Elver year for Elvers?
Elvers arrive in Norfolk coastal waters in late spring after a monumental journey back from the Sargasso Sea, but runs of these tenacious juvenile eels have been in severe decline since the 1980s. This year,...
Author: riverglaven
White-clawed Crayfish: bust to boom
In 1983, Norfolk naturalist Roy Baker, published an article in the Transactions of the Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists Society which talked on the the white-clawed crayfish (Austropotambius pallipes) in Norfolk. For the River Glaven it...
Threats to the upper Glaven ecological network: Orsted Energy cable route
The Upper Glaven system above Selbrigg Pond in the Bodham-Baconsthorpe area consists of a mosaic of very valuable linked up aquatic, semi-aquatic and terrestrial wildlife habitats. In addition it harbours many important species of high conservation importance,...
First Glaven elver of 2016!
Out latest Blog Post comes from RGCG commitee member Willie Brownlow who is running the Glaven elver trap at Glandford Mill. This is the trap’s third year and the results are providing vital information to...
Seven Ponds in Seven Days
Next week the recently launched Norfolk Ponds Project will take on the challenge of restoring seven ponds in seven days and we invite people to come and see what we are up to: 20th September...
Congratulations to Natural Surroundings
A massive congratulations to the team at Natural Surroundings who recently won a biodiversity award from the Norfolk Biodiversity Partnership. The award was for Outstanding Land-manager. Natural Surroundings is situated close to the River Glaven...
The Glaven eel project – the elvers are running!
This year has seen the start of a Heritage Lottery funded eel project on the Glaven – a partnership between the Norfolk Rivers Trust, Norfolk Coast Partnership, River Glaven Conservation Group, Cefas, Environment Agency and...
Elvers and crayfish in 2014
2014 was a busy year for the RGCG. We were involved in a big river restoration at Bayfield, the de-silting of Selbrigg Pond and lots of other work pushed forward by the brilliant Norfolk Rivers...
Elver news fresh from Glandford Mill
The great news yesterday was that Willie Brownlow recorded the first elver in the trap we installed in Glandford Mill on 15th April. Hooray! And well done to Willie (and Robin Combe), for emptying the...
The Glaven elver run
In June 2013 elvers were seen in a small Glaven tributary stream in the Letheringsett area – the first report of them in the river for many years. In fact last year was a great...