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ARK - Action for the River Kennet.

@riverkennet.bsky.social
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ARK is the Rivers Trust for the Kennet and Pang catchments. We are an environmental charity, existing to protect and improve the Kennet, its tributaries and the River Pang. We work at a catchment scale to improve the health of these rivers💦🐟🌿

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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's World Rivers Day 🌊 Clean, freshwater is essential for communities and wildlife. Native plants support a healthy river ecosystem, especially when rivers are suffering from drought. To find out more kennetandpang.org #WorldRiversDay
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A great morning Eel School for young people from iCollege. Our Eel School team supported 10 students to explore the Osier Bed Stream, discover the amazing eel snd learn about careers in the environmental sector. #learningoutdoors #eelschool #ThamesEels #HeritageFund
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
After the discovery of a second Demon shrimp on the Holy Brook, ARK are raising awareness of the importance of Check Clean Dry: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @riverflies.bsky.social
bbc.co.uk
Invasive demon shrimp discovered in Wiltshire waterway
The "highly invasive" shrimp are larger than native species and can damage ecosystems.
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
💧Have you done your Big River Watch yet?🐟 🥾🥾Our volunteers are getting out to their local stretch and are using the free #BigRiverWatch app. 📱To downloading the app and for more details 👇https://theriverstrust.org/take-action/the-big-river-watch #loveyourriver #volunteer #rivers #chalkstream
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A second Demon shrimp has been recorded in the Holy Brook, a tributary to the Kennet. This invasive non-native causes a number of issues. Please Check Clean Dry to make sure you and your river gear doesn't contribute to the spread - see poster for more info #kennetcatchment @riverflies.bsky.social
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Lots of positive feedback received after our Education and Outreach Manager Anna Forbes and @beavertrust.org 's Dr Rob Needham gave a beaver talk in London to an angling society. ARK is now the Beaver Advisory Group for the Kennet and Pang catchments #beavers #fish #angling #nature #riverkennet
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Our trained volunteers have been back on the Pang water vole surveying with our Project Officer James, before river restoration works planned for next year. #pangflagship #watervole #citizenscience #chalkstream
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A productive training day searching for Desmoulin's whorl snails with Wiltshire Wildlife Trust This rare species is tiny, measuring in at approx 2.5mm! ARK will now be surveying on the Kennet and Lamb as part of WWT's successful bid to the Species Recovery Programme. @naturalengland.bsky.social
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Our Annual Big River Litter Pick in Marlborough. Today 10 of our brilliant volunteers picked lots of old metal revealed by the shallow water, a cassette, old school milk bottles, lots of broken glass and bits of plastic collected too. #volunteer #litterpicking #chalkstream #riverkennet
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
You can help us 'Bring Back the Eel' by sharing your views. Simply scan the QR code or follow this link: www.jotform.com/team/2615330... As a thank you, you'll be entered into a draw and could win an annual ZSL Gold Zoo Membership. #ThamesEels #HeritageFund
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Nice weather for eels today at Eel Fest. Old and new faces discovered the amazing European eel and its importance in our rivers. Eel Fest is part of our Thames Catchment Community Eels Project Development Phase. @thamesriverstrust.bsky.social #ThamesEels #HeritageFund
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
TOMORROW is Eel Fest 🪱 Totally FREE - Celebrate the Kennet and Eels at Stonebridge Wild River Reserve in Marlborough. For more info: www.kennetandpang.org/events/detai... @thamesriverstrust.bsky.social #ThamesEels #HeritageFund #community #eelfest #fish #riverkennet
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Water vole surveying at Axford. Yesterday our trained surveyors found fresh field signs, although less than we'd expect with such rich water vole habitat. Thanks to our marvellous volunteers. #citizenscience #riverkennet #watervole #rivers #volunteer
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Our trained volunteer water vole surveyors spent yesterday in the Kennet at The Wilderness surveying; and had a successful day logging fresh field signs. Thank you to yesterday's volunteer team, great job! #citizenscience #riverkennet #volunteer #chalkstream #watervole
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
29th August 10am - 1pm Eel Fest. Come along, guess correctly how many eel sweets are in this jar and win it! Full details on our website: www.kennetandpang.org/events/detai... Part of Thames Catchment Community Eels Project DP @thamesriverstrust.bsky.social #ThamesEels #HeritageFund #riverkennet
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
More reasons to come to Eel Fest! 🎨Free face painting (eel and chalk stream themed) 🥛Free soft drinks - local apple juice🍏 🤸‍♂️Children's eel obstacle course @thamesriverstrust.bsky.social #ThamesEels #HeritageFund #community #riverkennet #loveyourriver #nature #eelfest
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
ARK's citizen scientists have been out on the banks of the Kennet MoRPh surveying last years river restoration works at The Wilderness. We use this standardised method to measure how rivers respond after restoration. #citizenscience #chalkstream #healthyrivers #riverrestoration
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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
My column in this month's BBC Countryfile Magazine is all about Beavers & how we learn to co-exist with them. I for one am delighted, I never thought I'd hear of them on our chalkstreams. @riverkennet.bsky.social & @beavertrust.org held some brilliant community engagement events.
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The final balsam bashing on the Enborne for 2026. A dynamic team from locally based company AM joined us and amazing 13 blue boat loads were removed, that is hundreds of plants bashed and thousands of seeds prevented from spreading downstream. #volunteer #BalsamBashing #kennetcatchment
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The sheep are back in Cooper's Meadow, Marlborough. ARK and Marlborough Town Council are thrilled to welcome 5 ewes back to the water meadow for conservation grazing. Our volunteer sheep lookers will be checking the sheep on a daily basis. #conservation #riverkennet #watermeadow #volunteer
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
River School 2025/26 done ✔️ Brighten you day and watch this - our recent ARK River School with young people from iCollege alternative education, who learnt chalk streams are rare and amazing, how to tie and plant ranunculus. #learningoutsidetheclassroom #riverschool #loveyourriver #riverkennet
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A pleasure to run an accredited Riverfly Monitoring Training Workshop today at Avington Estate. The highlight of the day was an elver in one of the kick samples. #healthyrivers #kennetcatchment #citizenscience
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The conservation grazing cattle returned to Stonebridge Wild River Reserve which added to the River School experience for students from Bedwyn Primary. Thanks Grove Farm Stitchcombe for supplying the cattle for enable us to manage the water meadow in this way. #riverschool #conservation #riverkennet
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
ARK is holding a FREE summer community event, Eel Fest ! Come along for lots of outdoor eel fun. Thames Catchment CommunityEels Project Development Phase led by @thamesriverstrust.bsky.social possible thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund. #ThamesEels #community #riverkennet #chalkstreams
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Water vole surveying on the Kennet at Kintbury today to assess how water vole are faring on the Kennet. Thank you to our team of trained volunteer vole surveyors. #citizenscience #volunteer #watervole #riverkennet
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
6 students from Oaklands School Hungerford came to the Kennet at The Wilderness for ARK River School. 'The pupils and staff thoroughly enjoyed themselves.' quote from Oaklands Deputy Head. Thank you to The Wilderness Fishery and River Keeper Jimmy for hosting. #riverschool #chalkstream #nature
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The European eel is critically endangered, and we need YOUR help to bring it back. Have your say for a chance to WIN a ZSL Gold Zoo Membership! form.jotform.com/team/2615330... Made possible with the National Lottery Heritage Fund #HeritageFund #bringbacktheeel #ThamesEels #zsl #riverkennet
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Our Project Manager Rupert shares how our Shalbourne realignment project is developing 2 years on. Re wiggling rivers and reconnecting them to the floodplain to allow them to function in a more natural way is better for wildlife and for communities. #riverkennet #healthyrivers #conservation
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
We're helping improve the future for eels, as part of the Thames Catchment Community Eels Project Development Phase. Here's Emily to explain our eel trap monitoring. @thamesriverstrust.bsky.social and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund #thameseels #citizenscience #HeritageFund
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Young people from Stable Futures, Mortimer came to the Kennet for ARK River School. Our team ran two morning workshops, one at The Wilderness and one at Avington (pictured). These beautiful fisheries provided the perfect, tranquil settings to learn and enjoy. #riverschool #chalkstream #riverkennet
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
ARK River Talk is out now and will be arriving with our members soon! This edition of our newsletter includes our last decade of achievements and lots more Our members are a valued asset. Become a member today and support our vital work: www.kennetandpang.org/membership-f... #riverkennet #Pang
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
James explains our strategic approach to support a water vole recovery on the Pang. July is #SportfishRiversMonth encouraging everyone to do something for rivers. More ideas at www.sportfish.co.uk where you can win gift vouchers. Join ARK www.kennetandpang.org/membership-f... #Pang #healthyrivers
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
💦We need your green token support💚 Please put your Waitrose, Marlborough Branch tokens in our slot and help ensure we can continue to run ARK River School at no charge to all the schools and Cub, Brownie, Beaver and Guide groups we work with. Thank you 😊 #riverschool #nature #chalkstream
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Always a pleasure to host @wildtrouttrust.bsky.social
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
More instant habitat improvement on the Kennet. Local business TechAir joined us for a corporate volunteer day learning to harvest, tie and plant stream-water-crowfoot. Healthy rivers need healthy habitats. For 2027 bookings email anna@kennetandpang.org #healthyrivers #volunteer #riverkennet
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The River Lambourn was the best classroom on the hottest day of the year last week💧 Wash Common Cubs loved their River School with us. Support us and become an ARK member: www.kennetandpang.org/membership-f... #kennetcatchment #lovethelambourn #riverschool #learningoutsidetheclassroom #wilflife
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The ducks are appreciating the habitat improvements we've been making to the Kennet in the centre of Marlborough. The stream-water crowfoot will increase freshwater invertebrate presence, which will mean more natural food for these mallards. #chalkstream #ducks #connectingthekennet
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Our project ’Great Green Bedwyn Rain Gardens’ won a prestigious Susdrain Award from the Construction Industry Research and Innovation Association (CIRIA) this week. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/81ac... #SuDS #slowtheflow #Kennetcatchment #raingarden
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Read our beaver article in West Berkshire Countryside Society's Upstream Magazine: www.westberkscountryside.org.uk/media/other/... #beaver #chalkstream #riverkennet
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
📢Join our team! 💦 We are recruiting a river project officer. We are looking for someone who is self-motivated, practical and hands on, passionate about improving the environment and enjoys a varied role. Find our more and apply here: environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/110726-... #hiring #environmentjob
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We are recruiting a River Catchment Manager Do you love our chalk streams? Would you like to make a positive difference? Are you a well organised, good communicator who can quickly build relationships Find out more: environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/110727-... #hiring #recruiting #Rivers #Conservation
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A fantastic corporate volunteering day today further improving the habitat complexity of our Connecting the Kennet project stretch in the heart of Marlborough with a small but dynamic team from locally based business AM. 76 crowns of stream-water crowfoot planted. #volunteer #healthyrivers
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A 🌞 Saturday river restoration volunteer task in the Kennet at Manton. Our brilliant volunteers restored 2 brushwood mattresses. We'll be back soon to plant these up with lots of locally sourced native marginal plants. #conservation #nature #riverrestoration #volunteer #kennetcatchment
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
An idyllic morning ARK River School in and by the Kennet at Axford for 55 students from St Michael's Aldbourne. Seeing the wonders of nature locally is special and creates lasting memories and children who feel genuinely connected to their blue and green spaces. #riverschool #chalkstreams
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
ARK River School in Newbury. We've ntroduced 60+ students at Falkland Primary School to how epic their local chalk streams are. Next week they will embrace the Kennet first hand at our second workshop with them. We look forward to seeing Yr 4 again then. #riverschool #lloveyourriver #kennetcatchment
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
#VolunteersWeek New volunteers trained up for our eel monitoring project on the Kennet. We couldn't run this project without them. Thames Catchment Community Eels Project - Development Phase funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fundd, led by @thamesriverstrust.bsky.social #thameseels #rivers
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Identified during a riverfly monitoring visit by one of our brilliant volunteers.
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
1,153 visitors to Open Farm Sunday today on Sutton's Estate at The Wilderness, Kintbury. We had lots of great conversations with the public, showed them what lives in the Kennet, from mayfly and fish to the invasive non-native American signal crayfish. #openfarmsunday #riverkennet
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
River School, this afternoon! River dipping and some marvellous healthy river habitat sketches, from their own river observations at Stonebridge Wild River Reserve. #LoveYourRiver #riverschool #kennetcatchment #riverkennet #learningoutdoors
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ARK - Action for the River Kennet. @riverkennet.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
ARK River School tonight helping Hungerford Beavers do some hands on river exploration in the Dun; and then immerse themselves in some great team work identifying what they've found. #riverschool #chalkstream #learningoutdoors #nature #loveyourriver
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