 years it appears that we have a beaver on the River Monnow. Signs have been there through the summer. ⁦@gow_derek⁩ ⁦@WUFoundation⁩

Start work slightly early: Nobody notices. Finish work slightly early: “Part timer are you?”