It probably won’t come with much of a surprise

‘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

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

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

It’s great fun and we’ll be available to help out on Saturday and Sunday

Last year, York came 2nd to Birmingham in the UK tables (Liverpool 3rd, Hull 4th)

We can do this!
#York #citynaturechallenge2025

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!

It was reported that some trolleys and a bike were in the river further upstream than we can get too on the Council boat Foxy, so these were recovered on Sunday and reported for removal to recycling.

Some of the green bags were filled on route and left by the public bins to make carrying them easier. The rest of the rubbish the group collected was transferred onto Foxy and then onto to the Councils van for disposal.

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.

Rob, @thisnorthernboy, kindly sent in footage of otters in the Foss at New Earswick last month😀🦦
#York #riverlife #saveourrivers

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.