At its members meetings during 2022, the concept of introducing a Broads style Permit or Passport was explored at length. Postwick on the river Yare was one such venue that was put forward as a potential to pilot this to overcome the anti social behaviors that the venue has embroiled in. Below is some of…
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 its…
In 2017 the team at the UEA and JIC proved that toxic alga blooms could be managed by dosing with hydrogen peroxide, 5 years later and the EA hasn’t being able to deliver a working solution on the ground, despite many promises. Below is how this has been tracked by both BASG and the Angling…
Please see the attached minutes and actions from the meeting 20th June 2022 Wensum Working Group Presentation 20-Jun-22
What’s happening to the River Wensum Roach? A team of scientists are carrying a comprehensive investigation in to the health of Wensum Roach. Kelvin caught up with the lead scientist on the Riverbank and what he has to say is worrying. Wensum Roach Studies
Following the discussions with the authorities on the monitoring of salinity and river levels, we have been tracking this from the EA own telemetry data. We have been looking for trends averaged over 24 hours and the linkage between river levels and salinity levels. Data only exists in the public domain from Oct 2021 on…
As a follow-up attempt to locate new roach spawning sites after failing (mostly!) in 2021, Tim Ellis and Kevin Powell are looking to set up an informal river-wide watch for spawning roach at the appropriate time this year. This is early May, only definite recent record from previous years is May 7, 2020. Info from…
The following report was presented to us, on the 8th April 2022 out of the blue, so to speak. In its conclusion it states that Rheophilic fish (Gravel Spawning) species in general have benefited from the Wensum restoration work, while Phytophilic fish (Plant Spawning) species struggled at the time and locations of the actual surveys.…
Please see the attached minutes and actions from the meeting 23rd March 2022 Wensum Working Group 23rd March 2022 Notes and Actions Wensum Working Group 23rd March 2022 Presentation
BASG has entered discussions with the Environment Agency in how they can sustain the asset now some 25 year old and in clear need of repair. The barrier has saved the lives of millions of fish over the years from the seemingly increasing trend of salinity levels reaching near sea water concentrations as far upstream…