BART's Freshwater Ecologist Jess, has been out collecting her volunteer riverfly sample on the Wellow Brook. We're pleased to see a healthy sample with a score of 12. Have you collected your July @riverflies sample yet?!

Volunteers are hard at work monitoring the River Chew for signs of endangered water voles! 🐾🦫 By estimating populations and assessing habitat conditions, we're taking crucial steps to protect these incredible ecosystem engineers.

Volunteers have been helping BART remove a huge amount of Himalayan balsam! Teams worked tirelessly to pull the invasive species, allowing native plants to thrive. A big thank you to AXA, Sector Global, and Stratton Craig for their efforts and support in protecting our rivers.

🌧️🌿 A team from Magor Brewery joined BART for a day of river cleaning along the River Malago. Despite the weather, the team worked hard to remove large amounts of litter, improving the river for wildlife and people. A huge thank you to Magor Brewery for their wonderful efforts!

BART and the Three Brooks conservation group installed brushwood berms to enhance Patchway Brook in Bradley Stoke! These berms will improve water quality, habitats, and flow diversity. Thank you to the volunteers and to our funders South Gloucestershire Council.

Join BART for a day of river cleaning along the Pigeonhouse Stream! We are looking for volunteers to join us to help remove litter from the stream from 10:00am tomorrow in Hartcliffe. Pollution Stops Here – Keep Rivers Clear!

Join Bristol Avon Rivers Trust and Somer Valley Reconnected for an introductory training workshop on the new River Detectives - Flood Watch programme. The event runs from 4-6pm on Thursday 8th of August. Sign up through this EventBrite link: eventbrite.co.uk/e/river-detect…

We talked to the Today program about our Eels in the Classroom project, and how we are helping the critically endangered European Eel in the rivers across the Bristol Avon catchment. You can hear us talk eel from: 2:49:46 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

This year’s Bristol Avon RiverBlitz has been a great success with over 130 volunteers taking part in sampling water quality in their local streams and rivers. The results are now available on our website: bristolavonriverstrust.org/riverblitz-202…

Thank you to Resilient Frome for funding this project. We look forward to continuing with partners to build a wider programme of catchment restoration via the Resilient Frome partnership programme, 1 of 25 projects supported by Defra’s Flood & Coastal Resilience Innovation Fund.

Join BART's River Detectives team to monitor the River Chew! As a River Detective, you'll play a crucial role in protecting our waterways by collecting data on water quality, wildlife, and environmental changes. No prior experience is needed—just a passion for the environment!

Eighteen months ago, we installed berms in the Stoke Brook. Plant, invertebrate, and fish life have all blossomed here by simply making the flow more diverse. This progress shows the impact that small, nature-based interventions can have. Wait for the AFTER!

Join BART's River Detectives team to monitor the River Frome! As a River Detective, you'll play a crucial role in protecting our waterways by collecting data on water quality, wildlife, and environmental changes. No prior experience is needed—just a passion for the environment!

BART's Summer Newsletter is out now! Find out what we've been up to in recent months: river restoration, working with farmers, attending events, taking eels into schools, taking on new staff and more.... Read the newsletter here: bristolavonriverstrust.org/summer-24-news…

We have published our 2024 Riverblitz results! you can find them here: bristolavonriverstrust.org/riverblitz-202…

We visited Belmont Estate's Watercress Farm Site with our Wessex Water Guardians. It was incredibly interesting to see how their rewilding and nature recovery is progressing, particularly the river meandering. Thanks to Belmont for providing such an enriching experience!

During the last week of the school holidays we ran two River dip sessions in Manor woods and Nightingale valley. 🐟 🦂 The kids (and adults) got the opportunity to learn how to perform kick-samples to catch riverfly and other small river fauna, exactly as our ecologists do.

We were at Eat:Chipping Sodbury Last Saturday!🌭 With a tactical position next-door to the sausage roll stand, we engaged with local foodies on the importance work that BART does. Many thanks to the Environment Agency for funding this Bristol Frome based project.

Come and see BART at Victoria Park Festival! BART are hosting a stall on Saturday 14th September to showcase our work throughout the catchment and educate the community on the importance of Sustainable Drainage Systems in urban areas and how you can help our local rivers!

It's pretty obvious whose side The Guardian is on. Where's mention that EDF 🇬🇧 included the fish deterrent to get approval, and later ditched it to boost their profits? Sign the petition here win.newmode.net/hinkley-point-… and share widely! theguardian.com/business/2025/…