Wensum PhD study Part 1 Environmental Pollution Calum Ramage has published his first paper and thsis following 3 years of study on the rivers Wensum and Tone. This focusses on pesticide pollution and the impact on ecology. Highlights • Imidacloprid and Clothianidin exceeded EQS throughout both rivers • Numerous pesticides were found to be widely…
Wensum Riverfly Program and Results update Sept 2024 Following the changes we undertook in July with a new approach to H&S and goverance under the Wensum Community Organisation, we have been engaging the volunteers to bring them up to date with personal protection equipment and Dennis has ran his first accredition training cource held at…
Wensum Wendling Beck 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…
Wensum Macrophyte Survey Revisited About 25 years ago Benoit Demars (A PhD Student from Leicester University) surveyed the River Wensum for macrophytes and phosphorus before (1999) and after (2000-2001) P-stripping at East Dereham and Fakenham WWTP. Along the whole water course, in tributaries, upstream-downstream effluents and upstream-downstream weirs. This was part of his PhD supervised…
Wensum Riverfly Program and Results update July 2024 I previously communicated that some changes were needed following the dissolution of the Broads Angling Services Group, which is happening on the 31st July. I have now secured funding for us to continue with Wensum Riverfly sampling and to provide both additional safety equipment and Insurance liability…
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Dynamic Risk Assessment for Riverfly kick sampling activities. For further information on The Riverfly Partnership visit www.riverflies.org
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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 – 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…