At our relaunch event in Oct 2021, we laid out our intention to address the sustainability of the Broads Fishery and our membership supported this unanimously to place the Broads Fishery on a sustainable footing. We have seen through the whole Hoveton saga, that the statutory bodies have little interest in fishing and fisheries, so…
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
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 and paper as a potential solution for discussion and injection into the debates on Broadlands ability to adapt to climate change. The paper is in the form…
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 V3.1 is below.
Another engagement of volunteers on what was the hottest day of the summer undertaking in a scheme coordinated by Norfolk County Councils Non-Native Species Initiative in the management of Himalayan Balsam on the Wensum. This was some of the outcome of their efforts of the team from WACA at Sayers Meadow in Lyng. Great work…