Following our campaign over the Winter on Salinity incursions which obtained great traction on social media, a reporter from the US asked if she could look further into these challenges facing the Broads. Rachel Parsons published her report in the Thompson Reuters Context magazine, under the headline What’s the context? As Britain tries to achieve…
Following the significant saline event which occurred in September 2022, we have reviewed the previous papers from the Dutch experts back in 2016 and produced a desktop model to present a case across Broads stakeholders. The following presentation was used at the recent national freshwater fisheries conference hosted by the IFM and EA.
We are pleased to publish the first Wensum Catchment Partnership Newsletter, These will be published every six months featuring the both the ambition and outcomes as we build collaboration with partners in the Wensum Valley.
Please see the attached minutes and actions from the meeting 20th Feb 20232 Ecolgly Group Meeting Notes and Actions. Wensum Working Group Presentation Morphology Group Presentation Really interesting video below produced by the The Guardian, which touches on the presentation from the EA. Why rivers shouldn't look like this – It's Complicated
Suspension of Otter Spraint CollectionWe have been advised by DEFRA to suspend the collection of Otter Spraint until a formal risk assessment is carried out by Nottingham University.. This is due to the potential mutation of avian influenza and cross over to mammals including Otters. Following further discussions with the University team today, only people…
Please see the attached minutes and actions from the meeting 21st Nov 2022 Wensum Working Group Presentation ecology group meeting 21-Npv-2022 final Ecology Working Group Action Plan 2022 Dec update
On Thursday the 27th Oct, BASG met with Natural England to discuss progress with the HGB project. These meetings have been occurring monthly since the formal closure of the joint Angling Trust & BASG legal challenge in January 2022. This year has exposed the frailty that the Broads are facing with climate change and the…
Back in Sep 2021 we learn about a bank breach on the river between Quest and Bintree. This first occurred as far back as November 2020, when we had the deluge of rainfall and much of the Wensum flood plain flooded. However this isn’t the floodplain working as designed, but a breach of the Main…
Over the period 14th Sept for 10 days a significant saline event occurred right across the Broads. we have compiled events like River Levels, Salinity Readings taking by Volunteers and sighting of environmental impact like dead fish into a daily diary. It was this data that provided the evidence to map the impact and how…
Please see the attached minutes and actions from the meeting 26th Sep 2022 Wensum Working Group Presentation 26-Sep-22 ecology group meeting 26 9 2022 final Ecology Working Group Action Plan 2022 sept update