Our February newsletter shares how Natural Flood Management, science, and community action are helping restore healthier rivers and protect communities. Read it here: mailchi.mp/southeastriv... or sign up here: www.southeastriverstrust.org/mailing-list

Flood risk is increasing — highlighting the importance of responsible planning and resilient landscapes. Natural Flood Management helps restore natural river processes, slowing and storing water to help reduce flooding in existing flood prone communities. #NaturalFloodManagement #FloodResilience

You can play a direct role in restoring your local river 💧 Upcoming events: 🧤 River clean-up — Crawley 🔎 Outfall Safari — Morden Hall Park 🌿 River restoration — Morden Hall Park 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Activity Day — Wokingham 🐟 Eel monitoring — East Molesey Find events near you: southeastriverstrust.org/events

Can slowing water upstream reduce flooding downstream? 💧 On Pipp Brook in Dorking, we’re installing Leaky Woody Dams — simple, nature-based structures that slow the flow, store water higher up the catchment and improve habitat. Watch to see NFM in action 🎥 #NaturalFloodManagement

🌟 #WomenInScience 🌟 Meet Cacey Cottrill, our new Eden Catchment & Cluster Officer, working with partners across the River Eden and the Eden Valley Farm Cluster to help create healthier, more resilient rivers for people and nature. 💧🌿#EveryVoiceInScience

Spring is on the horizon — We're offering free, curriculum-linked river education for schools across the Loddon, Medway and Rother catchments (plus Surrey & Wokingham). Assemblies, river walks and river dipping — all local, no transport costs. [email protected]

Happy #WorldWetlandsDay 🌍🌱 At Chamber Mead, wetlands are doing brilliant work for the Hogsmill — cleaning water, storing carbon and creating space for wildlife to thrive. They’ve also helped bring water voles back to the river after 20+ years 🦦💙

Flooding. Water quality. Nature-based solutions. And the evidence showing what works for rivers. Our January newsletter brings together the latest updates from across the South East. 👉Read here: mailchi.mp/southeastriv... or sign up: southeastriverstrust.org/mailing-list

Rainy days show why working with nature matters 🌧️🌿 At Green Farm, hosted by Kent Wildlife Trust & funded by Southern Water, NFM features were slowing flows, storing water and boosting habitat. A great example of partnership working and why scaling up NbS matters.

Flood warnings are in place across the South East after Storm Chandra. 🌧️ On the upper River Mole, nature-based solutions are already working: a leaky dam in Ruben’s Ghyll is holding back fast-rising water, while 600+ new hedgerow whips over 250m help slow runoff and protect communities. #SlowTheFlow

Turning donations into data – and data into action for the River Wandle 💧 Thanks to Crowdfunder support, we’ve carried out sediment testing at 10 sites to understand pollution pressures and target restoration where it will make the biggest difference for wildlife and river resilience.

#ThrowbackThursday to 5 July at Capel Village Fete, sharing our Natural Flood Management project on the Alder Stream 🌿 Locals were amazed by the variety of life in their stream — proof that healthy rivers are full of surprises. 🐟 bit.ly/NFMMedway #Medway #FloodResilience

The @naturalengland.bsky.social #SpeciesRecoveryProgramme has invested £13m to help 150+ threatened species across England. On the Hogsmill, it’s enabling our WET Hogsmill project: 🐾 Reintroduce water voles 🌿 Create habitats for European eel & brown/sea trout 🦔 Build a wildlife pass under the A3

🌿 #TransformationTuesday 🌿 From desks to wellies! 💪 During the recent SERT away day, we planted 2,400 wetland plants, across 12 native species at Coldharbour Farm, Kent — creating habitats & boosting biodiversity. 🦋 Rivers & wetlands transformed for wildlife & communities.

Are rivers now getting the recognition they deserve? 📍 River Test just gained legal rights to flow freely + cleanly 📍 River Ouse made history last year 📚 Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social explores this global movement 📢 Petition now live: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

💧 Big impact for UK #rivers— including here in the #SouthEast! 🧪 1,300+ pollution interventions 🌱 340 hectares of improved habitat 👀 2,800+ citizen scientists 🏞 900+km of river monitored We're proud to be part of the movement. Read the report here: theriverstrust.org/our-work/our...

💧 It all flows to the river. This #PlasticFreeJuly, we’re sharing simple swaps to cut plastic waste and protect the South East’s rivers. Every bit of plastic we use can end up in our waterways—harming wildlife & polluting habitats. 🌿 Let’s be part of the change. #ProtectOurRivers

🌊 The UK River Summit returns! 📍 Morden Hall Park 🗓 Tues 8 July Join SERT’s in-river workshops—fish surveys, riverfly monitoring, & restoration demos—and connect with experts working to protect our rivers. 🎟 Details: theriversummit.com #UKRiverSummit #ProtectOurRivers

💧 On scorching days like today, it’s clear our rivers can’t cope with drought or floods. Only 1/3 of river stretches are in good health. We must make #spaceforwater: buffers, wetlands, trees. Govt must back farmers to restore rivers at scale. Sign the petition: makingspaceforwater.com

🌿🎨 Nature meets creativity! During one of our Project Kingfisher education sessions, students created stunning nature art inspired by the river’s wildlife. 🦋 Can you guess which species sparked their imagination? #InsectWeek

Did you know that European Eels are critically endangered? Join us to help monitor them with @zslofficial.bsky.social We’ll train you to check traps, record data & release eels as part of the Thames Eel Project. 📅 22 July 📍 Molesey Lock Sign up: bit.ly/EelMonitorJu... #Surrey #Volunteer

💧Last week we launched Making Space for Water. This week we took the campaign to the Houses of Parliament. Here's why we are asking government to make #SpaceForWater and restore our rivers with nature-rich corridors, and why we think you should too ‪@nationaltrust.org.uk‬ @beavertrust.bsky.social‬

The EA report states: "The nation’s water resources are under huge and steadily increasing pressure." But there are solutions. At West Pikefish Farm, we've helped restore a floodplain on the River Teise to: 💧 Store 4,000m³ of water 🚫 Reduce summer abstraction Find out how: bit.ly/WestPikefish...

We joined the @nationaltrust.org.uk to celebrate 130 years of protecting nature 👏Steve Reed MP named Sissinghurst as one of his favourite spots—especially, Frogmead Meadow, a SERT project: ✅ 2,600m³ flood storage ✅ Wetland habitat restored ✅ 200k+ people reached #SpaceForWater #NFM

💧 Our rivers are in trouble. But there’s hope. We’re supporting the new #SpaceForWater campaign to restore rivers through nature-rich corridors that boost biodiversity, reduce pollution, and help tackle drought and flooding. Join the campaign: bit.ly/SpaceforWate...

We’re teaming up with CGI to test an innovative approach to tracking invasive Himalayan balsam using satellite imagery, citizen science, and AI. Join us for a training session on the Hogsmill River to help build a detection model that can spot this invasive species from space: bit.ly/HBSatelliteA...

Accountability is a step forward—but the real work lies ahead. In the South East, small-scale pollution + rising drought risks threaten river health. We need action that protects rivers and builds long-term water resilience. 💧 #WaterResilience #Rivers #SERT

Over 25 sacks of litter — and two e-bikes — were pulled from the banks of the River Wandle in just 90 minutes during yesterday’s volunteer clean-up. 💪💧 Huge thanks to everyone who rolled up their sleeves! Help save your local river: southeastriverstrust.org/volunteer #RiverCleanUp

💧 New wetland alert! Coldharbour Farm in the River Sherway catchment is a nature-based success story 🌿 ✔️ 5,300m³/yr Replenish ✔️ Flood resilience ✔️ Rare bird habitat Thanks @sainsburys.bsky.social & @theriverstrust.bsky.social 🙌 bit.ly/ColdharbourF... #WetlandRestoration #NatureBasedSolutions

Our Director of Water, Land & Catchments visited the House of Commons to represent SERT in key talks with MPs about the future of our rivers. With many chalk streams in South East constituencies, urgent action is needed to protect and restore these rare ecosystems. #Rivers #ChalkStreams

We agree with our friends at The Rivers Trust — this doesn’t go far enough. We need: 🔎 Stronger river health monitoring (including citizen science) 📈 Ambitious action on agriculture, urban runoff, and highways, not just water companies 💪 Clear government commitment to bold, urgent change

Address road runoff pollution - when @seriverstrust.bsky.social introduced one single road runoff filtration device on the River Waddle in South London, it improved water quality so much, trout began returning after a 90 year absence. 3/ www.southeastriverstrust.org/banging-the-...

It's your last chance to sign up to our water vole reintroduction and habitat restoration talk at Bourne Hall this evening! Find out more about the exciting water vole reintroduction to the Hogsmill River this summer🌿🐾 🎟️Book your free tickets here: https://ow.ly/kEE350VLSki

Join the SERT team, and partners, tomorrow evening to find out how you can be part of the team that reintroduces water voles to a rare chalk stream. We're looking forward to meeting you there and chatting all things river restoration, Get InVOLEd! #Volunteer #Conservation

Last week, we were joined by the Deputy Mayor of London, the Mayor of Bromley, & brilliant #volunteers to plant up the new Cray #wetlands at Riverside Gardens! A huge step for wildlife & water quality on the River Cray: bit.ly/CrayWetlandP... @london.gov.uk @metecoban92.bsky.social #conservation

📰 Our May newsletter lands tomorrow! Inside: 🐾 Water voles return to the Hogsmill 🧪 Wandle pollution testing 🌱 1,500 trees planted 📊 Big River Watch results 🧤 Volunteer near you! Sign up: southeastriverstrust.org/mailing-list

We're using eDNA sampling along the #RiverWandle — from Carshalton to Wandsworth — to detect fish, bacteria & algae at a molecular level 🧬🔬 Our mission is to track pollution impacts and build a long-term picture of river health. 📸 Stay tuned for what we find! #eDNA #RiverHealth #UrbanRivers

Trial pits on the River Teise in #Kent are helping us track seasonal water levels 💧 Bonus find: a beautiful layer of blue clay 18" down 💙 It's a natural water-retainer so great for creating wetlands that hold water and support biodiversity! #Wetlands #RiverRestoration

Join our partners @citizenzoo.bsky.social to find out how we're bringing the much-loved (and very cute) water vole back to a rare chalk stream! #conservation #chalkstream #rarespecies

Your local river needs your help, and there's a quick and easy way you can make a difference. Take part in #BigRiverWatch which starts today! ⬇️💙

Join our River Wey partners @waterrangers.bsky.social for a free, family-friendly water testing event: 📅 Friday 26 April, 10am 📍 ZERO #Guildford 🔬 Test real water samples 🧪 See the results instantly 👩‍🔬 Fun, interactive citizen science for all #GreatUKWaterBlitz @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social

With #Easter just around the corner, there's plenty of talk about 🐤! How many 🦆 will you spot during the #BigRiverWatch Download the app and take part in the river survey between 25th April - 1st May: theriverstrust.org/take-action/... @‌theriverstrust

🌳 We planted 1,500 trees along the Alder Stream! With help from amazing volunteers, these trees will: 💧 Slow rainwater run-off 🌊 Reduce flood risk 🌿 Boost biodiversity A big win for people, wildlife & water! #TreePlanting #NaturalFloodManagement #AlderStream #SlowTheFlow

Yes, this is a major issue & there’s no quick fix. We need: 🔹 Upgraded sewage treatment infrastructure 🔹 Restored river ecosystems 🔹 Nature-based solutions like wetlands 🔹 Stronger legislation to tackle pesticides & pharmaceuticals It's a big challenge, but one we must face to protect our rivers.

What a wonderful day talking about #naturebasedsolutions. Chamber Mead #wetland filters over 250 million litres of water to help conserve the Hogsmill River, a rare #chalkstream. Find out more here: southeastriverstrust.org/chamber-mead-wetlands

Baffles, berms & backwaters! Fantastic day spent with @seriverstrust.bsky.social sharing experience on their Chamber Mead wetlands and Hogsmill river projects!💧💪 Some great learning on dead hedges, rock ramp fish passes, and stream restoration 🐟💦👌

Looking for FREE Easter holiday activities for your kids? 👧🧒 Download our Junior River Rangers pack! Explore your local river, complete fun nature challenges, and earn a certificate 🌿 👉 www.southeastriverstrust.org/junior-river... #EasterHolidays #NatureExplorers #RiverRangers

🌿 Big improvements for the River Teise in Kent! We’ve added woody deflectors, brash berms & lunkers to boost flow, clean gravels & create vital habitat for fish and aquatic species. 🐟 Read more: southeastriverstrust.org/projects/tei... #RiverRestoration #Kent

🐟#EDF want to cancel plans for an Acoustic Fish Deterrent that would help prevent millions of fish in the Severn Estuary being sucked into & killed in the water intake pipe. #Biodiversity is in decline. This isn't good enough. Agree? Sign the petition: win.newmode.net/hinkley-poin...