The Loddon Fisheries & Conservation Consultative are delighted to have been chosen to receive a donation from the organisers of the Swallowfield Show. The 2 day event held every August Bank Holiday is a not-for-profit, family friendly event run by volunteers and members of the Swallowfield Horticultural Society for the benefit of the community and to raise funds for local charities.
The LFCC will use the funds to support habitat improvement projects, water quality monitoring being undertaken by its members, and initiatives aimed at managing invasive species. These are already prime areas that are receiving their attention within the Loddon catchment with the aim to improving the local rivers not simply for the fish but also the wider environment.
Swallowfield Show committee members Barbara & Graham Stanley, meet LFCC Chairman Martin Moore and members of Gresham Angling Society on the banks of the River Lyde. Gresham AS are a founder member of the LFCC and have been active in improving habitat in the River Lyde by creating new gravel beds, intended to encourage typical chalkstream plants and providing additional spawning sites for brown trout.