5 free online skill-sharing sessions
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BBOWT Community Network is proud to offer 5 free online skill-sharing sessions this winter. Please see attached flyer for information.
Booking at the link below:
Pennywort Post - Autumn 2025
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The latest edition of the Pennywort Post is now available in our downloads section and at the link below.
River Loddon Receives Fish from Environment Agency’s Calverton Fish Farm
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The Environment Agency’s Calverton Fish Farm delivered a batch of coarse fish which were delivered to the River Loddon at Stanford End. Coarse fish which comprised of 18-month-old roach, dace, chub and barbel travelled well in the oxygenated tanks following an early start from Calverton near to Nottingham.
The river Loddon was carrying little flow for the time of year, but the fish which had already grown well in earth ponds over the summer swam off strongly looking for instream cover from plants or woody debris. The stocking was overseen by both the Wellington Estate and Civil Service Anglers.
Barbel released into the Loddon have been marked with blue dye spots on the underneath of the fish. The EA has been working with the Loddon Fisheries and Conservation Consultative on a barbel releasing project for several years now and we have released several batches of fish in different locations in the Loddon Catchment. We hope to learn information on growth rates, survival and how far these fish move up or down stream from the release location. Please can anglers check any barbel captured for blue dye marks, take a photo, length and weight.
Please report captures to Loddon Fisheries and Conservation Consultative LFCC - Welcome to the Loddon Fisheries & Conservation Consultative Report a barbel.
The Environment Agency’s Calverton Fish Farm produces approximately 400,000 coarse fish a year which are distributed around the country to rivers, still waters and waterbodies where habitat improvement work has been carried out, where a fish mortality has occurred or we are trying to develop a fishery.
For any further information please contact
Wish Granted: Saving a Stream at Sandhurst
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Taken from the Wild Trout Trust Blog:
As a national charity, our work takes us to all kinds of interesting places. This autumn, we had the pleasure of visiting a historic institution: the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Surrey. The Academy is most famous for the Officer training it provides to the British Army and over 90 armed forces worldwide. But the 600-acre estate also contains a hidden gem – a River Blackwater tributary called the Wish Stream.
Running for 4.5 kilometres through Surrey and Berkshire, much of the stream snakes through the Academy’s extensive woodland. Below it lies a mixed geology of sand, clay, and gravel, with high iron levels that give the water its slight acidity and reddish-brown tint. However, like rivers all over the country, the Academy’s stretch of the Wish Stream has been heavily modified over the years.
The full article can be read here: https://www.wildtrout.org/wttblog/wish-granted-saving-a-stream-at-sandhurst
Pet Flea & Tick Treatments in UK Waterways.
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Another roadmap to nowhere?
Government publishes plan (from July 2025) to address presence of chemicals from pet flea and tick treatments in UK waterways.
New plans to address the presence of chemicals from flea and tick treatments in rivers and streams across the UK have been unveiled today (Tuesday 22 July).
The initiative by the Cross-Government Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (PiE) Group focuses primarily on two chemicals - fipronil and imidacloprid - commonly used in topical parasite treatments for pets. These medicines play an essential role in protecting both animal and human health against fleas and ticks, however there are growing concerns around the amount of fipronil and imidacloprid finding its way into UK rivers and lakes .
The new roadmap outlines key actions to reduce levels of flea and tick treatments in the environment while protecting animal welfare - which includes commissioning research to better understand this issue and using this evidence to support an international review of environmental risk assessment guidelines . The three key stages of the roadmap are:
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