Get stuck in to the #BigRiverWatch folks. Help to gather really useful data on river health 🐟💦🌳🦆🦎🐍

A huge thanks to the fantastic #CitizenScience River Rangers who are helping us monitor the health of our streams and rivers 🐟💦

You were all amazing on your Riverfly training day 🤩🥳

For more info about our citizen science projects please contact [email protected] 🌱💧

Are you passionate about climate action and restoring nature? 💚

Do you want to make a practical difference whilst gaining new experiences? 🌿

Join us as a Youth Ambassador for the South Downs National Park! 🌄

👉 southdowns.gov.uk/YouthAmbassado…

#EarthDay #EarthDay 2024

We had slow worms, shoals of stickleback & ducklings to reward our hard work at EPIC Project today! 🦆 🐟🦎😍

Loads of jobs also ticked off the list:
✔️Removing spent rabbit guards 🐇
✔️Gathering reptile tins 🐍
✔️ Weeding, mulching hedge lines

Starting to feel like spring!

The bluebells are out in force at the moment in the South Downs National Park! 😘

Never a better time to see our beautiful Sussex chalk streams in action... 👌💦🐟

Another 12 awesome rainbox planters installed in the Nevill community in Lewes 😘💦

These fab pond-lined boxes collect rooftop run-off, slow stormwater reaching the drains, reduce flood risk & when planted up, benefit biodiversity 🌧 🌼🐝

Thanks to Lewes District Council for support!👌

Great to be out with the OART team today for #RiverFly training in Hassocks!! 🐟💦🪳

Exciting to find find a variety of mayflies, caddisflies, & other freshwater inverts in these Adur tributaries. 😘

Time in rivers is always time well spent! 👌 💦🐟

🚨New Sewage Map!💩

Sorry to add more #sewage to your feed, but it's to tell you that we've updated our interactive Sewage Map with the recent 2023 spill data.

The data is in your hands: find out where & for how long untreated sewage reached your river.

theriverstrust.org/sewage-map

⏰ One month until the #BigRiverWatch !

Between 3rd-6th of May, we're inviting everyone in the UK and Ireland to spend just 15 minutes of their bank holiday weekend helping us gather crucial data on #river health.

➡️ theriverstrust.org/big-river-watch

#stateofourrivers #togetherforrivers

Fab to have the Adur & Ouse Catchment Partnership recognised at the Mid Sussex Applauds awards!👏

Great team! @SDNP, Lewes District Council, West Sussex County Council,
Adur & Worthing Councils, Environment AgencySE, Natural England
Sussex Wildlife Trust 🦔, South East Water, Wealden District Council,
The Living Coast UNESCO Biosphere, Horsham District Council, Shoreham Port

🚨2023’s #sewage deluge: new data highlights the urgency of our fight for better rivers.

Last year in England:

‼️ Raw sewage was discharged 464,056 times
‼️ For a total of 3,606,170 hours (double 2022)

It's vital we #EndSewagePollution .

Read more👇
theriverstrust.org/about-us/news/…

The final day for our 2023-24 #winter delivery works came and went last week.
The #volunteers smashed it and only one boot was almost lost for good in the wet clay. Not bad going.

Cascading #ponds and #leakydams along broken #landdrains .

Wonderful stuff!
Sussex Wildlife Trust 🦔

The needs of 🏞️&👥are so diverse and interconnected it makes a sustainable coexistence 'wickedly' difficult

Join us tomorrow as Chris Sandom Sussex Life Sciences & Tony Whitbread Knepp Wilding dig deeper into sustainability issues related to nature conservation
tickettailor.com/events/ssrp/11…

Another productive day installing SuDS rainbox planters in the Nevill community in Lewes 👷‍♀️💪👷

These clever pond-lined boxes collect rooftop run-off, slow stormwater reaching the drains, reduce flood risk & when planted up, benefit biodiversity 🌧 🌼🐝

Thanks to Lewes District Council!

Despite the overnight deluge we had a great River Rangers session at EPIC Project today! 💦🐟💪😍

Loads of jobs ticked off the list:
✔️Mulching bank top trees 🌳
✔️Removing spent rabbit guards 🐇
✔️Clearing bramble 🥵
✔️ Weeding hedge lines 🌱

Cowslips, marsh marigolds out!

We don't like #invasivespecies , we love cake 🍰🎂 Launching the Ouse Invasives project to improve cross sector biosecurity and reduce environmental impact. Thanks to all our partners and supporters Environment AgencySE South East Water Angling Trust Newhaven Marina Ashdown Forest APHA

We're delighted to welcome the film's director, Tony Eva, for a live panel discussion alongside...

- Rachel Paget from Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust
- Dr. Sean Ashworth from Southern Water
- Susie Howells from #TheAquafierProject
- Labour Cllr Trevor Muten

🎙️ Hosted by the brilliant Felicity Beckett!

We’ve deployed settlement panels in Newhaven Marina as part of our Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) monitoring programme

The submerged panels will be inspected every 8 wks to provide an early warning for new marine #INNS entering the catchment 🐚 #RapidResponse

Environment AgencySE

Midway through a week of river condition assessments on the Lewes Winterbourne in advance of planned enhancements! 🐟💪💦

Looking at invasive species, modifications & pollution inputs.

Thankfully, there are some lovely classic chalk stream sections, too! 😍

Volunteering days for Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust coming up! Details below.