.Action for the River Kennet (ARK) & Angling Trust continue call for urgent improvements to Kennet, Lambourn & Pang catchment sewage infrastructure. Full story tinyurl.com/333e36dk Listen to ARK CEO, Charlotte on @bbcwiltshire ⬇️bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… #EndSewagePollution #AnglersAgainstPollution

Our volunteers are out joining in The The Rivers Trust #BigRiverWatch this weekend!

Thanks for sharing these images of the Kennet & the Lambourn in the Newbury area. Lovely to spot this banded demoiselle.

Download the app, take part and upload your data: theriverstrust.org/take-action/th…

This weekend, the perfect time to put on your wellies for a riverbank & water meadow stroll - you can even use it to contribute data to The #BigRiverWatch :
theriverstrust.org/take-action/th…

As water levels drop our trained riverfly monitors are back out:

📣 Do you have 15 minutes this weekend to help our rivers?

On your marks, get set, go! #BigRiverWatch starts now 👀

🤳Download our app, visit your local river, and complete a quick survey to help gather important data. Let's make a difference together! theriverstrust.org/take-action/th…

Coming soon....(and recorded in & by the Kennet in Marlborough featuring our Senior Project Officer Anna discussing riverfly)

In an urgent appeal to Ofwat the Environment Agency & Steve Barclay MP, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Defra UK Action for the River Kennet (ARK) & Angling Trust are calling for Immediate Government Intervention on 💩 Pollution

Full press release: riverkennet.org/news/#ark-and-…

Marlborough's most famous manhole made to tonight'episode of ITV NEWS WEST COUNTRY.
The underwater camera shows what hundreds of hours of untreated 💩 pouring from this burst manhole has done to the riverbed of the Kennet, coating what should be clean gravels.
#chalkstream

Join The Rivers Trust #BigRiverWatch 3rd - 6th May

1⃣Download the free app

2⃣Visit your local river stretch of river

3⃣Fill in a short survey about what you see

🤳 Search for ‘Big River Watch’ in your app store or visit theriverstrust.org/take-action/th… to download and get started

Marlbough sewage treatment works is once again discharging untreated 💩 straight into the River Kennet. The current duration is 15 hours & still going 😠
The Winterbourne Stream is currently at a staggering 1,057 hours of receiving continuous untreated 💩 😲 and still going!!!

Wanna make your head spin?

Environment Agency CEO tells MPs EA is only doing 1/3 of the Water Framework Directive monitoring they're supposed to. 2009 25% of England's rivers recached 'Good' ecological status, currently 14%, forecast 6% by 2027

Even that number is now bollocks.🤬 (3/4)

Our rivers don't have a voice, but we do. So we're supporting the #RestoreNatureNow peaceful march through London on the 22nd of June.

Join us to send a clear message to all political parties – change is needed now to save #nature .

restorenaturenow.com
#rivers #climateaction

Today we took River School to Tilehurst, Reading & spent the day helping 150 Year 7 students at Little Heath discover what lives in their river, for #EarthDay2024
We hope Year 7 have been inspired by the impressive specimens of mayfly, caddis & shrimp they found. #chalkstream

Some important tree maintenance today by our Og wetland project, just behind Bay Bridges lay-by nr Marlborough.
As ever a big thank you to our volunteers for making sure these native trees thrive.

Not long until our video premieres at the Sportfish Spectacular!

It’s not the rain, it’s not the Victorians.

Shocking exposé by watershed_investigations reveals water companies blatantly and deliberately maladjust control system to dump sewage into the environment. FFS! 🤬

theguardian.com/environment/20…