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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 17h

#Riverfly #MeetYourEcologyContact #CitizenScience #Partnerships #FreshwaterEcology #EnvironmentAgency #YorkshireRivers #WaterQuality #CommunityScience

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 17h

👋 Meet Rachel Spry - our Riverfly Ecology Contact for South and West Yorkshire!

With over three years supporting Riverfly monitors, Rachel’s seen the network grow across Yorkshire. 💧

💬 “It’s wonderful to work in partnership with people who truly care about their local rivers.”

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 2d

#RiverflyPartnership #CitizenScience #VolunteerPower #Freshwater #Rivers #WaterQuality #Partnerships #EnvironmentAgency #EsmeeFairbairnFoundation

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 2d

In August 2025, our Riverfly monitors submitted an incredible 882 of surveys across the UK. 📊

👏 Thank you to every volunteer who headed out with a kick net last month.

Supported by our funders: Environment Agency and @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social.

👉 www.riverflies.org/riverflyrepo...

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 5d

#RiverflyConference2025 #RiverflyMonitoring #CitizenScience #Freshwater

The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 5d

🎟️ Reminder: Tickets are still on sale for the Riverfly Conference 2025!

📍 Natural History Museum, London

📆 Friday 14th November 2025

Join us for a day of talks (in-person or online), research & connecting with the Riverfly community. Don’t leave it too late!
👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/theri...

The Riverfly Partnership Conference 2025
Friday 14th November 2025
Flett Theatre, Natural History Museum, London

Get your tickets now!

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 7d

#InvasiveSpecies #DemonShrimp #CheckCleanDry #RiverflyMonitoring #ProtectOurWater

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 7d

🚨Demon shrimp alert!
This invasive non-native species, first recorded in the UK in 2012, is spreading fast and threatening our freshwater wildlife by out-competing and preying on native invertebrates.
📲 Report sightings to innsmapper.org & your group co-ordinator
🧽Always Check, Clean, Dry your kit

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 12d

Nature’s little builders 🌿 In August, some of our monitors found as many as 1000 cased caddis in their sample!
Caddis larvae make protective cases from twigs, sand, and stones. Each one is unique!
#FreshwaterFriday #Caddisfly #FreshwaterInvertebrates

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 14d

#Freshwater #Biodiversity #WaterQuality #CitizenScience #Research

The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 14d

🌊 Freshwater survey - have your say! 🌿

Are you involved in freshwater biodiversity or water quality monitoring and research in the UK?

💡 UKCEH have a short 15 minute survey, open to those across the freshwater community.

👉 Take the survey: The Changing Status of Freshwater Biodiversity in the UK

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 16d

Riverfly data in action! 💧

At Stadhampton Mill, a new bypass channel has reconnected 3.25 km of chalk stream habitat. Early RMI scores are strong (10s) & stoneflies are back - rare for the catchment! 🐟🌱

Read more:
www.riverflies.org/case-studies...

#Riverfly #DataInAction #ChalkStreams

The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 19d

📢 Big River Watch starts today!

Download the free app, spend 15 minutes by your local river, and complete the short survey to tell @theriverstrust.bsky.social what you see.

Get your survey in by the 25th of September! #BigRiverWatch.

#TheRiversTrust #river #nature #riverflies

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 26d

This Freshwater Friday we celebrate our Riverfly volunteers going out and braving whatever the British weather has in store for them. A wet day at Cressbrook & Litton Flyfishers Club on the Derbyshire Wye - lots of fun!
#volunteers #riverflymonitors #citizenscience #britishweather #freshwaterfriday

The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · Sep 5

📅 The Riverfly Conference 2025 is coming!

📍 Natural History Museum, London
📆 Friday 14th November 2025

🎟️ Tickets now on sale – don’t miss out! www.tickettailor.com/events/theri...

#RiverflyConference2025 #CitizenScience #Freshwater

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · Sep 3

July report here: static1.squarespace.com/static/6231b...

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · Sep 3

In July 2025, our Riverfly monitors once again showed the power of citizen science, submitting an incredible number of surveys across the UK.
👏 A huge thank you to every volunteer who headed out with a kick net last month!
#RiverflyPartnership #CitizenScience #VolunteerPower #Rivers #WaterQuality

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · Aug 29

Our Freshwater Friday Champion!
Small but mighty 🦐. In July, our Riverfly monitors counted a staggering 104,859 freshwater shrimp!
Freshwater shrimp are tough, feeding on leaf litter and recycling nutrients back into the river.
#FreshwaterFriday #FreshwaterShrimp #RiverflyMonitoring

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · Aug 27

#CitizenScience #Riverfly #Totebag #Mayfly #Conservation #Teemill

The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · Aug 27

Be ready for your next survey in style 💧

Kick net ✅
ID guide ✅
Riverfly tote ✅

Our Riverfly tote bags are perfect for field days and every purchase helps us keep rivers healthy.

👉 Grab yours now in the Riverfly shop: riverflies.teemill.com/collection/a...

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · Aug 22

#FreshwaterFriday #RiverflyMonitoring #CitizenScience #InvertebrateID #RiverflyQuiz

The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · Aug 22

Time for a little Riverfly ID challenge!
We’ve zoomed in on one of our favourite water quality indicators – those leaf-like gills are a big clue… 👀

❔ Do you know which riverfly this is? Drop your guess in the comments ⬇️

🌿💧

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · Aug 20

#RiverflyMonitoring #Freshwater #CitizenScience #UKRivers #Invertebrates #WaterQuality #RiverflyPartnership #Nature #InvasivePinkSalmon

The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · Aug 20

🗣 Environment Agency warns of invasive pink salmon threat to UK fisheries

👉 Read the press release online here:

www.gov.uk/government/n...

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The Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · Aug 18

Meet your RMI coordinators 😎

Daniel Rutland from Wear Rivers Trust

#MeetYourCoordinator #RiverflyPartnership #Volunteers #CitizenScience #ProtectOurRivers #Rivers #Invertebrates

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