Riverfly Generic Risk Assessment
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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…
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…
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…
UEA Water Quality Data Analysis 2000 2022
River Wensum Water Quality Analysis 2000-2022 Richard Cooper at the UEA undertook a review of 20 years of data gained from the EA on the Wensum.. This was presented to the WCP back in January 2023. Click on the PDF logo to open the file.
Wensum Citizen Science Project
Wensum Citizen Science Project Steve Lane has produced this paper based on a program funded by the Water For Tomorrow project. It defines the scope, needs and techniques for implement a catchment scale citizen science water quality monitoring solution for the River Wensum. Wensum Water for Tomorrow: Wensum Citizen Science Feasibility Assessment Report – Final…
Wensum Bank Breach Bintree Resolved
Breach finally closed The breach was finally closed after nearly 24 months flowing via land and the IDB ditch bye passing Bintree Mill Clearly some lessons have to be learnt from this and the time taking to address this.
Wensum Water Quality Volunteers Workshop July 2022
Wensum Water Quality Volunteers Workshop July 2022 Introducing an amazing group of local #CitizenScience volunteers who’re working on a #waterquality monitoring project on the #RiverWensum headwaters, on behalf of the Wensum Catchment Partnership These local residents learnt about the science and techniques they will be using at upto 15 strategic locations acorss the Wensum Headwaters from Whissonsett, Tattersett, East Rudham to …