by Daniel Skeats | Oct 1, 2025
WRT Rivers and fisheries team electrofishing to survey fish numbers. Credit Will Templeton With the end of September, the 2025 electrofishing season has come to a close and at Westcountry Rivers Trust we’ve been busy surveying across the summer! Since the start of...
by Georgia Perrin | Sep 30, 2025
WRT’s Dan Osmond. Image credit Sam Jones What do you get when you mix running shoes, colourful costumes, salmon stories, and a whole lot of community spirit? The Salmon Run! From the early morning on Exmouth beach to dusk in Dulverton, the day was a moving...
by Rob Griffiths | Sep 25, 2025
We’re delighted to announce the successful removal of a deteriorating weir structure on the River Lemon in Devon. Removing Chipley Mill Weir has reconnected upstream habitat, restored natural river functions and allowed salmonids and other species free access to...
by Tom Watts | Sep 3, 2025
In September, some of the Westcountry Rivers Trust team will be running alongside the River Exe, taking part in the Salmon Run. Annabel and James from the Land Team will be running the relay from Bickleigh to Tiverton. Dan from the fisheries team will be taking on the...
by Freya Stacey | Aug 29, 2025
Within hours, Cornwall and Devon transformed from parched to flooded. After a summer where July delivered just 58% of normal rainfall, heavy overnight downpours brought widespread flooding across the counties and a flood warning for Polperro. The irony is that I began...
by David Moreton | Aug 27, 2025
Brown trout, credit: Dan Osmond Our Fish Pass app thrives in 2025 fishing season under new enthusiastic team, modernizing pay-as-you-fish angling through digital tokens, catch logging, and spot discovery. Three new beats launched, 800+ tickets recorded across 78...
