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💧Thames21 works to transform London and the Thames Basin into a healthier, more climate-resilient region with rivers that everyone can enjoy.💧

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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 21h
Look and you will find. 👀 It’s amazing what wildlife can be spotted in urban river environments. Can you spot the moorhen here? As an environmental charity, Thames21 works to transform London and the Thames Basin into a healthier, more climate-resilient region, with rivers that everyone can enjoy.🧵⬇️
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Get active and connect with nature at Thames Road Wetland!🌾 ➡️Join our next volunteering day on the 16th Oct. We’ll be carrying out vegetation management tasks to improve habitat for the unique species that call the wetland home. 🔗https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/0WCJmk9xkzaAmCNTk2TC #thames21
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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Norbury Brook River Revive Saturday, Thornton Heath, Sep 26 insidecroydon.com/2026/09/24/n... #Croydon #Norbury @thames21.bsky.social @litterfreenorbury.bsky.social
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Norbury Brook River Revive Saturday, Thornton Heath, Sep 26
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🍂Our volunteer events at Oxleas Woods, in Greenwich, are back for the new season. 🗓️There will be three sessions next week: on 29th & 30th Sep, and on 1st Oct. Get active, meet new people and help us boost local biodiversity! book.plinth.org.uk/e/9TPs7t51Mk...
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Autumn Big River Watch 2026 ends tomorrow night! You don’t need to be beside a river to take part. Explore trail camera footage from Beale Park and spot wildlife, plants, water changes and pollution. Thanks to support from Mend the Gap. 📱More info here: youtu.be/DWM5DRiAKOc?...
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Autumn Big River Watch 2026 🌊 | Ends 24 September 2026 – Last Chance to Get Involved!
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🌊💙 You don't need to live near a river to help protect one. Watch trail camera footage from 🌿 Withymead Nature Reserve on the River Thames, record what you spot 🐦💧🚯, and upload your observations via the #BigRiverWatch app. Big thanks to Mend The Gap. 📹https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex5QOXDYMiw
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🌿💧 Ready to make a difference? Get stuck in, make new friends and help protect your local river this week! 💚 Everyone’s welcome. Find an event & sign up: thames21.org.uk/events/
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Chris Rose @chrisrosebxwild.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#ThamesRdWetland managed by @thames21.bsky.social volunteers, has had 6 additional species of Odonata in the last 12 months, in part due to increased observer effort. Now at 20. We need occasional extra help managing vegetation - next session for this Fri 16th Oct book.plinth.org.uk/e/0WCJmk9xkz...
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Thames Road Wetland: Help Manage An Important Wetland
<p><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Despite its urban surroundings, </span><strong>Thames Road Wetland</strong><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> which sits within the Green Belt, is part of ...
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🌊🔬 A huge thank you to all our volunteers who took part in our first 'microplasticblitz' sampling day across the River Brent catchment! We collected water samples from hotspots along the River Brent and its tributaries to understand where microplastics are ending up.⬇️🧵
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🌊🧤 Join our Big Wet Wipe Count! Help survey sewage-based wet wipes on the Thames foreshore by Hammersmith Bridge on Sunday 11 October, 10am–2pm. Come help track pollution and protect our river! 💧🌿https://www.thames21.org.uk/event/big-wet-wipe-count-autumn-2026/
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fantastic to see our collaborative launch of a five-year action plan to improve the River Thames and its tributaries from Maidenhead to Teddington featured in the @maidenheadads.bsky.social. .🧵⬇️ 📷 - Maidenhead Advertiser
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🌊 From the River Thames foreshore, meet Ken. Ken could have been playing computer games or watching the latest film on Netflix, but instead, he chose to spend his time helping protect his local environment. We talked sewage-based waste, and misconnections. Watch full video below.🌿
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Environmental charity Thames21 and its partners have launched the Maidenhead to Teddington Catchment Action Plan 2026–2031 – a collaborative plan setting out an ambitious vision to restore the Thames and its tributaries between Maidenhead and Teddington. 🧵⬇️
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🌊Want to learn how to spot the signs of a healthy river?Join our free Understanding Urban Rivers training course to explore river systems, ecology and the pressures facing urban rivers. 📅 Fri 18 Sept 2026 📍 Blue Garage, Lewisham 🕙 10am–4pm 🌿 More details here: www.thames21.org.uk/event/unders...
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🍂 Our autumn e-newsletter is out now! Discover how you can join us safely on the riverbank, and find out more about the projects we’ve been working on across the Thames. ➡️ Read it here: shorturl.at/8cRwQ 📩 Sign up for future e-newsletters: thames21.org.uk/e-newsletter/
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Pollution needs to be stopped at source. We want clean and healthy rivers. But we can’t tackle what we don’t measure. Microplastic data isn’t routinely collected, making it harder to show the scale of the problem and push for change. 🧵⬇️
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thames21’s EMPOWER Rivers Programme is supporting volunteer-led action for rivers and helping London’s rivers thrive.⬇️
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Over the weekend, Thames21 brought together trustees, staff and volunteers at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith for our annual Volunteer Celebration – an afternoon of stories, chat, films and awards. 🧵⬇️
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🌊 Join Thames21 on the Thames foreshore for a hands-on river citizen science litter survey! 📅 Fri 11 Sept | ⏰ 9.30–11am 🧤 Gather vital data and help build the evidence needed to lobby for action on plastic pollution. Register here: book.plinth.org.uk/e/pxzoD1DIPt...
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River Litter Detectives - In Front of Hurlingham Club
<p>Come along and join Thames21 as a river citizen scientist on the River Thames. We will be collecting the litter we find and categorising it into sewage derived litter, plastic items, and other litt...
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Excellent to be at the River Summit and Festival at Henley yesterday. What a fantastic event! A full day of thought-provoking panels, practical workshops, inspiring talks and lively debate, all exploring the future of our rivers. 🧵⬇️
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Water companies dumped sewage into England's waters for more than 43,000 hours during July and August, new data from campaigners Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) shows. news.sky.com/story/sewage...
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Sewage dumped into English waters for more than 43,000 hours over summer
Across the August Bank Holiday weekend alone, sewage was discharged into bathing waters for the equivalent of 34 days.
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🗓️🦇Join us on the 9th September at Chandos Park for a guided bat walk. 🔎We’ll meet at 7:30pm for a walk around the park and along the Edgware Brook looking for the bats coming out to feed at dusk. 🔗https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/gAGTt5AU47UQQEhxDIB0 #thames21 #batwalk #chandospark
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Patricia Stoughton @patriciastoughton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A black-headed gull perched on a riverside wall. #birdsoftheworld
The black-headed gull is perched on a grey wall beneath green-leaved branches.
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🍂 Meteorological autumn is here! It’s the perfect time to get hands-on, help protect your local river, meet new people and make a real difference to your local environment. ➡️https://thames21.org.uk/events/🍀🧵⬇️
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12beesbuzzing.bsky.social @12beesbuzzing.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Brilliant Eel Fest event with @riverkennet.bsky.social in Marlborough today celebrating the European eel, with so many children discovering eels and other creatures of the River Kennet @zslofficial.bsky.social @thames21.bsky.social
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Great news! The illegal waste site in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, has now been cleared. Alongside our volunteers and other environmental charities, we played a role in raising awareness of the issue through media coverage. 🧵⬇️
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
As World Water Week 2026 comes to an end tomorrow, we want to highlight the importance of understanding the rich history of our rivers to better protect their future.
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Great to see our work featured on @itvnews.bsky.social online today. 📺 Thank you to ITV for covering our joint report with the @riverroding.bsky.social, which estimates that around 600 million litres of sewage-contaminated water enter the River Roding and its tributaries every year. 🧵⬇️ 📸 - ITV
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This World Water Week, we want to draw attention to our rivers. We all want clean, healthy rivers and thriving surrounding landscapes, yet our rivers are under increasing pressure.🧵⬇️
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Around 600 million litres of sewage-contaminated water are estimated to enter the River Roding and its tributaries every year via unpermitted and previously unmonitored outfalls, according to a new report by Thames21 and the @riverroding.bsky.social Trust.🧵⬇️
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
💧Learn more and gather data on plastic pollution in the Thames with us! 🗓️Join us on the 19th August at the historic Queenhithe site in the City of London for a hands-on citizen science session. 🔗https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/daoQGu8IVRurMy15LI8k #thames21 #citizenscience
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
📣We still have a few spaces left in our next Urban Riverfly training session! 🗓️Join us on the 18th August in Ealing to learn how to identify key pollution-sensitive invertebrates that are a river’s natural health indicators. 🦐 🔗https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/gPGZKYDM6CJ4z8dGnTCE #thames21
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It was lovely to step back in time and uncover some of the fascinating secrets of the River Thames at the Mudlarking Exhibition at Fulham Pier. Here, you can watch mudlark Fran-Joy Sibthorpe being interviewed by us about some of her fascinating discoveries.🧵⬇️
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Only 14.3% of England’s rivers, lakes and coastal waters are in good ecological health, new figures from the Environment Agency has revealed. 🧵 shorturl.at/u0MOh
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of 14-year-old Banta Sillah, who died at Millwall Outer Dock. Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with Banta’s family, friends, and everyone affected by this heartbreaking loss. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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Boy, 14, who died after entering water at London dock named as 'talented footballer'
Boy who died at Millwall Outer Dock named as Banta Sillah as warning issued over dangers of swimming in open water
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
💧 The River Crane is free from its concrete channel! 🎊Come celebrate its restoration at Mereway Nature Park with a family day out on 8th Aug! Led by @zslofficial.bsky.social, @richmondcouncil.bsky.social & Friends of the River Crane, supported by Thames21's EMPOWER Rivers Grant. #thames21
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We joined BBC Oxford earlier today to discuss the urgent need to better prepare our rivers for the growing impacts of the climate crisis, from increasing droughts to more frequent and severe flooding. 🧵⬇️ 📸 - BBC Oxford
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Our Communications Manager, Liz Gyekye, joined BBC Radio Oxford earlier today to represent Thames21 and discuss the urgent need to better prepare our rivers for the growing impacts of the climate crisis. Listen from 07:15 in.🧵⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Chris Rose @chrisrosebxwild.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Now up to 19 species of Odonata at @thames21.bsky.social volunteer-managed #ThamesRdWetland , London Borough of Bexley, after this pair of copulating Southern Migrant Hawkers was spotted by one of our volunteers on July 22nd. Other recent additions: Scarce Chaser, Norfolk Hawker, Lesser Emperor.
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
📄The Mayor of London’s Clean and Healthy Rivers Plan represents a significant opportunity to restore London’s waterways as thriving natural assets for people and wildlife.
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Thames21 and Ladywell Fields User Group would love to hear your thoughts, answer your questions, and share ideas on the upcoming River Restoration Project and Nature Recovery Plan. 📍 Fields Café, Ladywell Fields 📅 Saturday 1 August ⏰ 10am-1pm #Thames21 #RiverRavensbourne
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
River Pool pollution incident - update A major pollution incident affected approximately 3km of the River Pool between Cator Park and its confluence with the River Ravensbourne, last month. The incident resulted in significant fish mortality. 🧵⬇️ 📷-Emma Jackson
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
World Drowning Prevention Day took place over the weekend. Our rivers and blue spaces are beautiful places to enjoy, but they can still pose serious risks, even when the water looks safe. ⬇️🧵
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🧪At Thames21, data is at the heart of our work to protect and restore rivers. With the support of our incredible volunteers and citizen scientists, we collect vital information on everything from riverflies to barriers that impact the health of our waterways.⬇️
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Is the Ravensbourne your local river? 🌊 Join our free Water Quality Monitoring training on 8th Aug at Creekside Discovery Centre! Make a positive impact as a citizen scientist. 🔗https://www.thames21.org.uk/event/become-an-aquatracker-water-quality-monitoring-course-deptford-creek/ #thames21
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Meet Chana - one of the amazing volunteers helping to protect our local waterways. Chana recently joined our Dollis Brook river restoration event, where she worked alongside a fantastic team of volunteers to care for this valuable blue space. 🧵⬇️
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Great to see Thames21 featured on @itvlondon news earlier this evening. A big thank you to ITV News London for featuring our Gores Brook community volunteering event and helping to shine a light on the importance of protecting and restoring our local rivers.🧵⬇️ 📷-ITV London
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A huge thank you to our fantastic volunteers for rolling up their sleeves to tackle Himalayan balsam, clear litter from Dollis Brook, and litter-pick the Dollis Valley Greenwalk. Your hard work helps protect this valuable local waterway. 💚🌿🧵⬇️
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Our team were lucky enough to spot signs of otter activity during a recent visit to the Banbury Flood Alleviation Scheme (FAS). 🧵⬇️
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Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🌱 Help restore Dollis Brook! Join Thames21 for a Himalayan balsam removal session and give this beautiful North London waterway space to thrive. 📅 Tue 13 July | 🕙 10am–2pm 📍 Longland Drive, N20 8HH Drop in for as little or as long as you can! #DollisBrook #NorthLondon #RiverRestoration #Volunteer
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