River friend, chalk stream lover, #geographer and #gisguru, spatial tech, catchment based approach, valuing nature, NFM, drones, Landscape Scale Recovery
Norwich
Joined January 2012
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An excellent project on one of my favourite rivers which I am ecstatic to be involved with - looking forward to the data & map making. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has" Margaret Mead
Introducing our amazing group of local #CitizenScience volunteers who're working on a #waterquality monitoring project on the Wensum headwaters, on behalf of the Wensum Catchment Partnership #teamwork 🤩🧪👌
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De-silting vs Dredging.
They're not the same thing!
Isolating a section of river to remove excesss fine silt and restore natural channel dimensions and habitat. #river #restoration #ChalkStream #conservation
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Will Hancock grazed the fields below the Bawsey ruins & allowed it to flood every year creating a series of large lakes. The @GaywoodRiver always ran clear its my opinion that the change of use of the fields to intensive farming has encouraged the @The_WMA to increase maintenance
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Phosphate check & 1.28😱on healthy #ChalkStreams I’m looking for 0.04-0.02 This massive dose of Phosphate is coating the riparian plants in Algae scum excluding the light +coats the gravel bed🧐Derby Fen SSSI @EnvAgencyAnglia @AnglianWater low flow concentrates the pollutants
I’m glad @EnvAgencyAnglia that you’re monitoring my Tweets & lowered the Sonde at Bawsey bridge🤔but are you monitoring the river as it’s chocked with silt & Algae scum +I’m getting high Phosphate readings Derby Fen SSSI Today 1.33 @NENorfolkSufflk @N_Rivers_Trust @AnglianWater
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Please sign and retweet this. We desperately need this to happen. #rivers #chalkstreams
💚 SAVE OUR CHALK STREAMS💚
We're calling on the government to not abandon the Chalk Stream Recovery Pack.
Just under 1,200 signatures needed till the government needs to respond to the petition.
Sign the petition here📝👉 petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Do you want to work restoring beautiful, iconic, and globally rare chalk streams?
Join an innovative, creative, supportive and committed team at the cutting edge of freshwater conservation.
Become a Wessex Rivers Trust Project Officer!
wessexrt.org.uk/vacancies.ht…
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A little late in posting this clip, but it does show you more on the concerning issue of the lack of weed that others, such as @RussellB1ggs, have been attempting to highlight in the past week or so. Are you coming to investigate @EnvAgencyAnglia?
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#PIP
The vile & toxic DWP are sending out a horrific survey asking disabled people how they spend their PIP money
1. DWP have no legal right to ask & you have no legal obligation to fill it in
2. if you send a letter of opposition tell them what you think of their vile cuts
ALT mage is on a blue background with purple & blue text The DWP Survey on how recipients are spending their pip money is being sent out So how should you respond? Option A: The DWP have no legal right to this information and you have no legal obligation to provide them with this information. Their aim is to further stigmatise disability benefits and invalidate disabled people’s experiences Option B: Respond with Opposition Respond with a letter of opposition highlighting the injustices of the proposed changes and their injustices Remember; give no information on how you spend your personal independence payments
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Originating from the Temple Springs at Grimston site of a #Roman temple where they probably bathed & worshiped the Crystal clear water this tiny #ChalkStream is used to dispose of effluent @AnglianWater 🙏update the STW & divert the treated water through a series of ponds
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@anglianwater There are only 210 rivers classified as chalk streams in the entire planet. Why is discharging raw sewage into any of these rivers not considered a crime @EnvAgency?
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New EA figures reveal that pollution from @AnglianWater into the Gaywood is actually getting worse. In recent years CSOs discharged raw sewage into the river an average of 266 times. In 2024 this rose to 350 times. @Feargal_Sharkey @WATERSHED_i @OSennitt
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More coverage on our fight to protect the Gaywood River from polluters via @bbcnews. Once again, an investigation shuttered without any reasonable answers. So, what exactly IS going on...? #news #rivers bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70e… @Feargal_Sharkey
This river has my heart, it has vast potential for restoration but without protection it will be money down the drain. It's history is truly incredible, traces of every archaeological period are present within its valley. #loveariver
On #InternationalDayOfActionForRivers we would like to thank all the people that continue to support us in our quest to offer the Gaywood better protections, as we look to change the fortunes of this rare river of chalk stream ecology.
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Good news that Treasury won’t be getting hands on water company fines.
Should also incentivise EA to prosecute at every opportunity. No more enforcement undertakings.
theguardian.com/environment/…
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🤔4 days on & still doesn’t appear that @EnvAgencyAnglia has tested for pollution🤷♂️Phosphate 17.5 using a High range tester 0.03 is the target for a healthy #ChalkStream Ammonia 2.14 target 0.04 Why are @AnglianWater being allowed to do this ? #SewageScandal 💩🧻@OSennitt
Things are getting back to normal after the @AnglianWater #sewagespill into the #chalkstream. But once again, despite promises to clean up both the sludge in the stream and that on the road it has been left to let nature take its course. Video explainer below. @OSennitt @EDP24
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@AnglianWater running out of excuses following £1.1m spent on engineering work to line pipes and prevent sewage discharges in Grimston. Despite promises for change, #chalkstream continues to be affected.
edp24.co.uk/news/24968125.no… @Feargal_Sharkey @WATERSHED_i @horton_official
Sarah Taigel retweeted
This morning we were invited to speak to @BBCNorfolk about the abandoned Chalk Stream Recovery Plan and what this might mean for rivers of chalk stream ecology such as the Gaywood. We are on 1hr and 8 mins in. #kingslynn #chalkstreams #Norfolk
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0kmc9…
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#GaywoodRiver highlighted as concern is raised for future of rare #chalkstreams: lynnnews.co.uk/news/concern-…
Excellent work from @WestNorfolkRob on this. #gaywoodriverrevival
Sarah Taigel retweeted
"Siri, what 15 second video clip serves as a metaphor for the culmination of the last half-Century of American-led, fossil fuel driven, neoliberal capitalism?"
[Video by @stuartpalley]
Sarah Taigel retweeted
This film is disturbing, showing the @AnglianWater storm overflow discharging sewage into the #GaywoodRiver in #Grimston this afternoon. However, these aren’t exceptional circumstances and it has now been 5+ hrs. @Feargal_Sharkey
#chalkstreams #rivers #pollution #westnorfolk
Sarah Taigel retweeted
Happy New Year from all of us at Gaywood River Revival. Thanks for your unwavering support u 2024. We look forward to doing everything we can to support #rivers of #chalkstreamecology in 2025. #chalkstreams #kingslynn #gaywoodriver
