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Riverfly

Monitoring the River Frome and River Cam for riverfly as part of the national Riverfly Partnership

Looking down a river at water level with two logs in the middle and low tree branches to one side

Farewell, young coders

Mon 7th Jul '25Tue 8th Jul '25

Tony and I were braced this morning for some poor results on the regular Ebley riverfly check, given recent experiences. And, indeed,...

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Shallow river meandering through overgrown pasture

Decreasing Riverfly samples

Sun 6th Jul '25Tue 8th Jul '25

Met up with Graham at 9am for our regular riverfly check at the Ocean. Given the poor informal samples I had taken...

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coloured mats and sample trays on the ground in a field

Primary School Riverfly

Wed 2nd Jul '25

Went up to Ebley early this morning to host a visit by Year 4 pupils from Leonard Stanley Primary School. Met up...

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Narrow stream at the bottom of a steep sided valley

Blue-winged takeover

Tue 17th Jun '25

Early start to meet Susie at Lister Road for the monthly riverfly count. The river levels were strikingly low – literally not...

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Upstream in a river taken close to the water surface. Trees reflecting in water.

A morning in the river

Mon 2nd Jun '25Tue 3rd Jun '25

Early start to meet Tony at Ebley Meadows at 8.30am for our monthly riverfly check. The river was (unsurprisingly) very low –...

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A dead hedge with an opening into a grassland

Checking in on the common

Sun 1st Jun '25

Early start for the regular monthly riverfly check with Graham at the Ocean. River levels were very low today, so a chance...

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Steep sided valley with narrow river at the bottom and concrete bridge edges just visible

Riverfly with biology students

Fri 23rd May '25

Fantastic opportunity today to work with students from Rednock School on riverfly monitoring. We planned to use the new Lister Road site,...

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A fast flowing river bending to the left with vegetation on the bank on the right

Scooping more riverfly

Sat 17th May '25Sun 18th May '25

My turn this month to do the new Lister Road site with Susie. We were joined also by Alex, who is a...

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View up a river with low levels. An exposed branch on the river bed

Last of the stone clingers

Tue 6th May '25Tue 6th May '25

I usually do Ebley meadow riverfly sampling with Tony on a Monday, but yesterday was bank holiday so met up early this...

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