Mark Dye

Strategic communications for brands and agencies. Former journalist and PR agency owner. Chalkstream defender @gaywoodriver Paints a bit. North West Norfolk.

[James Pearce @JamesPearceLFC]

“During our best times was there a better left-back in world football? I don’t think so. When you look at what Robbo cost and what he’s given Liverpool, pound for pound, he has to be one of the best transfers in the club’s history.”

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[Mark Dye @markjdye]

@RussellB1ggs @GaywoodRiver @Morrisons @Matalan Utterly disgusting.

[Mark Dye @markjdye]

So upsetting. Not really a small localised problem is it…

[Russell ChalkStreamsInCrisis 🦇🦎🦇🦎 @RussellB1ggs]

@GaywoodRiver @N_Rivers_Trust @NorfolkWT @LucyCLynnNews @UnderwaterMedia @WestNorfolkRob @jamesowild @markjdye @WindrushWasp @OSennitt A few of the creatures I no longer find in the Gaywood River Water Scorpion😍Stoneflies😍Bullheads (Miller’s Thumb)😍+I can’t remember the last time I actually caught a Mayfly☹️These iconic Chalk stream species need unpolluted water🧐I do catch loads of Brown Algae scum 🤮

[Mark Dye @markjdye]

Further proof, as if it were needed, of a river in decline.

[Gaywood River Revival @GaywoodRiver]

On Saturday, we carried out #RiverFly tests to ascertain the health of the #GaywoodRiver as it flows through #DerbyFen, a SSSI. What we discovered was troubling… #chalkstreams #rivers #KingsLynn #westnorfolk

[Russell ChalkStreamsInCrisis 🦇🦎🦇🦎 @RussellB1ggs]

#ChalkStreams @EmmaforWycombe @DefraGovUK Approximately 220 Rare Chalk streams in England but only 11 have partial protection through SSSI classification🧐@UKLabour if you really care about the environment then everyone should be protected 🙏The River Babingley Norfolk 😍

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Fish farms and pollution in Scotland."

Meanwhile in that idilic paradise north of the border.....

Atlantic salmon are on the brink of extinction yet salmon farms in Scotland are still allowed to dump the equivalent of 2.5 million people sh*tting directly into the sea, all of it untreated.

https://t.co/aGeZBul0ut

[Gaywood River Revival @GaywoodRiver]

And there you have it folks, as we’ve said, this is not a “small localised problem”, but multi-year evidence of a river in decline. #gaywoodriver

[Mark Dye @markjdye]

Get involved folks. The whole water industry is an utter shambles and we need urgent change to save our rivers and chalk streams as well as safeguarding our water. #sewagescandal #dirtybusiness

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Our petition has now smashed through the 100,000 barrier, 116,000 and still rising but not a peep out of govt, not a word about our debate in parliament just a weedy nonsensical, misleading reply.

We're not having it. Windrush Against Sewage #DirtyBusiness has written to the Secretary of State demanding we be allowed a right to reply, to be allowed a rebuttal especially since "Government's response started with two big lies".

More below. 👇👇👇

https://t.co/SoOdXCfhqu

[Mark Dye @markjdye]

Hard to believe a retired scientist believes that thousands of litres of sewage pouring into a river during the past decade would be just a “small localised problem”… Utterly baffling in fact.
#chalkstreams #gaywoodriver

[Gaywood River Revival @GaywoodRiver]

Retired biologist suggests chronic pollution from sewage treatment works is “small localised problem” which has little effect on river's health.

Citizen scientists say, "Anecdote cannot outweigh data.” https://t.co/Du3a4EKoEp #chalkstreams #gaywoodriver #rivers @WindrushWasp

[Mark Dye @markjdye]

The man makes a good point. Indefensible. #sewagescandal

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Southern Water admits sewage pollution which occurred weeks after record fine."

In 2021 Southern Water was fined £90,000,000 for illegally dumping sewage into the environment on almost 7,000 separate occasions.

They have now also admitted that for the following 2 years they kept on illegally dumping sewage into Swalecliffe Brook in Whitstable and Faversham Creek causing fish kills and widespread devastation.

Can someone explain to me why the CEO and directors aren't going to jail for this?

https://t.co/wSr8NwpyQM

[Mark Dye @markjdye]

I encourage you to get onboard and sign this.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

I need 100,000 signatures to win a parliamentary debate about the ownership of the water industry.

Do your thing internet.

https://t.co/kZz1cXBtz3

[Russell ChalkStreamsInCrisis 🦇🦎🦇🦎 @RussellB1ggs]

OMG I’d heard it was added to drinking water but didn’t realise it would be this high 😱maxed out my Low range tester but ironically got 2.5 using the High range tester 🤔@AnglianWater what’s the safe level ? Followers🙏let me know how much Phosphate is in your tap water

[Russell ChalkStreamsInCrisis 🦇🦎🦇🦎 @RussellB1ggs]

🤔Biggest polluter,Biggest Fish kill, Biggest manipulator of Storm flow figures,Biggest discharge of💩into Sea/Rivers,Biggest bill increase,Biggest CEO bonus🧐there’s countless categories & I wouldn’t be prepared to sit through 24 hours of awards @WaterUK #SewageScandal

[Russell ChalkStreamsInCrisis 🦇🦎🦇🦎 @RussellB1ggs]

The Gaywood River☹️classified as being in Good ecological condition by @EnvAgencyAnglia 🤔plants & riverbed coated in Brown Algae scum due to high Phosphate levels @AnglianWater if you really care about #ChalkStreams then install a Phosphate stripper @GaywoodRiver @N_Rivers_Trust

[Gaywood River Revival @GaywoodRiver]

What the man said. And as with our recent walk throughs and testing, zero signs of the brown trout we used to see at points on this walk…

[Mark Dye @markjdye]

I do love a good comedy evening. Seems to be missing awards for ‘Best Polluter in a leading role’ and ‘Best CSO data editing’ though… @RussellB1ggs

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Water Industry Awards 2026 finalists."

Damn it, again, still no nomination. I'm going to have to start taking this personally.

Maybe I should give them a ring, see if they would like me to compare it?

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Way to go @WATERSHED_i 👏👏👏 North London is rooting for you....

[Mark Dye @markjdye]

Extraordinary. And it certainly wasn’t perfect. #LFC

[Windrush WASP @WindrushWasp]

When do we stop describing water company shareholders that invest nothing but extract our cash and drive our companies into the ditch as 'investors' and start using the more accurate term, 'parasites'?

Do we want parasites in our water?

Sign the petition to get the choice. https://t.co/J5ADoh2hre

https://t.co/a80NSJ5uCW

[Mark Dye @markjdye]

This really does show how dry it is across West Norfolk at the moment.

[Russell ChalkStreamsInCrisis 🦇🦎🦇🦎 @RussellB1ggs]

Natterjack Toad breeding season will be happening now & zero water in any of the ponds ☹️@NorfolkWT