Fighting an Alien Invasion
As part of the South Hams River Improvement Project (SHRImP), the Trust has funding available to carry out coppicing works along river banks in the South Hams to improve the light regime to match requirements for fish across their in-stream habitats. Typically, these...
Assessing storm damage to an eel pass
This week, staff from WRT carried out a rescue mission to retrieve a RAM pump for an eel pass which had become damaged and displaced in the recent high flows. The RAM pump had been installed in association with an eel pass on a weir sluice gate. The pump provides a...
Could Salmon be returning to the River Par in Cornwall?
An adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) has been found by the Environment Agency on the river Par, which is thought to be the first adult salmon recorded on the river in recent times. A few juvenile salmon have been found in the river during more recent fisheries...
NEW iGhillie virtual fishing guides out now!
iGhillie Virtual Fishing Guides to the Westcountry Angling Passport We're very excited here at the Trust to announce the launch of five new virtual fishing guides, known as iGhillie guides, to some of the beats available on our Westcountry Angling Passport scheme. The...
Crayfish in Cornwall
Our South Cornwall team made an unusual find this week while carrying out some fish surveys on the rivers of South Cornwall. Matt Healey, Field Officer on the South Cornwall River Improvement Project, said, "We were out doing some electro-fishing when we unexpectedly...
Upstream Thinking wins Living Wetlands Award
Congratulations to South West Water and all our project partners in the Upstream Thinking project, which has won CIWEM’s Living Wetlands Award. The Chartered Institution of Water and Environment Management (CIWEM) has announced that Upstream Thinking has won CIWEM’s...