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If you're interested in wanting to protect our water ways, streams, rivers and also our ocean in the end, maybe wanting ...
09/11/2023

If you're interested in wanting to protect our water ways, streams, rivers and also our ocean in the end, maybe wanting to be involved and a citizen scientist this may be of intrest to you.

Could you be a citizen scientist to help protect our local streams and rivers?

Bristol Avon River Trust are recruiting Volenteers in south Bristol area to become BART River Detectives. Each river detective is assigned a a site on one of the local streams or rivers and will take monthly samples to monitor water quality.

There will be a training workshop at 2.00 pm on Wednesday 15th November Crox Bottom Nature Reserve. At the workshop, Volunteers will learn: how to take water quality samples, choose sites, and pick up their water testing kits.

If you would like to be a River Detecive in the South Bristol Area but cannot make the workshop, please contact Amy (see below) and should be able to make alternative arrangements.

If your interested or have any questions, please contact [email protected]

Kind Regards

Luke, Amy & Bristol Avon River Trust
Bristol Avon Rivers Trust
Bristol Avon Rivers Trust

The woods are covered in beautiful bluebells 🤩 Have you taken any photos of them on your walks? Share in the comments be...
19/04/2022

The woods are covered in beautiful bluebells 🤩 Have you taken any photos of them on your walks? Share in the comments below 📷

Here's 6 facts you may not know about bluebells...

1 - The bluebell has many names: English bluebell, wild hyacinth, wood bell, bell bottle, Cuckoo’s Boots, Wood Hyacinth, Lady’s Nightcap and Witches’ Thimbles, Hyacinthoides non-scripta

2 - It is against the law to intentionally pick, uproot or destroy bluebells

3 - If you plant bluebells, you should make sure it's the English bluebell, not the Spanish version. This is a more vigorous plant and could out-compete our delicate native flower

4 - Almost half the world's bluebells are found in the UK, they’re relatively rare in the rest of the world

5 - Bluebell colonies take a long time to establish - around 5-7 years from seed to flower.

6 - Bluebells can take years to recover after footfall damage. If a bluebell’s leaves are crushed, they die back from lack of food as the leaves cannot photosynthesise.

[Facts source: National Trust Website]

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