River Foss Society
@riverfosssociety.bsky.social
Environmental Conservation Organisation
The RFS is a friendly active society, dedicated to the conservation and improvement of the river Foss 🐸
York UK
The RFS is a friendly active society, dedicated to the conservation and improvement of the river Foss 🐸
York UK
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Short clip from our new film " FLOW OF LIFE " due out later this year about the European eel.
#Freshwaterfish #Nature
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILC3...
#Freshwaterfish #Nature
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILC3...
European eel
YouTube video by BENEATHBRITISHWATERS Our Freshwater Planet
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March 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Short clip from our new film " FLOW OF LIFE " due out later this year about the European eel.
#Freshwaterfish #Nature
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILC3...
#Freshwaterfish #Nature
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILC3...
It probably won’t come with much of a surprise
‘Orrible weather for bashing in the brash!
‘Orrible weather for bashing in the brash!
July 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It probably won’t come with much of a surprise
‘Orrible weather for bashing in the brash!
‘Orrible weather for bashing in the brash!
Volunteers have been helping to clear the Foss in town and along its banks.
Tim had a haul last month and on Saturday there was a good morning’s litter picking with 10 volunteers. We nearly ran out of room on the boat due to the number of trolleys and bike.
#keepbritaintidy #York #loveyourriver
Tim had a haul last month and on Saturday there was a good morning’s litter picking with 10 volunteers. We nearly ran out of room on the boat due to the number of trolleys and bike.
#keepbritaintidy #York #loveyourriver
June 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Volunteers have been helping to clear the Foss in town and along its banks.
Tim had a haul last month and on Saturday there was a good morning’s litter picking with 10 volunteers. We nearly ran out of room on the boat due to the number of trolleys and bike.
#keepbritaintidy #York #loveyourriver
Tim had a haul last month and on Saturday there was a good morning’s litter picking with 10 volunteers. We nearly ran out of room on the boat due to the number of trolleys and bike.
#keepbritaintidy #York #loveyourriver
Some more bashing dates for you!!
Haxby Weir Meet 10am at the car park
///wildfires.squash.booms
Strensall Meet Moray close meet 9.30am
///evaporate.bearable.power
#York #RiverFoss #INNS #HimalayanBalsam #BalsamBashing #Conservation #GreenExercise
Haxby Weir Meet 10am at the car park
///wildfires.squash.booms
Strensall Meet Moray close meet 9.30am
///evaporate.bearable.power
#York #RiverFoss #INNS #HimalayanBalsam #BalsamBashing #Conservation #GreenExercise
June 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Some more bashing dates for you!!
Haxby Weir Meet 10am at the car park
///wildfires.squash.booms
Strensall Meet Moray close meet 9.30am
///evaporate.bearable.power
#York #RiverFoss #INNS #HimalayanBalsam #BalsamBashing #Conservation #GreenExercise
Haxby Weir Meet 10am at the car park
///wildfires.squash.booms
Strensall Meet Moray close meet 9.30am
///evaporate.bearable.power
#York #RiverFoss #INNS #HimalayanBalsam #BalsamBashing #Conservation #GreenExercise
Balsam bashing commencing!!
Free, outdoor exercise while helping to conserve the river.
It’s great fun.
Sessions along the Foss over the next couple of months #BalsamBashing #HimalayanBalsam #INNS
Free, outdoor exercise while helping to conserve the river.
It’s great fun.
Sessions along the Foss over the next couple of months #BalsamBashing #HimalayanBalsam #INNS
June 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Balsam bashing commencing!!
Free, outdoor exercise while helping to conserve the river.
It’s great fun.
Sessions along the Foss over the next couple of months #BalsamBashing #HimalayanBalsam #INNS
Free, outdoor exercise while helping to conserve the river.
It’s great fun.
Sessions along the Foss over the next couple of months #BalsamBashing #HimalayanBalsam #INNS
We’re participating in York’s second-ever City Nature Challenge event!
Running from Friday 25th - Monday 28th April, it’s the perfect excuse for all ages to immerse themselves in nature but with a competitive edge!
Running from Friday 25th - Monday 28th April, it’s the perfect excuse for all ages to immerse themselves in nature but with a competitive edge!
April 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We’re participating in York’s second-ever City Nature Challenge event!
Running from Friday 25th - Monday 28th April, it’s the perfect excuse for all ages to immerse themselves in nature but with a competitive edge!
Running from Friday 25th - Monday 28th April, it’s the perfect excuse for all ages to immerse themselves in nature but with a competitive edge!
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Streams of medicines: what’s hiding in the UK’s waterways? A brilliant @theguardian.com Science Weekly podcast from earlier this week on our dept's important research into water quality in #nationalparks. Led by @alistairboxall.bsky.social 👇🌍
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
#YorkResearch
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
#YorkResearch
Streams of medicines: what’s hiding in the UK’s waterways? – podcast
In episode one of a two-part series, biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston tells Madeleine Finlay about the problem of chemical pollution in our waterways, and how it could be contributing to what the W...
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Streams of medicines: what’s hiding in the UK’s waterways? A brilliant @theguardian.com Science Weekly podcast from earlier this week on our dept's important research into water quality in #nationalparks. Led by @alistairboxall.bsky.social 👇🌍
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
#YorkResearch
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
#YorkResearch
We completed the first RFS litter pick of the year on the 5th April.
We had 12 volunteers meet at the Blue Bridge on Foss Islands 9am till noon. Overall the litter collected from the river banks and surroundings was around 15 -20 green bags and two one tonne blue sacks.
We had 12 volunteers meet at the Blue Bridge on Foss Islands 9am till noon. Overall the litter collected from the river banks and surroundings was around 15 -20 green bags and two one tonne blue sacks.
April 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We completed the first RFS litter pick of the year on the 5th April.
We had 12 volunteers meet at the Blue Bridge on Foss Islands 9am till noon. Overall the litter collected from the river banks and surroundings was around 15 -20 green bags and two one tonne blue sacks.
We had 12 volunteers meet at the Blue Bridge on Foss Islands 9am till noon. Overall the litter collected from the river banks and surroundings was around 15 -20 green bags and two one tonne blue sacks.
Rob, @thisnorthernboy, kindly sent in footage of otters in the Foss at New Earswick last month😀🦦
#York #riverlife #saveourrivers
#York #riverlife #saveourrivers
November 5, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Rob, @thisnorthernboy, kindly sent in footage of otters in the Foss at New Earswick last month😀🦦
#York #riverlife #saveourrivers
#York #riverlife #saveourrivers
@thisnorthernboy.bsky.social
Hi Rob
You kindly shared a video of some otters on the Foss with a couple of stills.
Would we be able to share across social media platforms? (And if so, would you object to one of them being Musk’s😡 outlet?)
Many thanks.
Sarah 🐸
Hi Rob
You kindly shared a video of some otters on the Foss with a couple of stills.
Would we be able to share across social media platforms? (And if so, would you object to one of them being Musk’s😡 outlet?)
Many thanks.
Sarah 🐸
November 4, 2024 at 3:07 PM
@thisnorthernboy.bsky.social
Hi Rob
You kindly shared a video of some otters on the Foss with a couple of stills.
Would we be able to share across social media platforms? (And if so, would you object to one of them being Musk’s😡 outlet?)
Many thanks.
Sarah 🐸
Hi Rob
You kindly shared a video of some otters on the Foss with a couple of stills.
Would we be able to share across social media platforms? (And if so, would you object to one of them being Musk’s😡 outlet?)
Many thanks.
Sarah 🐸
Finds included water boatmen (backswimmers), mayfly and damselfly larvae, freshwater shrimps, flatworms, leeches, water hoglouse, an alderfly, bivalves, freshwater snails, stone loach and aquatic worms.
August 18, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Finds included water boatmen (backswimmers), mayfly and damselfly larvae, freshwater shrimps, flatworms, leeches, water hoglouse, an alderfly, bivalves, freshwater snails, stone loach and aquatic worms.
On Friday another team of 5 were out kick sampling in the river Foss at Willow Bank, New Earswick, York.
Sampling involves agitating the river bed for 3 minutes and collecting the contents in a flat bottomed net.
Then clearing large stones for 1 minute.
Sampling involves agitating the river bed for 3 minutes and collecting the contents in a flat bottomed net.
Then clearing large stones for 1 minute.
August 18, 2024 at 1:03 PM
On Friday another team of 5 were out kick sampling in the river Foss at Willow Bank, New Earswick, York.
Sampling involves agitating the river bed for 3 minutes and collecting the contents in a flat bottomed net.
Then clearing large stones for 1 minute.
Sampling involves agitating the river bed for 3 minutes and collecting the contents in a flat bottomed net.
Then clearing large stones for 1 minute.