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Around nine thousand elvers were released in to reedbeds at RSPB Old Moor wetlands today. Pupils from St Michael & All Angels (Wombwell) and Sacred Heart (Goldthorpe) released about 200-300 each in to suitable habitat, most preferring to have them poured through their hands! Radio Sheffield were on hand to chat to the children and […]
Listen to the interview with BBC Radio Sheffield with pupils from Montagu School and our Project Officer Karen about the Eels in Schools project eels.m4a Eels in Schools from Karen Eynon on Vimeo.
The Report we commissioned from Arup as part of our investigations into the River Loxley fish passage is now available for download here and also on our Downloads page.
Severn & Wye Smokery along with DCRT have installed our 6 allocated tanks with around 150 eels in each one. The locations are: The Hill Primary, Montagu Primary, Pennine View, St Michael & All Angels, Sacred Heart and RSPB Old Moor. All the schools are within the Dearne Valley Nature Improvement Area. After about 4 […]
We carried out some electrofishing with our new kit on the Skell at Skellow on 23rd May which was a great success. We were surprised at the number of eels that we found as well as lots of trout. Photo credit: Jim Horsfall
On Tuesday 21st May 2013 Mr Steve Hustler, Facilities Director of Meadowhall Shopping Centre officially opened the new multi-species fish and eel pass on the River Don at Hadfields Weir, Meadowhall. Mr Hustler said he was pleased that British Land and Meadowhall were part of the project and commented on the amount of […]
If you spend time in the rivers, streams, ponds or reservoirs around the catchment then biosecurity is vitally important to prevent some of the Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) that threaten our species and habitats from moving around the catchment. Click on the picture below to learn more about how you can help to Stop the […]
Please take 5 mins to complete this survey – there are 10 questions, mostly multi-choice This will aid us with funding bids to make more great improvements to the River Don that will benefit all of us Click here to take survey Thanks for your time
Click here to see our great new interpretation board at Meadowhall by Genie Creative. This is the temporary board that Genie designed while the construction team were working on the weir
