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London Rivers Week 2024: Longford River Plasticblitz
The Longford is an urban river with a plastic pollution problem. Please join Thames Landscape Strategy to help litter pick this fantastic river to make...
London Rivers Week 2024: WaterBlitz Showcase – Revealing insights from the Marsh Dykes and Thamesmead catchment
OnlineJoin us on Monday June 24th during London Rivers Week for an exclusive online talk where we unveil the results from the recent WaterBlitz collection...
London Rivers Week 2024: Watervole recovery and a mink-free Britain
Join Water Life Recovery Trust for an online webinar to learn about their trailblazing partnership project to eradicate invasive American Mink from Britain. Learn about...
London Rivers Week 2024: Restoring the River Roding
Wanstead Park- The Temple Wanstead Park, London, United KingdomWelcome to London Rivers Week! This special occasion is dedicated to honoring London's rivers and recognizing London as a river city. Join us in celebrating...
London Rivers Week 2024: Greenwich – Tidal Thames fishery survey on the foreshore of Royal Naval College
The Environment Agency fishery team will carry out a fish survey at Greenwich Foreshore. This entails carrying out a seine netting, kick-samples, and measuring and...
London Rivers Week 2024: Walk from Tottenham to Enfield Lock
Join the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority for a London Rivers Week walk from Tottenham to Enfield Lock. This week's walk in the park leads...
London Rivers Week 2024: Slade Pond Water Sampling Day
Slade PondJoin us in London Rivers Week - meeting at the end of Roydene Road, SE18 19Z --- https://what3words.com/train.energy.case PLEASE REGISTER HERE: https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/sLRN9vf6nx6rRe2BI7DE Water samplers and...
London Rivers Week 2024: Citizen Science Water Quality Monitoring in the Thames Basin – Overview and Plans for the Future
Join this online webinar to find out about some of the citizen science water quality monitoring activities happening around the Thames Basin! We will also...
London Rivers Week 2024: Fungi & Rivers – The Missing Link
Fungi are usually associated with terrestrial habitats, like forests and grassland, but their role in sustaining healthy aquatic ecosystems – including rivers – is often...
London Rivers Week 2024: Bat Walk at Syon
Come for a wander in Syon Park, the only part of unembanked riverside on the Tidal Thames, in the dark and find out about our...
London Rivers Week 2024: Wade through the River Ravensbourne and Clean-Up
Join the Friends of the River Pool for a wade through the River Ravensbourne and a clean-up, as part of London Rivers Week 2024. Date...
London Rivers Week 2024: Balsam Bash
Come and work with the Friends of Barnes Common on freeing the banks of the Beverley Brook from the invasive Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) that is spreading...
London Rivers Week 2024: Short film screening of Jack Thurgar’s ‘The Swamp’ and talk by Tom Bolton on Obscure Rivers
Walbrook Wharf 78-83 Upper Thames Street, London, United KingdomJoin us as part of London Rivers Week 2024 for a short film screening of Jack Thurgar’s ‘The Swamp’ and talk by Tom Bolton on...
London Rivers Week 2024: Southmere Lake Water Sampling Day
Southmere Lake Binsey Walk, Thamesmead, United KingdomJoin us in London Rivers Week - meeting in cygnet square by the Nest Community Library --- https://what3words.com/drum.supporter.drop PLEASE REGISTER HERE: https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/BiVSu6a3wOlx9dBb5Zsg Water samplers and...
London Rivers Week 2024: Balsam Bash in Ham
Join Thames Landscape Strategy on Wed Jun 26 2024 at 17:00 at Ham Street Car Park for an evening of fun and community spirit. Let's...
London Rivers Week 2024: The River Ravensbourne from the perspective of a Pebble
Join a geomorphologist (mud/gravel expert) for this evening walk from Ravensbourne station to Catford Bridge to understand how the shape and form of a river...
London Rivers Week 2024: Evening History Walk on Barnes Common
Join Friends of Barnes Common during London Rivers Week for an evening history walk led by its Chair, Mike Hildesley. With a focus on the...
London Rivers Week 2024: Restoring the River Ravensbourne
Celebrate London Rivers Week 2024 with us at Glassmill Pond in Bromley! Join our volunteer event as we continue our restoration work on the River...
London Rivers Week 2024: Vital Signs for Healthy Rivers Training
What makes a river healthy? Do you know what signs to look for? Come and learn about how you can spot the vital signs of...
London Rivers Week 2024: River Action Day – balsam bashing
The Meads Dryfield Road, United KingdomJoin us for our Action for Silk Stream monthly volunteering days. They will be held on the last Thursday of each month. This week it...
London Rivers Week 2024: Restoration of the Lower Crane – A River Walk
London Road Twickenham TW1 1AAJoin FORCE for a walk visiting habitat improvements on the River Crane, a river that many know already as a place to walk, relax and...
London Rivers Week 2024: Place-making and the Rivers of Lewisham – Podcasts and Report Launch
Friday 28th June, 1pm-7pm Various venues across Lewisham (please see event information and tickets for more details) Free but please book here. Join urban sociologists...
London Rivers Week 2024: Ravensbourne Photographic Pilgrimage – Source to Mouth
Ceasar's Well Caesar's Well, Keston Ponds, LondonAs part of London Rivers Week, Edwin Quast will be walking the entire length of the Ravensbourne River from its source in Keston Rise near...
London Rivers Week 2024: Aquatic Invertebrate Survey – Walthamstow Wetlands
In celebration of London Rivers Week 2024 ('London is a river city'), join London Wildlife Trust team for a morning of aquatic invertebrate surveys of...
London Rivers Week 2024: Rewilding the River Rom River Festival
Eastbrookend Discovery Centre, The Chase, Dagenham, Romford RM7 0SS Eastbrookend Country Park, London, United KingdomWelcome to London Rivers Week! This special occasion is dedicated to honoring London's rivers and recognizing London as a river city. Join us in celebrating...