by Jonathan Louis | Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Nature Activity Kits for West Lothian Communities This year during the period when people had to spend much more time at home and in the garden than usual, RiverLife worked with community groups around West Lothian to create nature-based activity kits that were sent...
by Jonathan Louis | Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Before all of the restriction we had an “eely” good day with Blackburn Primary School. Students from the School learned about the European eel and the issues this amazing creature faces to complete its lifecycle. Each child held proud a glass eel (paper flag...
by Jonathan Louis | Friday, October 23, 2020
World Fish Migration Day – Barriers to Fish Migration Man-made weirs (known as barriers to fish passage) cause a major impact on migratory fish around the Forth. The map below shows that impact visually based on barrier locations with section of the rivers...
by Jonathan Louis | Friday, October 23, 2020
World Fish Migration Day – Eels Next up for World Fish Migration Day we thought we would talk about the European Eel. The European eel has an astonishing life cycle and is the only European fish species that leaves the coast to spawn in the sea. Starting as an...
by Jonathan Louis | Friday, October 23, 2020
World Fish Migration Day – Wild Salmon Watch Walk, Falls of Leny Unfortunately due to current Covid-19 restrictions placed on the central belt we are unable to run our Autumn wild salmon watch walk to the Falls of Leny. We were going to run the walk today as...
by Jonathan Louis | Friday, October 23, 2020
World Fish Migration Day – Migratory Fish Pressures Today is World Fish Migration Day so we are dedicating our social media channels to migratory fish around the Forth. We have a series of posts going out which will highlight pressures migratory fish face,...
