Salmon’s long journey back to the River Itchen
Atlantic salmon have one of the most remarkable life cycles in the natural world. Born in the clean gravels of rivers like the River Itchen, these powerful fish travel thousands of miles across…
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Save Our Salmon: A Call to Action for the River Itchen’s Endangered Atlantic Salmon
The River Itchen is home to one of the UK’s most remarkable yet threatened species—the Atlantic salmon. These fish, famed for their epic migrations from freshwater to the open ocean and back, have been a vital part of the river’s ecosystem for millennia. However, the future of the Itchen’s salmon is now in jeopardy.
Itchen Abbas Restoration Works
An extensive river restoration project at Itchen Abbas is being carried out by the Wessex Chalk Stream and Rivers Trust, with the approval of the Environment Agency. The area includes land which…
Public urged to keep out of the River Itchen to protect endangered Atlantic salmon
Conservation experts are urging people to keep out of the River Itchen to protect the eggs of endangered Atlantic salmon, which are currently buried in fragile gravel nests known as redds.
Community voices gather to shape river rights for the Itchen and Meon
Local residents joined Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust for a Rights of the River Forum in Winchester
Communities living on Test and Itchen rivers in line for National Lottery support
A new project working with communities to celebrate and protect the headwaters of our Test and Itchen rivers has been given the green light
Water pollution
Rivers are struggling under the effects of pollution with just 14% meeting good environmental standards and none reaching good chemical status. Sewage and urban pollution, agricultural pollution, and industrial pollution all contribute to the problem.
Watercress and Winterbournes
Watercress and Winterbournes was a Landscape Partnership Scheme that is protecting, enhancing, and celebrating seven chalk streams, with support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The 16 partner organisations empowered local communities to restore these special waters, highlight their rich cultural heritage, and safeguard their future.
River lamprey
The river lamprey is a primitive, jawless fish, with a round, sucker-mouth which it uses to attach to other fish to feed from them. Adults live in the sea and return to freshwater to spawn.
Rights of the river
Rivers are living systems, not just resources. The River Rights movement seeks to protect them by recognising their legal personhood, like how corporations can have a distinct legal status.
My Wild Kitchen
In 2021, Emily and her partner took on an allotment. It is an amazing space that has allowed Emily to be more sustainable whilst reaping the well-being benefits of nature. Their next plan is to…
Otterbourne Church of England Primary School go that little deeper to study their local river
Otterbourne Church of England Primary School have embraced learning and discovering the importance of wildlife and the need to protect their local river - the River Itchen.
They have also…