BART have been busy over the last few months undertaking a variety of river surveys on Duchy of Cornwall estate land near to Bath, including: In-stream and riparian habitat surveys Surrounding land use investigations to assess impacts on water quality. Water quality monitoring Macroinvertebrate surveys Macrophyte surveys Riparian tree surveys Findings from these surveys will…
BART have completed the first phase of the pilot Your Fisheries Pilot project which is taking place across the country on behalf of the Rivers Trust, Angling Trust and Environment Agency. This first phase was funded by the Bristol Avon Catchment Partnership of which BART is a member. We will be continuing this project and…
Our Aquatic Ecologist, Jess, and Project Officer Harriet have been out on both the Corston and Newton Brook near Bath doing a variety of walkover surveys. This will help us to gain more understanding of the issues facing these rivers, and identify opportunity areas for improvements. The surveys included habitat walkovers, water quality monitoring and…
This BART worked with Five Rivers Environmental Contractors carrying out electrofishing surveys along the Midford Brook and Wellow Brook near to Bath. These surveys were conducted at a number of sites to collect valuable data and increase our fisheries knowledge in the Catchment for a variety of reasons. Firstly, as pre-project monitoring, to determine species…
We love being able to give local community groups a hand, especially when they’re doing something to help the river! Our Project Officer Harriet went to get her hands dirty on a litter pick set up by the Frome Fairies, a group of local people who do all they can to keep the River Frome…