Tees Rivers Trust

Big shoutout to BAM Nuttall, Environment Agency & Turner & Townsend teams who joined us at the seagrass nursery this week 🌱 Their help clearing algae was a huge boost for our plants.
Collaboration in action 💚
#teestidelands #teesriverstrust

Some cool stats in this blog post!

Seawilding garden brings the ocean to the Chelsea Garden Show

This year’s Chelsea Garden Show will include an underwater flowering plant for the first time ever, as part of the Seawilding garden.

www.countryliving.com/uk/news/a63356876/chelsea-flower-show-seawilding-garden

🎥🐦 Exciting Monday morning news! Kittiwake Cam is back in action. Watch our favourite Tyneside birds live online today 👉 durhamwt.com/kittiwake-cam

Only 5 days left to register for the UK Coastal Research Conference! 🌊

The conference welcomes all those with interest in UK coastal science, including academia, policy makers, practitioners and industry professionals.

⬇️Full details and registration here⬇️
noc-events.co.uk/ukcrc-2025

#UKCRC25

Can you spy the squid we spotted in Hartlepool Dock recently on this video? We’re used to finding all sorts of life in the dock, but we’ve never seen a squid, let alone one this big 🦑 it’s always great to see so much diversity in the dock, which our oysters are contributing to! 🦪

It's your last chance to take part in the #BigRiverWatch today! 🚨 While the weather is so lovely why not?
It was great completing a survey near the Barrage this morning, and it is so quick and easy!
It's a great opportunity to take part in citizen science, so let us know what you've seen below 🦆

Today is the day - #NoMowMay is here! Ready to start your #NoMowMovement and help nature? 🌸🥳

& remember, this is just the start...leaving wildflowers to grow in the summer helps biodiversity & local wildlife. 🦋

Join & give #PowerToTheFlowers 👉 bit.ly/3UWii6B

YouTube video by The Rivers Trust Big River Watch is back!

🎉 Big River Watch starts today!

Rivers across the UK & Ireland need your help.

From now until 1st May, spend 15 mins by a river, record what you see in the free Big River Watch app, and help create a big picture of river health 💙

theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PHv...

We're working with Hull University to fit some with sonar trackers and follow their incredible journey 🌍✨
These eels are amazing—born thousands of miles away, somehow finding their way to our local waters, and then heading back across the ocean to the Sargasso Sea to spawn.

Eel-ectrifying news from a lake near the Skerne! 🐍🧑‍🔬
Today we had slippery success in our hunt for European eels - two were enormous! 👀
It was great chatting to people about these mysterious creatures and why they matter. Eel numbers have dropped greatly recently, but we’re working to turn the tide.

Don’t forget the Big River Watch is taking place in just over a week! Get planning what stretch of river you’re going to visit now 🦆
@theriverstrust.bsky.social #bigriverwatch theriverstrust.org/take-action/...

Come along to Redcar Beach and Holy Island this weekend to help us to survey wildlife along the coast 🦀

Sign up or find out more about our upcoming shore searches below 👇

www.durhamwt.com/events/2025-...

www.durhamwt.com/events/2025-...

I was obsessed with otters in my childhood. The idea that they would be on the lower Tees was pure fantasy.
I haven't seen one yet, but this spraint near Croft was a delight to see.
It's not all dire. Some things are recovering
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At the end of a crazy week in the world we all need the calm of the River Tees.

@teesriverstrust.bsky.social

Three floating islands installed in River Tees Estuary - for very good reason The islands will create a new habitat and bring a boost for wildlife

www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teessid...

Seabirds and shorebirds along the East coast are in trouble.🚨

Avian flu, climate change & food shortages have already hit them hard.

Now, plastic pollution threatens the places they'll soon gather to feed, nest & raise their chicks.

They need our help: www.rspb.org.uk/donate/emerg...

A spring bingo card including crocuses, wild garlic, daffodils, trees along the river coming into leaf, a bridge, a blossoming tree, the transporter bridge, two black rams and the Tees Rivers Trust logo

🌼✨ Let’s play Spring Bingo! ✨🌼

The first day of spring has arrived, and the Tees catchment is starting to bloom! 🌸🌿 We’ve spotted crocuses, daffodils, cherry blossoms, wild garlic, and even some rams enjoying the fresh pastures. The River Tees is looking glorious too! 🌊 What have you seen?

With the arrival of spring, Himalayan balsam is starting to appear again🌱 We don’t have active work planned for this year but we’re planning for the future, including mapping key areas for future management, planning balsam bashing, and expanding biocontrol sites—taking our total from 13 to 38!

Exploring The Science of Rewilding - British Ecological Society A 2-day event on the science of rewilding, bringing together practitioners and academics working in rewilding to foster knowledge exchange in the North East of England.

Are you a practitioner or academic working in rewilding in North East England?

Applications now open for a two-day event on the 'Science of Rewilding' organised by the Rewilding Group of the @britishecologicalsociety.org Society with @northwildlife.bsky.social . Please share widely!

Who can take part in riverfly monitoring? 🤔

The Riverfly Monitoring Initiative (RMI) is a citizen science project — you don’t need any qualifications or experience to become a monitor. 👇

#RiverflyPartnership #FAQ #Monitor #Volunteer #Freshwater #Invertebrates

Your Child’s Most Exciting Summer Yet! ✨
Imagine your child’s eyes lighting up with excitement, their giggles of pure joy, and that burst of confidence as they create explosions, launch rockets, and make magical slime!
#junioreinsteins #scienceclub #summercamps #summerfun #kidscamps #funforkids

A very bedraggled-looking Little Owl is slumped in the hollow of a tree, eyes half-closed and feathers ruffled. Its expression is one of pure exhaustion, as if it has just rolled out of bed and immediately regretted it. Nestled in its cosy nook, it appears utterly unprepared for the day ahead, radiating the unmistakable energy of someone who desperately needs a strong coffee before dealing with anything remotely productive.

Mood: unprepared and under-caffeinated.

#Mondays

Leaping for joy!

Get excited for Gosforth Nature Reserve's Open Day!! Saturday 12 April, 10am - 2pm. Join us for a day filled with nature activities, including footage of all the wonderful wildlife that calls Gosforth Nature Reserve its home 🦆🦊🦡

Otter © Keith Cochrane

Today's #SpringArrivalSpotlight: the Little Ringed Plover!

These sweet little waders return from March, favouring gravelly riverbanks & wetlands.

Spot their bright yellow eye-ring & swift, darting movements as they forage.

The Tees has always shaped the landscape and history of Barnard Castle. Overlooked by the 12th-century fortress, the river flows under County Bridge, which has spanned the Tees since 1569.
Whether you explore history in Bowes Museum or enjoy the views, the River Tees is at the heart of this town 🏰🌊

Would you like to learn river restoration techniques in beautiful surroundings - all for free? Join us for a fish habitat walk and workshop along the River Tees! 🐟 22nd March, 9.45am - 3pm, near Gainford in County Durham. Please email Gareth at gpedley@wildtrout.org, or call 07500 870583.

Sunny conditions 🌞😎this am & not much wind for an enjoyable paddle 🏄‍♂️ on the Rivers Tees & Leven. Plenty of Lesser Celandines in flower🌼 also spotted 2 Buzzards 🦅and 1 Ring-necked Parakeet🐦. Giant hogweed starting to emerge in many places...
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@paddleuk.bsky.social

Fifteen light purple crocuses in the sun

A field of snowdrops, five close up in the foreground and many more in the background

Three large daffodils against the backdrop of a brick wall

Three light yellow primroses

It has definitely felt like spring is in the air recently, and flowers have been starting to appear! 🌸⛅️
Some of our most popular flowers are early spring flowers, like crocuses, snowdrops, daffodils and primroses all of which can be seen all over the North-East at the moment🌼which is your favourite?