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Want to take it one leap further? 🐟

- Listen to our podcast Salmon Run Returns (link in bio) 🎧

- Join us with Westcountry Rivers Trust and Washford Wetland to take part in work to improve tree cover by the river and restore the river habitat for young salmon.

Salmon Run 2025 was an amazing day full of sunshine and showers and rainbows.🐟🌈

Thank you all who took part. From the start of the ultra at 8am to the arrival of the relay at 6.30pm, it was a joy.

You can find the BBC Spotlight report video on our website.
tidelines.uk/blog/salmon-...

Well done @danosmond.bsky.social and all the incredible runners who ran with the salmon on Saturday.

We will share a report and photos when we've got our breath back.

Protecting our Salmon - Exmoor Events Join us for an evening with Dr Dan Osmond as he explores protecting Salmon – their history, threats, and their future on Exmoor.

What's up with our salmon?

Hear from Senior Fisheries Scientist (and ultra runner) @danosmond.bsky.social tomorrow at this fascinating talk on salmon, their history, threats, and future on Exmoor.

At Winsford Village Hall, hosted by The Exmoor Society.

www.exmoorsociety.com/individual-e...

Well done @danosmond.bsky.social and all the incredible runners who ran with the salmon on Saturday.

We will share a report and photos when we've got our breath back.

People in Exmouth, please come to Sideshore to join in the amazing talks and creative activities.

There's a free fish-shaped biscuit baked by Rise bakery for the first 100 folks 🐟

And see our timeline for info on fun activities in Exeter and Dulverton.

See you tomorrow!

Red windsock with a print of a salmon on it flies against a blue sky

It's tomorrow! The Salmon are running and so are we.

It’s looking wet, but not windy. There may be some additional Health and Safety notices– please make sure your trainers have decent tread.

Due to 🌧️ Salmon Run: The Gathering will now be indoors at Heydays glass box & Sideshore community hub.

The Salmon Run is this Saturday. If you're not running, but would like to join the fun, we have events along the route at Exmouth (9.30-1), Exeter (10.30-12.30) and Dulverton (3.30-6.30).

Come and cheer the runners, join the activities, and get involved in all sorts of fishy fun. See you there!

"salmon are the true athletes of our rivers" Dan Osmond, runner & fisheries scientist. We have so much to learn from other species who have navigated this planet for millenia before humans!

Daniel's fundraiser for Westcountry Rivers Trust Help Daniel Osmond raise money to support Westcountry Rivers Trust

I've just sponsored @danosmond.bsky.social on @justgiving.bsky.social

Dan is running the Salmon Run next Saturday. This amazing event raises awareness of Atlantic Salmon and the threats they face, and Dan is also fundraising for Westcountry Rivers Trust

www.justgiving.com/page/daniel-...

There are still some spaces on two relay legs:

🏃 Thorverton to Bickleigh (7.09km for faster runners)
🐟 Bickleigh to Tiverton (average pace)

Find out more and sign up at: tidelines.uk/blog/salmon-...

Volunteers in Salmon Run t-shirts, one with a large cardboard salmon sculpture on her head, chat with runners after Exeter Park Run. They have a placard promoting the Salmon Run event on 20 September.

We were at Exeter Parkrun today chatting to runners about the Salmon Run coming up on 20 Sept.

The Salmon Run starts with a free 5k open to all, in partnership with Exmouth Parkrun.

And you can cheer the runners and enjoy free fishy activities for all the family, at Exmouth, Exeter or Dulverton.

Salmon Run Return podcast 2025 This year's Salmon Run podcast focuses on human bodies and fish bodies (Atlantic Salmon) and how they move through and sense our shared and different world's. Exploring what happens in the moving body

Thank you for all your support and introductions to so many interesting people. We're getting good feedback on the podcast, please do share the link with everyone: on.soundcloud.com/QA1LOAVL1fML...

Salmon Run Return podcast 2025 This year's Salmon Run podcast focuses on human bodies and fish bodies (Atlantic Salmon) and how they move through and sense our shared and different world's. Exploring what happens in the moving body

The Salmon Run podcast is here! 🌍🏃🤝🐟

Listen now to explore:
- What happens in human and salmon bodies as we move
- How salmon navigate
- The importance of salt!
- Temperature in a changing climate

on.soundcloud.com/QA1LOAVL1fML...

Redefining the race: the initiative tackling running’s carbon footprint Meet The Green Runners, a grassroots initiative set up by athletes on a mission to enjoy the sport without the footprint

We all love a bit of positive news. And we love this article about us (well we would wouldn’t we 😉)

As @ultradamo.bsky.social says, to be a Green Runner “You don’t have to be vegan, you don’t have to give up flying altogether or have a stupid haircut like me.”

Have a read, get inspired 📖

Thought provoking podcast about the connections between land and sea, salmon athletes and human athletes. Thank you @tidelines.bsky.social for coming to visit us at @universityofessex.bsky.social and good luck to you and all the runners on 20th Sept!!! I wish I could join you but alas I cannot. 💙🐟🌳

2025 Salmon Run Podcast nearly ready! Features ultra runners, fisheries & sports scientists & an evolutionary biologist. Focusing on human bodies/fish bodies moving through & sensing a changing world @ultradamo.bsky.social @exmoornp.bsky.social @otolithgirl.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

Devon river set to reopen after 200 years for endangered species Major plans are moving forward

Great to see this project to open up six kilometres of the River Yeo in North Devon to Atlantic salmon and European eel

Well done @nationaltrust.org.uk! Wild fish are disappearing and need all the help they can get.

www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...

Opening next month at Somerset Rural Life Museum, 'A Life Outside' offers a new appraisal of the work & life of the writer and artist Hope Bourne, who recorded the landscape, wildlife, history & changing rural traditions of Exmoor www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/a-li...

Image © The Exmoor Society

Salmon Run 2025 - Tidelines

We still need runners or teams for some sections of the relay in the higher reaches of the run.

And there are some ultra places still available.

Find out more and sign up at tidelines.uk/blog/salmon-...

A map showing the route of the Salmon Run relay from Exmouth to Dulverton, with information about the event.

Save the Date: Salmon Run is on 20 September 2025.

A relay run up the river plus lots more. New activities this year include The Gathering, a fishy festival at Sideshore, Exmouth, with art, music, talks & games.

And more activities at the finish in Dulverton, with @exmoornp.bsky.social

Olympic rower Graeme Thomas will run the Salmon Run on 20 Sept.

Graeme is running the 43-mile ultra, to raise awareness and funds for @theriverstrust.bsky.social

You can run too! Join the ultra, the relay, 5km parkrun, or festival. tidelines.uk for deets

theriverstrust.org/about-us/new...

River Don salmon return for 'first time in 200 years' A fish pass will allow salmon up the River Don to reach spawning grounds in Sheffield.

Great news from Yorkshire, where salmon return to the River Don after 200 years absence.

Thanks to hard work by humans removing and modifying weirs and providing places to rest and hide.

Salmon in the Exe need help too! Join the Salmon Run on 20 Sept – link in bio.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

Hot off the press, Olympic athlete, Graeme Thomas, GB rower will run with the salmon this year & raise funds for @theriverstrust.bsky.social while running an ultra - following the path of migrating salmon up the Exe. You can participate too in a relay, ultra or festival. tidelines.uk for deets

Run with the Salmon on 20 Sept:

Choose between:

🏃‍♂️5km, in partnership with Exmouth park run
🐟 Join the team relay - legs from 3km to 13km
🏃‍♀️ Go the whole way with the 43 mile ultra

or come to the festival at Sideshore, Exmouth

tidelines.uk/blog/salmon-...

Run with the Salmon on 20 Sept:

Choose between:

🏃‍♂️5km, in partnership with Exmouth park run
🐟 Join the team relay - legs from 3km to 13km
🏃‍♀️ Go the whole way with the 43 mile ultra

or come to the festival at Sideshore, Exmouth

tidelines.uk/blog/salmon-...

Mark Lloyd's Salmon Run for The Rivers Trust In September, The Rivers Trust CEO, Mark Lloyd, will take part in a 43-mile ultramarathon, tracing the route of Atlantic salmon up the River Exe, from the sea at Exmouth to the spawning grounds on Exm...

Mark Lloyd, Rivers Trust CEO is running the Salmon Run this September.

He will raise awareness of the many threats salmon face - from climate change to pollution and man-made barriers blocking the river - as well as funds for @theriverstrust.bsky.social

www.justgiving.com/campaign/mar...

Great news! A big step forward to give rivers better protection from agricultural pollution. Well done @riveractionuk.bsky.social!

Morris dancers on the street in Sidmouth. One has a print of a salmon pinned to their back. Posters behind them read: Mayday!, Protest is not Terrorism, and Folk is Political.

Close-up of a screenprint of a Salmon on a Morris Dancer's back

Great to see the wonderful Mayday Morris at @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social. Protest is not Terrorism! Folk is Political!

Proud to see our salmon icon on a dancer's back. Our Salmon Run event combining arts, running, and care for nature is on 21 Sept. Find out more: tidelines.uk/blog/salmon-...