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The RevIvel Association

@revivel.bsky.social
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Aiming to return brown trout to the upper Ivel through the restoration of fair flow. Over-abstraction, chalk streams first, wild trout, biodiversity, Riverfly partnership, citizen science, road runoff.

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Chris Hinchliff MP @chrishinchliff.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Thanks to RevIvel for an informative tour of the Ivel Springs this week. One key takeaway: It's vital that excessive water abstraction from chalk stream source aquifers is reduced, to restore natural waterflow. Healthy, flowing watercourses are critical for our wildlife, and indeed for ourselves.
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Did you know the study of environmental DNA (eDNA) of microbes could transform how we understand and protect freshwater ecosystems? Dr Amy Thorpe, a molecular ecologist at UKCEH, shares insights from the first national survey of microbial eDNA in English rivers 🦠🔬
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Exploring the hidden microbial diversity of England’s rivers
In a blog, Dr Amy Thorpe, a molecular ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, discusses the findings of the first national survey of microbial eDNA in English rivers, involving the…
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The RevIvel Association @revivel.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Beautiful light this morning. Frost squeezing the water out of exposed chalk lumps and causing them to crumble. #northherts
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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Seen my first trout in the River Oughton. Bet it's warmer in the water than it is out here...
Blue river through the branches.
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Ian Hall @parrog3.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
A lovely early winter dog walk in North Herts this morning. @northessexnotes.bsky.social @bbcweather.bsky.social
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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The winner must respond within 30 days of the notification, providing an address for the prize delivery.
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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
CHRISTMAS QUIZ GIVEAWAY Today's Question: Complete the name of this species of stonefly, found only in Britain, named after the month in which they usually emerge: ‘Northern ……………. Red’.
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Hi #freshwater folks 👋 The Freshwater Biological Association have announced a new initiative to assess one of our rarest fish, the Arctic charr, in Windermere. There is a crowd funder, too, to support the work ☺️ (And here's a bit of #SciArt from me!) 🧪💦 www.fba.org.uk/lake-distric...
Drawing of an Arctic charr
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Matt Staniek @savewindermere.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
A month ago, we had the immense privilege of not only taking over the Patagonia shop window (which is still there!) but also hosting a fantastic evening to talk about our campaign. Once again, we had the honour of sharing the stage with the formidable @jamie-woodward.bsky.social
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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Did you know... 1️⃣Stoneflies belong to the order Plecoptera, which means ‘braided wings’ 2️⃣Over 3,500 species belong to this family worldwide. 3️⃣The endemic species 'Northern February Red' is named so as they begin to emerge in February
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Russell Chalk streams in crisis @russellb1ggs.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Pretty new on here and wanted to share some film of the Sea Trout building Redds & spawning in Norfolk’s rare Chalk streams. Sadly I can only show 60 seconds of film so you’ll have to watch on Twitter
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This plan is so ridiculous I can't believe I'm about to write these words - water companies want to build pipelines to divert sewage away from protected rivers to... other rivers & lakes with fewer legal protections...& they want to raise our bills to pay for it... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Customers set to pay for new sewage pipelines - BBC News
Water companies are to spend billions of pounds of consumers' money building new pipelines.
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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This juvenile Calanoida copepod sashayed with style across my slide. 🦑
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Matt Writtle @mattwrittle.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
So sad to see the water run off from roads and fields polluting the Vale Brook which flows into the River Chess in Chesham. Yes, that clear water above is what a chalk stream looks like, the rest is pollution. #riverpollution #chalkstreams #riverchess
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/11/2024
🌊 NEW 🌊 Now the Supreme Court has removed barriers that stopped people taking on polluting water companies, Jo Bateman is expanding her case. buff.ly/49aMrGf
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Jo Bateman broadens her challenge against South West Water - Good Law Project
Now the Supreme Court has removed barriers that stopped people taking on polluting water companies, Jo Bateman is expanding her case.
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Ullapool Shark Ambassador @finlaypringle.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
My most memorable Orca encounter ever was this sighting of the West Coast community Orcas John Coe and Aquarius from the Ullapool to Stornoway Ferry. Sadly these 2 males are the only members of the pod left and given their age (60 years +) will not be with us too much longer #Orca #MarineLife!🦑
Group of happy whale watchers having just seen John Coe and Aquarius West Coast community Orcas from the Ullapool to Stornoway ferrySide profile of the Orca John Coe showing the huge notch missing from his dorsal finJohn Coe heading straight for the ferry with the huge bend in his dorsal finClose up of John Coe
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I had a chat with NHBS about Marsh Tits, Willow Tits, woodlands, a bit of #rewilding and my new #book in the Poyser series, coming out in 2 weeks: Author interview with Richard Broughton: The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit www.nhbs.com/blog/author-... #ornithology #ukbirding #forestecology #nature
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Author interview with Richard Broughton: The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit
Marking the first monograph for either species, Richard Broughton’s The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit reveals the remarkable lives of these wonderful little birds. Compiling decades of personal researc...
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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Here is a mid-week Mayfly to remind us of warmer months...🥶
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Matt Staniek @savewindermere.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
One of the inspirations behind the Save Windermere campaign. This is just one of the iconic animals we’re striving to protect by demanding an end to sewage pollution in Windermere. Sign up to help ⬇️ www.savewindermere.com One of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken. Copyright: Save Windermere
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Ullapool Shark Ambassador @finlaypringle.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A few pictures from latest trip on the CalMac Ferries Ullapool - Stornoway crossing. In total we had 13 separate sightings of cetaceans & saw 4 different species, Common dolphins, porpoise, Minke and Fin whale. Also a distant sighting of a White Tailed Sea Eagle sitting on Priest Island #cetaceans
Common dolphin breaching out of the water, photo taken by Finlay Pringle from the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry Loch Seaforth between Stornoway and UllapoolCommon dolphin breaching out of the water, photo taken by Finlay Pringle from the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry Loch Seaforth between Stornoway and UllapoolFin whale spotted from the ferry just North of Priest Island as we returned to Ullapool
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The RevIvel Association @revivel.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A lump of chalk on a frosty morning demonstrating its ability to store water. Unfortunately Affinity Water currently take 53% of all available water from the upper Ivel catchment, up to 14 million litres per day! @beneath-b-waters.bsky.social @stormwater-jo.bsky.social @welshriversunion.bsky.social
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Jo Bradley @stormwater-jo.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Highway runoff causes horrific pollution of rivers every time it rains. This outfall in Lancashire discharges toxic, hazardous substances into the River Lostock, causing it to fail to meet env. standards. These substances are toxic to the invertebrates living in the river. #StormwaterPollution
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Peter powell @peterpowell.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
A great starter pack full of freshwater scientists.
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
What an inspiring rewilding success story. It took only two months for salmon to reach ancestral spawning grounds that had been cut off for more than a century! www.latimes.com/environment/...
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'A beautiful thing': Klamath River salmon are spotted far upstream in Oregon after dam removal
The removal of dams on the Klamath River has enabled salmon to swim far upstream to spawn. Wildlife officials have found salmon upstream in Oregon.
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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
UK imports of US fracked gas will soar if Labour’s #CCS plans go ahead—which are mostly about new gas power stations and blue hydrogen plants. The Gov must listen to the scientists and go all out for renewables instead.
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Peter powell @peterpowell.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
So if your interested in our work check our website, sign up to our mailing list and if local come volunteer and support us in our work. www.welshdeetrust.com
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Welsh Dee Trust River Dee – Protect, conserve, promote and enhance the River Dee
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Peter powell @peterpowell.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
We also have two policy based programmes. Environmental flows which is aiming to reduce the damage caused by dams to the river And Catchment based approach which aims to improve planning and actions. Currently awful but so important.
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Peter powell @peterpowell.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
The river Dee is a very special river and has the highest level of environmental protection: a special area of conservation. In part because of the rare and endangered species living within the river, but particularly the Atlantic Salmon. Sadly things are not well and the river is declining.
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Peter powell @peterpowell.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Blue sky. Let me introduce you to Welsh Dee Trust. It's the environmental organisation I am very lucky to manage. The overall objective of the charity is: A river Dee free of pollution and Full of Wildlife. The river Dee is the longest river in North Wales, which flows into Cheshire.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
UK cheeses miss out on international prize after getting stuck in customs “Before Brexit, this wouldn’t have been a thing. That’s a fact” Heaven help us www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...
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UK cheeses miss out on international prize after getting stuck in customs
At the World Cheese Awards in Portugal, British entries were conspicuous by their absence after failing to clear import controls
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WindrushWASP @windrushwasp.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Faux regulation by the Environment Agency - just enough to make people think the job was being done, has been the safety net for illegally operating water companies for many years. The full extent of that scandal is still covered up. Keep watching, there is much more to come.
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SOS Whitstable @soswhitstable.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
It just keeps coming… more amazing work uncovering the truth by @savewindermere.bsky.social and @windrushwasp.bsky.social 💪🏼 Why does it take unpaid members of the community to do this though? #endsewagepollution #savewimdermere
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The RevIvel Association @revivel.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Hi everyone. New on Blue Sky. We are a passionate group fighting to get flow back in the upper Ivel (chalk stream). Keen to link up with other like minded people to keep the pressure up on Steve Reed / Labour to deliver on pre election promises. Start by overturning awful CS recovery plan decision.
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I’d warmly welcome Starter Pack recommendations for me & others here: rivers, environmental histories/futures, land access, mountaineering, more-than-humanism, Rights of Nature, climate, Neolithic->Roman archaeology, (Quaternary) Earth science, literatures of the Anthropocene, any points beyond…🙏
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WindrushWASP @windrushwasp.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Ofwat's CEO David Black on United Utilities hiding information from @savewindermere.bsky.social “Customers have paid companies to install monitors and collect their data,” he said. “They have a right to see what it says.” Nailed that. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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United Utilities refuses to hand over data on sewage discharges into Windermere
Water company claims information is not in the public interest despite widespread pollution of UK waters
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Prof Alex Ford @dralexford.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Southern Water’s debt downgraded to junk status by Moody’s www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Southern Water’s debt downgraded to junk status by Moody’s
Company close to technical default on some of its debt, underlining UK industry’s precarious state
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Hugo Tagholm @hugotagholm.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Ending overfishing is a top priority to protect & restore our global ocean. For too long, big industry has taken too much from our seas, at the expense of nature and coastal communities. Time to act. @oceanauk.bsky.social @oceana.bsky.social
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Plasticfree NW Leeds- Climate Kirsty 🐟🐝🇪🇺 @plasticfreenwleeds.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Please do watch countryfile this Sunday, my friend and fellow Yorkshire water campaigner will be on
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Matt Staniek @savewindermere.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
🚨 Breaking News 🚨 In today’s Guardian you will see more work from Save Windermere and Professor Peter Hammond from Windrush Against Sewage Pollution. Analysis from Prof. Hammond shows over 500 days with illegal spilling in and around Windermere in 6 years ⬇️ www.savewindermere.com/news/500-day...
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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Excellent thread on the importance of gravel to rivers.
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Tommy McDermott @tmactrex.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Without gravels we have no spawning for many iconic species. Our river beds are in a dire state though, with climate-change driven rainfall patterns making things worse.
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The RevIvel Association @revivel.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Hi everyone. New on Blue Sky. We are a passionate group fighting to get flow back in the upper Ivel (chalk stream). Keen to link up with other like minded people to keep the pressure up on Steve Reed / Labour to deliver on pre election promises. Start by overturning awful CS recovery plan decision.
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River Roding Trust @riverroding.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Celebrating the arrival of the River Roding onto Bluesky by posting this incredible video that has proven that otters are now living on the lower Roding (in LB Redbridge), taken from a police helicopter!
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