If you build it, they will come…. The ‘Field of Dreams’ hypothesis often used by conservationists is certainly bearing fruit on our river. According to members of Bradford City Angling Association (http://www.bradfordcityaa.co.uk/fly-fishing/), who have been doing lots of sterling work to improve habitat in both the river and along the banks of the Aire near… Continue Reading
KWVR at Haworth
Rodley Nature Reserve Fish Pass
Green Ripples
Castleford Millenium Bridge
River Aire at Ferrybridge
Malham Cove
Saltaire
River Aire inspires poets
In the lead-up to Saltaire Festival, our River Aire has been inspiring poets. The competition, with the theme of ‘The World in Saltaire’, attracted entries from across the country and from poets of all ages. The winning poems have been published in the latest edition of the Saltaire Review and will be on the BBC Big Screen… Continue Reading
Is water company pollution getting worse?
The recent publication of the Environment Agency’s summary of the environmental performance of the 9 English water companies has led to the usual scary headlines about increasing pollution in our rivers. Let’s explore the topic. Those headlines come not least from The Angling Trust who claim that: The Environment Agency has published a report this week has highlighted… Continue Reading
One for the art lovers
I came across this fantastic poster by John Atkinson in Ottowa, Canada and thought you might appreciate it. If anyone catches anything like these in the Aire, please don’t tell anyone! Continue Reading
Coniston Cold weir is no more
With support from the owners of the weir, then months in the planning, demolishing the redundant weir at Coniston took 2 days over 18/19th June 2018. The work was done by Jon Grey of the Wild Trout Trust and his contractors. The Environment Agency and ART also took part in the planning process. The photos… Continue Reading
River Aire Cleanup 15 April 2018
Join Wild Society and Leeds and District Amalgamated Society of Anglers as we team up to remove trash from the River Aire. The Aire Rivers Trust is delighted to see the cleanup of the Aire spreading even further afield and to support this new venture. This is a Land and Banks cleanup event: we’re looking… Continue Reading
Trees, trees and yet more trees…
No, this is not a picture of the River Aire in midsummer, but at last weeks meeting of our Trustees, I did make a very high level reference to the millions of trees likely to be planted in the Aire valley in coming years. This will happen as a consequence of the recent announcement of… Continue Reading
Higher charges for environmental work?
The Environment Agency recently published a consultation on future charges for many of the topics they regulate. Whilst many of the proposals are uncontentious, some threaten to seriously undermine the good work of Trusts, anglers and may others who do small or medium scale environmental works. In particular, some of the charges for small in-stream… Continue Reading
‘Tis the season to be planting….
Winter weather may be a good excuse to stoke the fire, contemplate the drinks cabinet closely and turn one’s back to the outdoors. However, that cold weather also causes dormancy in trees which means winter is the ideal time to get out planting, provided the ground is not too water-logged or too frozen! Trees are… Continue Reading
Knottingley Hydro officially open
The Knottingley Weir hydro officially opened on Nov 5th 2017. The green contraption on the weir is the eel pass and the outflow from the hydro is in the immediate foreground just below the outflow from the fish pass. The other photo shows Geoff Boycott (mike in hand) addressing the invitees just before he unveiled the… Continue Reading
