This is the place for Westcountry Rivers Trust volunteers to chat, exchange ideas and generally have a natter!
Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, UK
Joined January 2015
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Great effort from the #WestcountryCSI people for #Bankholidayblitz - 44 surveys in 1 weekend!! Thanks to everyone who took part, what an amazing way to take a snapshot of our #environment. Map below shows #water temperatures for this amazingly warm weekend! #data #citizenscience
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What a way to round off the weekend. @RiverGeeks_WRT #WestcountryCSI #BankHolidayBlitz the River Neet (or Strat) upstream of #Bude
Get involved with our first ever Westcountry CSI blitz! Visit your favourite river and look out for wildlife and sign of pollution. Sign up here wrt.org.uk/become-a-citizen-… #citizenscience #waterquality #wildlife #bankholiday #getinvolved
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Stunning photo from one of our citizen scientists on the River Barle! Do you have a favourite river spot you'd like to keep an eye on? Why not join us... wrt.org.uk/become-a-citizen-… #WestcountryCSI #CitizenScience #GetInvolved #Nature #Science #Devon #Cornwall #Somerset
Lovely picture taken by one of our CSI'ers on Harpers Lakes in Exeter. Our CSI scheme is a great way to spot wildlife! @WestcountryRT
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@RiverGeeks_WRT Winter is over (I think) so this fence is coming down soon. If you look out into the field (1st photo), the crop cover seems OK, but my analysis of photo 2 shows there is still <50% of the soils covered #protectthesoils
We love seeing photos of the streams you live near and care about! If you fancy getting involved where you live, email [email protected] or visit wrt.org.uk/become-a-citizen-… #WestcountryCSI #CitizenScience teapaw.org/SimonBrowning4/status/…
My turn to review and approve #WestcountryCSI surveys today, we're getting more in each time! Special thanks to Ken - prolific on the upper #Exe and tributaries - #waterquality looking good, and Ken's pics are always a treat! @WestcountryRT @RiverGeeks_WRT
Looking forward to seeing the results of this soil health trial! #soils #soilscience @WestcountryRT teapaw.org/catchmentyog/status/97…
@WRT_Rivergeeks well that seems to have gone quick. The 1 year garden #ZEBA trial is over! Need to take a look at the stats now (when I get five mins).
Westcountry CSI volunteers - don't forget that any equipment you use to collect or test your samples should be checked, cleaned and dried afterwards to prevent the spread of invasives! #InvasivesWeek teapaw.org/EnvAgency/status/97756…
#InvasivesWeek is bringing together a range of organisations to raise awareness of invasive non-native species and inspire people to stop the spread! @CheckCleanDryGB
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Brilliant job from the Crackington CSI team! #citizenscience #community teapaw.org/SimonBrowning4/status/…
A massive 'thank you' to our intrepid @WestcountryRT #WestcountryCSI #CitizenScientists Just reviewing the latest surveys and there are some great photos coming through like this one of the Ludon Stream, Crackington. Looking pretty good on the #WQ front too!
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One of our farm advisors, Yog, has been out in East Devon searching for opportunities to alleviate flooding through natural measures. @catchmentyog @WestcountryRT teapaw.org/catchmentyog/status/97…
#WRT_Rivergeeks great day so far with @Stroud_SuDS looking at options for #EastDevonCABA. Great NFM options embedded in the landscape.
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A pied wagtail was recently spotted by one of our new volunteers near Widemouth Bay, as well as signs of plastic pollution from recent high tides/flooding. #WestcountryCSI #citizenscience
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High flows recorded at one of the Hartland coastal streams in a recent survey by one of our dedicated Westcountry CSI volunteers! #WestcountryCSI #citizenscience
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Beautiful old bridge over a beautiful river teapaw.org/RachelBurch2/status/96…
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Jealous of @Enviro_Jim getting to work by the river yesterday, If you want to be involved in monitoring our rivers get inolved at wrt.org.uk/get-involved/ #river #citizenscience teapaw.org/Enviro_Jim/status/9667…
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I recently tweeted about a sediment trap and sediment captured. I mistakenly attributed this to @DevonWildlife when it was actually done by @WestcountryRT and Catchment Sensing Farming. Apologies to those who did this impressive work. teapaw.org/Sediment_Mattrs/status…
Thanks to @DevonWildlife for your tweet showing the accumulation behind your sediment trap. Got me thinking about Catchment Management and the need to consider timing, temporpal variation and spatial variation in developing solution for diffuse pollution linkedin.com/pulse/catchment…
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Our Chair @emmahowardboyd has called on #water companies & farmers to cut pollution incidents as we publish our new report on water quality: bit.ly/2Hu3cif #environment
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Still surprising we need to explain this, but I still see the evidence of this in my rivers all too frequently. #Pleasestop #onlyraindownthedrain teapaw.org/EnvAgency/status/96553…
Drains are designed to carry rainwater and lead directly to rivers & the sea. We want to keep the #environment healthy. Help us. Never pour any pollutants like engine oil or paint down the drain - it damages #water quality & harms #wildlife
Only #RainDownTheDrain #binit4beaches
