Seven years on the Afon Cothi
In 2017, the upper Afon Cothi in Carmarthenshire was a degraded agricultural drain. Seven years later, it is one of our most successful restoration sites.
The Water Quality Watch catches a slurry incident on the Kennet
Citizen science monitoring on the River Kennet detected elevated nitrate and phosphate levels three weeks before an official inspection identified the source.
Water voles return to the River Brue
After two years of habitat preparation and mink control, Alder & Otter completed its fourth water vole reintroduction on the Somerset Levels in spring 2024.
A school finds its river
When Year 6 pupils from a Shropshire primary school visited the River Tern for the first time, several had lived within walking distance of it their whole lives without ever going.
After the flood: restoring the upper River Wye
The winter floods of 2023 caused significant erosion on the upper Wye. Our restoration team used the opportunity to reverse decades of channel straightening.
The numbers behind a chalk stream revival
Five years of ecological monitoring on a restored Hampshire chalk stream tells a story of measurable recovery — one invertebrate count at a time.