I like to share hopeful news.
This nature reserve is close to my sister in law’s village . A complicated project has opened up part of the Thames to fish to swim and spawn in for the first time in 130 years . How is that for righting a wrong after such a long time?!
Thanks to the EU for funding and local wildlife trusts for having vision and determination to make something better!
A new watercourse has been created at Chimney Meadows Nature Reserve near Bampton in Oxfordshire.
— Read on www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-63228082
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It is good to read about positive steps taken to improve the environment. I would imagine it would be a lovely area for local people to enjoy watching nature too. Amelia
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It was so easy to cut river spawning routes and so complicated to put them together again!
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This is as the article says ‘ a beacon of light.’ Thankfully they have put right the damage they did in creating the weir. It’s a shame it has taken 130 years to recognise the damage and create an alternative route. However, it gives me hope. Thanks for sharing. Good news indeed. Karen
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Glad it cheered you. There is a similar scheme on a Devon river too- things can get better!
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Thanks. Interesting, and hopeful, article. xx
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I think there are lots of people out there doing the right things! Xx
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Thank you, what a wonderful achievement. And beyond that, I value the the EU and Great Britain were cooperating.
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That co-operation started before disastrous Brexit. Sadly I do not think it would happen now.
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