by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Sep 27, 2023 | River of the Month
September 2023 Rising on the Clwydian Hills, the Afon Alyn is the longest of the river Dee’s tributaries. Its Welsh name is Alun, which translates as “meandering one.” From source, the Alyn at first flows north through the villages of Llandegla,...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Sep 7, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
Everyone at Afonydd Cymru were saddened to hear of the recent passing of Dr Graeme Harris, one of the leading authorities on sea trout in Britain. A graduate from Liverpool University, Graeme’s PhD involved pioneer research into sea trout in Wales. The large...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Sep 5, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
Coinciding with World Rivers Day on 24th September, a new app is to be launched to enable anyone with a smartphone to upload their observations from a riverbank anywhere in the UK and Ireland. Developed by the Rivers Trust, the “Big River Watch” will...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Sep 1, 2023 | CEO Blog, News
Competent Authorities in England will now be required to assume that wastewater from new housing developments will not adversely impact protected sites. Here in Wales the First Minister and his Government have recently committed themselves to nutrient neutrality....
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Aug 23, 2023 | News
The Institute of Fisheries Management will be holding a Sea Trout (sewin) Symposium at the Angel Hotel in Cardiff on the 12th and 13th September with their partners Wild Trout Trust and Wild Fish. The event will be pulling together a large amount of research on...
