Rivers
From otters to freshwater shrimps, all animals are dependant on an abundant and reliable supply of clean water. Rivers sustain the natural environment, wildlife and people in equal measure.
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Healthy rivers
This link will open on the Cumbria Wildlife Trust website.
Elizabeth Radford, CEO of Eden Rivers Trust will talk about healthy rivers, pollution and what can be done about it.
River Action, On a Mission to Rescue Our Rivers
This link will open on the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust website.
River Action is a small and agile campaigning organisation on a mission to rescue Britain’s rivers from a cocktail of pollutants
Chalk rivers
Cool, crystal-clear waters flow over gravelly beds, streaming through white-flowered water-crowfoot and watercress in serene lowland landscapes.
Shocking state of England’s rivers
As the Environment Agency release figures today that reveal just 17% of England’s rivers are in good health, the Blueprint for Water coalition is urging communities across England to make a stand…
Managing Highway Runoff Pollution in Rivers
This link will open on the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust website.
Water running off roads and into rivers can bring with it a toxic cocktail of pollutants. Can we tackle this pressure on our watercourses?
Work of the Severn Rivers Trust
This link will open on the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust website.
Learn more about this charity's work to protect the River Severn.
D-Day fails for rivers, lakes and coast
Today marks the day by which rivers, lakes, estuaries, coastal and underground waters across England and Wales should, according to legislation, be in good condition – but the reality is that…
Targets to improve rivers are at risk as farm funding pledges are watered down
Rivers are in a bad way – politicians must help farmers prevent pollution, writes Ali Morse...
River Arrow
This link will open on the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust website.
Beautiful stretches of river, meadows and woodland
Nature Recovery Fund : Help Radnorshire's Rivers!
RWT's Rivers appeal
Radnorshire Wildlife Trust
River lamprey
The river lamprey is a primitive, jawless fish, with a round, sucker-mouth which it uses to attach to other fish to feed from them. Adults live in the sea and return to freshwater to spawn.