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Great messages, conveyed brilliantly; SMNR, NFM, and the importance of restoration & geomorph as delivery mechanisms youtu.be/21YAP8RF_sw
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"Crazy that innit" @BBCNews
Yes, its an "avulsion" which can occur when a high energy river is dredged. It's nature's (physics) way of dissipating excess energy caused by the shortening/straightening/steepening of a river and removing its mobile sediment
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📣📣Epic job alert: Specialist River Restoration Advisor £42k-£46k
Leading delivery of large scale, complex and/or sensitive river restoration projects across glorious Wales!! 🏴
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru…
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Sorry, timber log weirs are not natural nor do they replicate natural processes... they replicate ecosystem disconnecting & damaging weirs.
Leaky, brashy, beaver analogue, structures do work brilliantly though. Like these...
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#BrashIsBest
Mar 27
Natural Flood Management is one of the many ways we reduce flood risk.
It uses natural processes to slow or store water in a river basin, reducing flood risk downstream.
This project in Surrey used barriers to store and slow water flow, protecting local homes and businesses.
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No! 🤦🏻
If it doesn't happen naturally it is NOT natural flood management! Please don't FURTHER physically modify our natural headwaters🙏
These barriers will disrupt natural sediment & ecological processes👎
@nationaltrust @BBCYorkshire @The_RRC
#BrashIsBest #ThinkLikeABeaver
Traditional dry stone walling skills are being used in partnership between the National Trust & Yorkshire Water to build 3,500 dams in the South Pennines. 👇
BBC News - Dry stone wallers creating 'leaky dams' to reduce risk of flooding - BBC News
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Provide funding for a nationwide, nature-rich river corridor network
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Oly Lowe retweeted
15 Sep 2025
How do we monitor the success of our habitat restoration sites? 🐟
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Recruiting: Senior Geomorphologist post to work on the rivers in stunning North & Mid Wales on offer from @NatResWales
Please share naturalresources.wales/about…
@BSG_Geomorph @EAGeomorphology @The_RRC @CIWEMRCG @CIWEM @theriverstrust @AfonyddCymru @ScottishEPA
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Brilliant video from @NatResWales
Why fish need boulders?/Pam mae angen clogwyni ar bysgod? Pedair Afon LIFE / Four Rivers for LIFE
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Oly Lowe retweeted
14 May 2025
As you can see the theme for today is wood!!🪵
Here’s a video about our work on the River Tarell with @nationaltrust and @The_RRC
youtube.com/watch?v=dZuQrNXU…
A link to the press release can be seen in the comments
@NatResWales @LIFEprogramme
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Including a conviction after one man bulldozed a riverside woodland the size of half a football pitch
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These eager beavers saved the Czech government $1.2 million nationalgeographic.com/anima… via @NatGeo
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Oly Lowe retweeted
21 Mar 2025
GUINNESS WORLD RECORD SMASHED!
Over ONE THOUSAND litter picking legends took to the Taff today to crush the @guinnessworldrecords for a mass litter pick! Absolutely brilliant to be involved as the Ambassador for ‘Keep Wales Tidy’
Huge thanks to Kate Strong & KWT #tafftidy
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Oly Lowe retweeted
7 Feb 2025
🦫 Shropshire Wildlife Trust and Shrewsbury Town Council are thrilled to announce the release of two #beavers into the enclosure at Old River Bed Nature Reserve! 🐾 It’s important to give these beavers peace and quiet while they settle in! #ShropshireWildlife #Wildlife #Nature
ALT 📸 Mia Clement Image of a Eurasian beaver being released in Shrewsbury!
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I'm on socials less, but I am now moving from Twitter(X) to Bluesky.
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Same photo, nearly exactly 3 years apart
Erbistock weir removal on the Dee undertaken as part of the @LIFEAfonDyfrdwy project by @NatResWales
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A brilliant video found by a colleague...there's so much for people to learn and share about river processes here:
youtube.com/watch?v=vLZElIYH…
@DDumbreck88991 @Blacky_Himself @powell_peter @The_RRC @fishmigration @AMBERtools @EAGeomorphology @BSG_Geomorph @IAGAIG @CIWEMRCG
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And another one - youtu.be/UBivwxBgdPQ?si=1kxX…
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Great webinar hosted by @fishmigration on culverts and their replacement. I particularly enjoyed the presentations and tools shared by the @forestservice
youtu.be/Mhhg9OeP87s?si=JFCz…
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Oly Lowe retweeted
25 Nov 2024
Removing barriers to migration.
The number one step we can take to help the endangered Salmon.
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Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) and Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) attempting to pass Annacotty Weir on the River Mulkear, Co. Limerick, this afternoon. This ornamental weir, a legacy of a flood scheme, serves no purpose yet obstructs fish migration in the Lower River Shannon SAC.
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