Hampshire Avon Catchment Partnership

We've moved! Please follow the @WessexRivers Twitter account for all things Hampshire Avon!

[Hampshire Avon Catchment Partnership @HAvonCP]

Happy New Year! Just a quick reminder - all Hampshire Avon Catchment Partnership tweets will now be through the @WessexRivers Twitter account.

[FWAG SouthWest @FWAGSouthWest]

From the 7th to 16th Feb 2020, take part in the Big Farmland Bird Count to see how well your conservation schemes are working #FWAGresolutions #BFBC @Gameandwildlife https://t.co/UwdYAZcJIk

[Hampshire Avon Catchment Partnership @HAvonCP]

We are moving! As of 2020, the Hampshire Avon Catchment Partnership will be tweeting through the @WessexRivers feed.

[Wiltshire Rivers @WiltsRivers]

A few stats to sum up what we and our #volunteers have achieved this Autumn across Wiltshire's rivers @WiltsWildlife @HAvonCP

2.8km of river restored
347 posts pounded
1 weir removed
1200t of gravel introduced
32 leaky dams installed
49 woody habitat structures installed

[Salisbury Cathedral @SalisburyCath]

2/3 Next year will celebrate the 800th anniversary of the laying of our foundation stone with ‘Salisbury 2020: City on the Move’, a year-long programme of events with partners throughout the City.

[Hampshire Avon Catchment Partnership @HAvonCP]

An excellent little video from our neighbours at @WestcountryRT explaining how catchment management is key for managing our water resources.

[Laurence Couldrick @LaurenceWRT]

Coming towards the end of phase 2 of #UpstreamThinking and designing phase 3 of this amazing partnership project - watch the video to understand the benefits https://t.co/nqmewlYJq8

[Hampshire Avon Catchment Partnership @HAvonCP]

Do you manage a watercourse? Find out more about the non-native invasive species for free this winter - @WiltsRivers are running a free training course at Studland, nr Poole, Weds 4th Dec (tickets & info https://t.co/vhbm8K9I9e)

[Hampshire Avon Catchment Partnership @HAvonCP]

Thanks to the hard work of our partners and volunteers this autumn, plenty of excellent river restoration work such as this has taken place on the Avon!

[Wiltshire Rivers @WiltsRivers]

Recently introduced woody debris creating great sinuosity within the river channel #riverrestoration @HAvonCP @WiltsWildlife @The_RRC

[Hampshire Avon Catchment Partnership @HAvonCP]

@FishtheNess @WildTroutTrust @ProfColinBean @ProfJGrey @C_Adams1758 @ColinDBull @fms_scotland @marinescotland @BBCSpringwatch @WildlifeMag @AST_Salmon @louisechavarie @ChrisDNessDSFB Great footage! What type of camera setup are you using for filming?

[Jack Perks @JackPerksPhoto]

Roach are an often over looked fish, found in most bodies of freshwater I like to think of them at the robin of the river. bold, common and a dash of red to them.
@theriverstrust @CRTFisheries @WildlifeMag

[Wiltshire Rivers @WiltsRivers]

The rain kept pouring down yesterday but we were still hard at work. Here's @treesandtrout helping us install a hinged tree to help scour the bed, creating excellent spawning habitat for salmonids and introducing an array of micro habitats into the river @HAvonCP @WiltsWildlife

[Wiltshire Rivers @WiltsRivers]

Huge thank you to everyone who helped build #leakydams and skylight at Morningside this week, here's one we made earlier...

Next #riverrestoration project starts on Monday in Wilsford, near Pewsey. Email [email protected] for details
#volunteer #nfm @WiltsWildlife

[Wiltshire Rivers @WiltsRivers]

Here's a couple of pictures from a river restoration project the team ran three years ago on the Bourne. I think we can safely conclude it's been successful... @WiltsWildlife @HAvonCP @WessexRivers #riverrestoration

[Wiltshire Rivers @WiltsRivers]

Fourth project complete for the month. This time we've introduced a formalised dog access point to the river to repair and reinforce the bank to reduce the high rates of erosion and sedimentation caused by dogs getting into and out of the water @WiltsRivers @HAvonCP

[Wiltshire Rivers @WiltsRivers]

Come along and help us to restore this stream on our Morningside Nature Reserve all next week! We'll be building leaky dams out of local woody material and need all the help we can get @WiltsWildlife

Email: [email protected] for more details

[Wiltshire Rivers @WiltsRivers]

Three river restoration projects complete and we've already installed 195m of woody habitat structures into Wiltshire's rivers. Four more projects to go, any guesses on our total length by the end of the delivery period? @WiltsWildlife @HAvonCP

[Mike Blackmore @Blacky_Himself]

Alex and Andy of @WessexRivers release fish unharmed after an electrofish survey at the site one of last year's @HAvonCP river restorations (delivered with @WildTroutTrust and @WiltsRivers)