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River Beane Restoration Association
The RBRA is a not-for-profit group working in partnership with Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust, Environment Agency, Affinity Water, county and local councils, local landowners and volunteers to improve the River Beane for the benefit of all
We often get calls telling us a tree has fallen in the river. Quietly, we think ‘great’ when we hear that. Rivers *need* trees in them. It’s part of the make-up of a healthy chalk stream. Last week the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust were showing how woody debris can be added back to keep a river happy.
Well worth coming along to if you want to know more about why our rivers are so special and what's being done to help restore them. Free to attend (donations invited)
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Fancy improving your wildlife (phone) photography skills?Fancy learning to take stunning nature photos just with your phone? 📱🌿![]()
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Join us for our Smartphone Safari workshop with Jet Black Squares!![]()
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👉️ Booking essential: www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/events/smartphone-safari-31Mar26![]()
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#NatureLovers #PhotographyTips #OutdoorPhotography #HertfordshireEvents #StAlbans #PhonePhotography #NatureInHerts
The waste water sector’s dirty secrets are well and truly out in the open thanks to the powerful, factual drama ‘Dirty Business’ shown on Channel 4 this week. ![]()
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A tough watch, and undoubtedly will have made many in the industry and those that should be regulating them squirm. ![]()
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www.channel4.com/programmes/dirty-business/on-demand/76845-001
We have a team of volunteers who regularly carry out Riverfly ’kick samples’ at points along the Beane and Stevenage Brook. The abundance of invertebrates they catch gives an indication of the water quality in the river. Here’s the latest newsletter from the local coordinating ‘hub’Have you seen the latest annual Riverfly newsletter from Chilterns Chalk Streams Project and Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust? It’s packed with inspiring updates from dedicated citizen scientists monitoring river health across the region 👏![]()
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📖 Read it here: www.chilternstreams.org/our-work/citizen-science/riverfly/![]()
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#CitizenScience #ChalkStreams
Good news from the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust – also picked up on BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyzjn9nqleo
Our friends over at the River Ver had a very productive day with their volunteers today. Well done all!
Remember – #OnlyRainDownTheDrain
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It was a pleasure to share the case for the protection and restoration of our local chalk rivers with the Handside WI in Welwyn Garden City last night: such a wonderful audience and I think we all had a bit of fun. Thanks for inviting us.