Nicola CrockfordMar 8
Can't believe it's >4 months since last interacted with a #chalkstream! Today explored 3 parallel tributaries of the River Cam: TL is the lovely Hoffer Brook btw Harson & Foxton, rest are the rather pathetic Rhee, TR at Foxton & below at Fowlmere - little more than a ditch. #MyWalk #Rivers 🧵1/10
Show threadAquaClaireMar 9

@numenini.bsky.social Hi Nicola, thanks for documenting your explorations of these #chalkstream tributaries of the #RiverCam - glad to see some trout!
Seeking a map for context, I found these two helpful:
https://www.rivercam.org.uk/our-catchment/
https://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/pvl1//river/map_strategy.jpg

#rivers #Cambridgeshire

Our Catchment – Cam Catchment Partnership

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@numenini.bsky.social Also happy to find the informative website of the Cam Catchment Partnership:
https://www.rivercam.org.uk/
Mar 9 at 11:39amWeb
Show threadAquaClaireMar 9
@numenini.bsky.social ... & the Greater Cambridge Chalkstream Project
https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/greater-cambridge-chalk-stream-project
- talking of regenerative farming & evidence-based restoration, helped by volunteers & citizen science. Here's hoping!
#Cambridge #chalkstream #rivers
Greater Cambridge Chalk Stream Project

Chalk streams are rare and important ecosystems that face many threats. We formed the Greater Cambridge Chalk Stream Project to address these challenges.

Cambridge City Council
Show threadAquaClaireMar 9
@numenini.bsky.social Meanwhile, a delight to see more of the riverlife in your 2024 post about the Shep chalkstream at Fowlmere. Thanks for the real-world observations!
https://bsky.app/profile/numenini.bsky.social/post/3lcjs3u2xuy2q
Nicola Crockford (@numenini.bsky.social)

So lucky @RSPBEngland at Fowlmere owns the headwaters of precious #chalkstream, River Shep, trib. of the Cam. WHY is this gin-clear, trout-filled loveliness permitted to turn into the shame of Cambridge further downstream https://x.com/numenini/status/1692305110565605485? #MySwim... [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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