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Conserving the Devonshire Avon from source to sea

Month: May 2010

DWARF SPIKE-RUSH

Following from interest at  past Avon Estuary Forum meetings, Gordon Waterhouse has offered to lead an expedition into the mud at Aveton Gifford to find the Dwarf Spike-Rush, a highly unusual perennial plant in this part of the world.  The landowner has kindly granted...

AN ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER? YOU JUDGE!

If you have read the article about trout farming downstream of Loddiswell (see ECOLOGY/FISHING/ TROUT FARMING AT LODDISWELL - AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM) you will be familiar with our arguments against granting the owner a permit to run a fish farm here.   The aerial...

Balsam ‘bashing’ working party – Hazelwood House

Our leaflet about the local environmental problems posed by Himalayan Balsam (see ECOLOGY/INVASIVE WEEDS) has already generated a lot of interest and we are planning our first ‘balsam bashing’ working party .  From the wealth of sites on the Avon requiring attention,...

TROUBLE ON THE RIVER?

To report any water quality-  or wildlife-related incident call FREEPHONE 0800807060 for THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY, open 24/7 - see our ECOLOGY page.    It is important that you act without delay to prevent possible damage to the river's ecology. You will be asked about...

BEACH CLEAN – COCKLERIDGE

Next Sunday, 23rd May, we hope to see as many of you as possible helping to clean up the beach at Cockleridge, weather permitting.  This is one of our regular, quarterly, ACA Cockleridge  efforts in association with the Marine Conservation Society and organised by...

A conservation policy for Salmon and Sea Trout in the Avon

The ACA is very grateful to Mick Loates for allowing us to include his personal recollections of fishing for salmon and sea trout on the Avon (go to ECOLOGY/FISHING).  His observations make an interesting counterbalance to the fish numbers reported by the Environment...

AVON GUIDED WALK

 Kingsbridge Natural History Society has arranged a guided walk along the River Avon, led by Gordon Waterhouse.  Avon Mill has kindly agreed to parking in their car park and this is where the walk will begin:  24th May 2010, 1800 (6pm).

Salmon and trout numbers

The attached review of Environment Agency data on fish stocks in the Avon may be of interest - click here to read the document  - RIVER AVON FISH CATCHES.    We often are told how things aren’t what they used to be but, in recent years, salmonid stocks in the Avon are...

‘BLUEBELL’ PICNIC

Once again our luck held and, on 12th May, 18 hardy souls were able to enjoy a sunny spell, a stroll, a sandwich and each other's company in Stiddicombe Wood, admiring the bench the ACA purchased as a memorial to past chairman, John Crawford.   Some even brought their...

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