Latest Posts Under: In stream Enhancements

Working and fishing on a loved stretch of river.

October 18, 2023 / John / 0 Comments

A friend of mine has written a lovely blog, published by the Brecks and Fenland Edge Rivers Partnership, John has fished with us here in Dorset for a few years and I always look forward to his visits and river keeping chats.. https://brecks.org/volunteer-blog/guest-blog-a-river-keepers-year/

Eel Pass

April 18, 2015 / John / 0 Comments

For a number of years we have been involved with habitat improvement work on a small east Dorset stream, firstly helping the Sea Trout population and now the Eels. We have recently finished the restoration of an old weir and installed Eel pass brushes to the wall to aid the safe passage of both Elvers …

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Work on the River Allen

October 14, 2014 / John / 0 Comments

We have had a busy few days helping the Dorset Wildlife Trust with a great project on the River Allen in Dorset, thank you to Amanda Broome (DWT) for project managing, the great bunch of endless volunteers and as always Elliot and Kevin… I think the pictures speak for themselves!

Ford and stream restoration

September 26, 2014 / John / 0 Comments

After a great first day filming and working on this part of the Frome we went on for another couple of days adding LWD, re-profiling the river bed and repairing the damaged ford crossing. Great working with the Dorset Wildlife Trust, you may like to get involved with their fantastic work http://www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/crayfishappeal.html Here are a …

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River Enhancements

September 25, 2013 / John / 0 Comments

We are very proud to be the contractors for a number of river enhancement projects here in Dorset, on the river’s Piddle, Frome, Allen and other west Dorset rivers, some of which have been designed and planned for a few years before obtaining funding. Our Casterbridge fisheries team are involved right from the start, in the initial …

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