The National Biodiversity Data Centre and the Centre for Environmental Data and Recording for Northern Ireland (CEDaR) are launching a new all-Ireland survey of Dragonflies and Damselflies. The survey – ‘Dragonfly Ireland 2019 – 2024’ – enables and encourages volunteer citizen scientists to record sightings of Dragonflies and Damselflies, and to assess the state of […]
The River Test is one of UK’s most famous, if not the most famous, trout river in the country; yet S&TC have significant evidence that it is sadly in decline. Furthermore, S&TC can now point the finger firmly in the direction of Chilbolton and Fullerton Waste Water Sewage Works; or, more aptly, the permits which legally condone […]
The European Parliament has ordered an eagerly-awaited study on recreational sea fisheries. The survey, which has been called for by both the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA) and the European Anglers Alliance (EAA) for more than a decade, will give law-makers in Brussels previously unresearched information on the scale and economic value of the […]
For the first time the once pristine, gin-clear English chalkstreams and rivers have been put under the microscope in a national survey to compare and investigate whether they are as healthy as they should be. And the results are truly shocking. The 2015 Riverfly Census, undertaken by Salmon & Trout Conservation UK (S&TC UK) has […]