Baseline survey of the common
A pretty busy day started with a meeting with Leah about the launch of the new Discover Dursley website. We are pretty...
Balsam under the M5
Met the Stroud Valleys Project crew on the A38 reserve to tackle Himalayan Balsam on this section of the Frome. This was...
Tampering the pit
A couple of months ago we had to get a trial pit dug in the garden next to the wall so the...
A morning in the river
Early start to meet Tony at Ebley Meadows at 8.30am for our monthly riverfly check. The river was (unsurprisingly) very low –...
Checking in on the common
Early start for the regular monthly riverfly check with Graham at the Ocean. River levels were very low today, so a chance...
First Balsam pull
My first Himalayan Balsam pull of the year with Stroud Valleys Project today. Headed over to the Frome at Eastington to meet...
Riverfly with biology students
Fantastic opportunity today to work with students from Rednock School on riverfly monitoring. We planned to use the new Lister Road site,...
Evening survey
Kathy arranged an evening survey of Stinchcombe today. We met up at 7pm in the walker’s car park. Maran joined so there...
AI and summer picnic
Busy day planned, starting with the quarterly meeting of the Discover Dursley group at the council. My main role was to present...