28.07.25

In Search of the Scarce Purple Dun: Hunting for mayflies in Wiltshire’s Winterbournes

On a sunny April morning, I set out with Matt Owen-Farmer (a senior ecologist at the Environment Agency and a WildFish SmartRivers trainer) and Dr Cyril Bennett MBE (our resident mayfly expert) in search of…

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28.07.25

A river without fish is not a healthy river: Why weakening the Water Framework Directive is a mistake

The recent Cunliffe Review suggests that the Water Framework Directive (WFD) is part of the reason for the poor state of Englan...

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24.07.25

Understanding fish to better protect them

Here at WildFish, we spend a lot of time thinking about fish. We follow all the latest research about how they live their lives...

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23.07.25

WildFish welcomes OEP statement on storm sewage pollution but will Cunliffe now undo that good work?

As the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) ends its work on the WildFish sewage complaint – concluding that a 1994 law to...

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21.07.25

The Cunliffe Independent Water Commission Report – lots of ‘steam’ or sensible review?

So, Sir John had his day at the Steam Museum in Brentford announcing the release of his report. And, as per last week’s leak...

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18.07.25

The Public Accounts Committee concludes that regulation of the water companies by OFWAT and the Environment Agency has been a failure

Today, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) publishes the findings from its inquiry into water sector regulation, which echo wha...

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14.07.25

New Research Uncovers Hidden Marine Life of Sea Trout

A recently published study from Artero et al. (2025), as part of the SAMARCH project [1], has revealed new insights into the li...

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