The contaminated waste piled high in a field near Kidlington is now washing into River Cherwell. In the last 48 hours, the water level has risen 4+ feet and is lapping against the illegal dump. We stand on the edge of an environmental disaster. We need urgent action from the Environment Agency.

Polluter Pays?

Source: GOV.UK

The Brent. A London River.

Watch our little film about the Brent, its beauty, and our battle to defend it from a host of man-made troubles. @thames21.bsky.social @friendsofthethames.bsky.social @brentriverpark.bsky.social @riveractionuk.bsky.social @thatvetsean.bsky.social

Short film by @brentpollution.bsky.social showing how nature miraculously survives amidst the despoilment of the River Brent. Both enraging and uplifting! youtu.be/PNRQGGjAtGI?...

Big clean-up this morning, pulling Lime bikes, tyres, cable and other flytipping from the Brent. Thanks to all.

Looking forward to sharing our punchy short film next Friday. @brentriverpark.bsky.social @riveractionuk.bsky.social @thames21.bsky.social

Late season balsam removal

Clean Up the River Brent #banpolystyrene

Evening balsam team

Come celebrate our #BrentRiverPark 50th Anniversary!🌿🥳🎂Sunday 29th June join us as we unveil new history signs to mark the astonishing vision of Luke FitzHerbert who brought our 7km park to life! Wildlife walks/talks, food, history, arts, writing, fun run, maypole, fundraiser launch and more!💚

Demoiselles on the Brent

Raw sewage being released into the River Brent in West London UK #nature #polition @brentpollution.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=CWP3...

It looks like a rural idyll but this is the Brent by Bittern’s Weir yesterday. Some of the team were helping @brentpollution.bsky.social with river fly monitoring , checking for aquatic larvae which show the health of the river. Pleased to say the count was good this time.

A fabulous piece of writing about rivers and us.

@thames21.bsky.social via the Brent Catchment Partnership has supported this project, which aims to capture and identify surface water run-off inputs into the entire Brent Catchment over this summer. Lucky to be working with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and over 50 Citizen Science Samplers.

The Brent Imperial Run-Off Project is under way. Over 50 samples were taken during the recent showers. We are looking forward to developing the programme over the coming months. @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @brentriverpark.bsky.social @paulpowlesland.bsky.social

What do we think this haul is worth? Aluminium is infinitely recyclable. Why no return scheme? #returnscheme

@naturalengland.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social #SSSI Is this acceptable flowing Day In, Day Out into a SSSI? What can be done?

Birdsong, traffic, reflections of trees in a polluted stream. Sunday morning on the SSSI Welsh Harp Reservoir. What do Natural England, Canal & River Trust, Environment Agency, Brent Council or Thames Water have to say about this?

Dash of Lime for a polluted river?

Giant Hogweed’s Up

Many thanks @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk and @jim.LondonCentric.media for bringing this story to a wider public. @london.gov.uk Mayor Sadiq Khan has quite rightly promised to clean up London’s rivers. Sorting out Misconnections will go a long way towards that.

Well spoken @jim.londoncentric.media on @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk Great interview on this distressing and totally unnecessary poisoning of our urban rivers. youtu.be/r_qEjAdWpfg?...

Lovely natural river on a glorious spring day - watch with sound up! @brentriverpark.bsky.social

Great investigation by @jim.londoncentric.media into the shocking and ongoing pollution of our urban and suburban rivers, so vital for our wellbeing, and for the harmonious functioning of our society.

Great group continuing the clean up of Long Wood Nature Reserve, Boundary Stream, Lower Brent. Many thanks to all. One more session should sort it!

@brentpollution.bsky.social We had a great litter picking event today at Long Wood, a local bluebell Wood and stream. I found an old Tizer bottle and lots of old rubbish. Still probably the same again to pick up. #pollution #nature #Brent #London #Ealing

River and banks clean-up at Greenford Bridge with 15 volunteers. 92 wet wipes counted and removed. @canlager

Sewage from an entire block of flats running directly into the Brent.

Unfashionable Opinion: this is not entirely the fault of Thames Water. No one gets an exemption from our water crisis, neither water companies, nor us. Can we have more Public Information campaigns, please?

Yesterday some of our team joined the amazing Lager Can and @brentpollution.bsky.social on a litter pick in Long Wood. Because it's so close to the M4 the amount of rubbish collected in a morning was alarming. It's a beautiful wood with bluebells in spring and a stream rich in aquatic life.

Moss and polystyrene. Almost, but not quite assimilated. #banpolystyrene

All too common a find, by road and by river, bottles, and bottles, and occasionally catheter bags, of drivers’ urine. The inevitable consequence of a failure to invest in the public sphere. Pollution, waste, mess, crime, the companions of deregulated capitalism.

Great clean-up today at Long Wood. Fab group working together in the rain @brentriverpark.bsky.social

With the opening of the long-awaited new 'super sewer' in London, we have some established speakers to answer the key question - is the new Super Sewer the answ…

As The Brent River Park approaches its 50th Birthday in June, we're allowed to dream a little. This card is from the early 1900's. What if the River Brent could be made clean enough for families to enjoy again? @brentpollution.bsky.social are doing their best but it's hard.

Lovely frosty morning on the Brent. River temp 4 degrees. Outfall water 8. Hmmm #Misconnections We all have a role to play.

Toxic oil enters rivers from the road network. #RunOff

The Lower Brent, Ealing. Much of this fell as rain or snow in Brent, Barnet or Harrow. We need Catchment thinking. Nature doesn’t recognise borough boundaries. #CatchmentAuthorities