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.
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.
Whatever the weather, healthy rivers are always bursting with wildlife. Take a look at why rivers are important and what amazing wildlife can be spotted in and around them by reading this months…
Its has been another fantastic year for Our Love Your Magnificent Severn Campaign with many people dedicating their time to clean up their streets and rivers. Unfortunately, the flooding that…
Love Your Magnificent Severn is back! And this year we have more boats, more support and new innovative ideas for collecting and recording litter in our rivers. Join our Rivers Team to help combat…
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Our summer skies are ringing with the calls of swifts. Numbers build up from the time they first arrive, usually in early May, with waves of younger adult birds arriving later.
Read the latest news from our Rivers Team.
Read the latest news from our Rivers Team.
The White clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) is the UK’s only native species of crayfish and is one of our largest freshwater invertebrates. It is currently facing a number of threats…