May 2024 – Alice Wickham, Wilder Rivers in Suffolk, May 2024

Help with species ID: https://www.suffolkbis.org.uk/record/species-id

Grid Reference Finder: https://gridreferencefinder.com/

Catchment Data Explorer – classification of our rivers:
https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/

For information on the fish, plants, invertebrates found in and along our rivers:
https://environment.data.gov.uk/ecology/explorer/

Water Framework Directive
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/water-framework-directive-assessment-estuarine-and-coastal-waters

Citizen Science activity in East Anglia
https://environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2023/09/22/citizen-science-in-east-anglia/

A question not covered involved the increasing pollution of our rivers with pet flea treatments as a result of dogs swimming in rivers. For more information: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/243875/toxic-flea-tick-treatments-polluting-uk/
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/63391

Suffolk Wildlife Trust information on Rivers and work in the county:
https://www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/wilder-rivers

Donating to the Trust’s Rivers Work:
https://www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/water-and-wildlife

Recording your activities via our Team Wilder Map
https://www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/team-wilder

Water Vole:
https://www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/watervole