Thomas Myerscough

Brock & Calder Landscape Recovery. Excellent to see such great vision behind action by farmers & estates from source to sea in the Wyre catchment, to slow flow & improve water via restoring soil health, protecting peat & creating habitat, & with all that helping Nature to recover

@NAKAMURAKeigo2 Delighted to meet you and the rest of the delegation yesterday, we hope you found the day informative. Best wishes for your onward journey.

@TM_WRT It was nice to see you yesterday!

Today marks 10 years since I joined the Wyre Rivers Trust, as its Science Projects Officer. For my first two years I was seconded to WRT from @RibbleTrust with solid advice from @JackSpees n co to get me up and running. A great example of early partnership working!

@bradlerob @IFMFish tinyurl.com/3tndf7hs This paper may also be of interest.

@bradlerob @IFMFish Work completed by Wyre Rivers Trust under various project guises. Latest data gathered via smelt tagging project in Feb/Mar 2023.

I'd like to compile a list of juvenile fish surveys around the UK where bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) may be encountered. Can anybody help? Thanks in advance.

@Hyosube Very interesting Pete. We have noticed them over the last 4/5 years arriving in the Wyre. Probably about 150-170mm rather than that size though.

@TM_WRT this was a surprise from the estuary of the next major river to the North of you. Shoal of juvenile Pollachius cruising around a tidepool.

@JackPerksPhoto European smelt have been around a lot longer than the cultivated cucumber, so, if anything, cucumbers smell of smelt, not the other way around.

Been working on some fish fact videos and heres a outtake of me smelling a smelt! They have a strong scent of cucumber which I forgot I absolutely hate! #smellafish

@Hyosube Are those blood razors in the 2nd image?

More market delights!

Probably forgotten to mention lots of people but here we go, big thanks to - @theriverstrust @spaniel_fan @IFMFish @SimonWightman @triodosuk @wyrecouncil @EnvAgencyNW @unitedutilities @wetland_eng @h_r_marshall. As well as Phil Robson and all our trustees in my time at WRT.

The benefits of all this work are clear to see, improved habitats, water quality, water quantity connectivity and biodiversity. There is lots more to come in the Wyre Catchment as we embark on our next round of projects. Cant wait to get stuck in.

In the midst of all this upland work, we were also delivering some lowland NFM in the shape of wetlands on the Fylde Coast. Each of these projects store lots of water during times of peak flow. Thanks to @natural_course for all the support with both upland NFM and lowland NFM.