Restore the River - Taff Bargoed - Adfer yr Afon

River restoration project in Merthyr Tydfil - across catchment of Taff Bargoed.
Prosiect adfer afon ym Merthyr Tudful – ledled dalgylch system afon Taf Bargoed.

[Karen Shackleton🍃💚🍃🇺🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺 @KarenShackleto5]

Just had a letter from a woman who read my story in this months Good Housekeeping magazine and wants to now start campaigning to clean up her river (which sounds in a dreadful state). Chuffed to bits it's inspiring others to take up the cause, makes the effort worthwhile.

[Colliery Spoil Biodiversity Initiative @collieryspoil]

The beautiful Cobalt Crust Fungus (Terana caerulea) at Coedely Colliery this morning. One to keep an eye out for in scrub/woodland on colliery spoil.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Southern Water discharged 'five MONTHS' worth of raw sewage at bathing beaches in the first eight days of November."

Fined £93,464,000 since 2010 for breaking environment law. Fines are clearly no deterrent.

We must make directors personally liable.

https://t.co/yTKCmLkNbL

[The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @TBIJ]

🔴 NEW INVESTIGATION

Swimming in superbugs: MRSA and E coli found in British rivers 🔗 https://t.co/7jT2WNcDHK

[Colliery Spoil Biodiversity Initiative @collieryspoil]

Exciting to find the Celtic Ghost Millipede (Psichrosoma cf breuili) this week on a coal tip above Clydach Vale, Rhondda. This is just the 4th known location (globally!) for this millipede that was found new to science (by Christian Owen) from a site near Newbridge in 2015.

[Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park @BannauB]

Outdoor Leader - Free Training

[Restore the River - Taff Bargoed - Adfer yr Afon @RestoreTheRiver]

Nice tip from Butterfly Conservation on improving habitat for butterflies after #BigButterflyCount:

“cultivate Holly and flowering Ivy ... grow Hop, elms and nettles. Gardens that are wildlife friendly can provide vital habitat, allowing them space to feed, breed and shelter.”

[SOS Whitstable @SOSWhitstable]

Astonishing, we've almost got a full house.

Of the 86 bathing sites on the @SouthernWater map, 78 are showing sewage releases 💩

If we manually add 'non-impacting' releases, we're down to 3 unpolluted locations in Kent, Sussex and Hampshire.

Difficult to know what to say 🤷‍♂️

[Surfers Against Sewage @sascampaigns]

Profiteering water companies. Toothless regulators. A complacent government. All turning a blind eye.

2.7m hours of sewage were pumped into the sea last year, poisoning precious ecosystems and making people sick. 🤢

This must stop. 💩😡

#EndSewagePollution

[Surfers Against Sewage @sascampaigns]

🚨🚨🚨 Shit day to go for a swim in the south... 💩❌

#EndSewagePollution

[21st Century City @urbanthoughts11]

Selling this as freedom to people in cities was one of the most impressive publicity stunts of the 20th century

[Trent Rivers Trust @Trent_R_Trust]

This brook in Coton on Elms was destined for a concrete makeover, as the wood installation supporting the bank had become dilapidated.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

At what point does @10DowningStreet realise that the water industry is helping bring down the government?

Even @BritishVogue are currently reporting that someone "Swimming at St Leonards-on-Sea", "was hospitalised... after swallowing sewage". Game over!

https://t.co/GyvqONcFAW

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Looks like the European Commission has had enough. And why wouldn't you.

[CefnGarthenor @CefnGarthenor]

Two new #ecosystemengineers appointed at Cefn Garthenor. The #tamworthpigs got straight to work, rootling, wallowing and generally disturbing the landscape here in #ceredigion. For the full low down see our blog https://t.co/IcTlAO3nVj

[Iolo Williams @IoloWilliams2]

More trees needed in more towns & cities

[UK National River Flow Archive at UKCEH @UK_NRFA]

The Hydrological Summary for July 2022 has been published! #riverflow #rainfall #reservoirs #groundwater #UKSCAPE

➡️https://t.co/KRNNfqrK6T

💧UK rainfall was 56% of the July average
🚨River levels continued to recede in July and were widely below average

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Devon beach closed due to sewage.

As exposed in today's @DailyMailUK local water company @SouthWestWater paid shareholders a 'special dividend' of £1.5bn 3 times more than their investment in things fixing the sewage network. @neilcraven1 @highamnews

https://t.co/B67WzUXI3V

[Tony Juniper @TonyJuniper]

Build Back Wetter https://t.co/JrQXOuy4Iw