Floundering on the Hayle
Our Head of Fisheries Dr. Bruce Stockley notes a rather unusual find on a river research trip. While surveying the River Hayle for some very special heavy metal trout, we found a flounder as big as your hand. It’s always a surprise to find a sea fish in a river...
Ways and Means
Photography and filming is a passion for some of the Westcountry Rivers Trust team, with many keen wildlife photographers and our Communications & Marketing Manager holding a Masters in Photography. It should be no surprise then that we jumped at the chance to...
A fish swam past…
Our Head of Fisheries Dr. Bruce Stockley reflects on life returning to a river following a weir removal. While watching a river in July, a small fish swam past me. Its movements were fast, nervous and darting. Not unexpected you'd think, but I was witnessing the...
Fish kill in River Inny
We are saddened by this week's pollution incident in the River Inny, Cornwall, in which hundreds of fish have died. According to a Cornwall Live report, The Environment Agency (EA) discovered several dead fish during a routine monitoring visit on 4 August, with a...
Non-native weevils help to clear Budshead pond of an invasive plant.
[Updated February 2024] North American weevils have been released by the Plymouth River Keepers (PRK) team and their supporters to help clear the Budshead Pond of Water Fern (Azolla filiculoides). The weevils eat this non-native invasive plant, which originates from...
Dartmoor Headwaters
Walkhampton Natural Flood Management - our project report. This Natural Flood Management (NFM) pilot project assessed and mitigated potential flood sources and pathways that contribute to high flows of the Black Brook that can flood domestic properties in Walkhampton...