WCP May-24 Newsletter
Below is the newsletter issued in May 2024. Click to download the file
Riverfly Program Update Feb 2024
Wensum Riverfly Program and Results update Feb 2024 Riverflies Sampling Sites and monitors in Wensum Catchment February 2024 Produced by Dennis Willis Wensum Co-ordinator
Fish Recording in Norfolk
Fish Recording in Norfolk – Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists’ Society Did you know that your catches could help to protect the places that are important to freshwater fish in Norfolk? They have set up a dedicated solution to record locations of freshwater fish species. These records will not be publicly available so your favourite spots can…
Wendling Beck Exemplar Project
Wendling Beck Exemplar Project The Wendling Beck Exemplar Project (WBEP) is a nature restoration project covering just under 2000 acres of farmland near Dereham, Norfolk. Landscape-scale transformation will occur through river restoration and the creation and enhancement of grasslands, woodlands, wetland and other habitats. This will not only support nature recovery in Norfolk, but will…
Wensum Water Quality: A Citizen Science Project
Wensum Water Quality: A Citizen Science Project Start Jul-2022 End Dec-2022 A group of citizen scientists are providing valuable information for the Wensum Catchment Partnership in efforts to improve the health of the River Wensum catchment. The River Wensum is treasured by local communities and users alike. The river, and parts of its floodplain, are of…
Wensum Fishery Recovery Plan Update
Wensum Fishery Recovery Plan Update Following on from the agreement to focus on the reach between Swanton Morley Falls to North Elmhan Mill, which has shown in the past 4 years to be almost devoid of Roach. Indeed the EA survey undertaken in Oct only caught 4 roach. The overall Fishery Recovery Plan lays out the…
CastCo Wensum River Tud
Wensum River Tud Project This overall £7 million project is funded by Ofwat and is led by The Rivers Trust and United Utilities, with collaboration between 24+ UK partner organisations. It is creating a radical step-change in the contribution of Citizen Science & Community Monitoring to evidence-based Integrated Catchment Management. CaSTCo will provide…
WCP Oct-23 Newsletter
Below is the newsletter issued in October 2023. Click to download the file
Wensum Invertebrate Monitoring Strategy
Invertebrate Monitoring Strategy Following a number of undertakings by various groups over the years, we felt it was required to define our strategy for our volunteers undertaking the monitoring of inverts. I consultation paper was produced by the ecology group and has been agreed by the steering committee as a way forward. The paper is…
Fishery Survey and Comparison Results
After much effort I have obtained the data for fish survey reporting on the Wensum and two other comparable rivers, the Upper Ouse and the river Gipping. The report attached looks at the density and biomass of Roach, Dace, Chub, Perch and Pike, with specific focus on Roach, once so infomass on the Wensum. The…