River Guardians Reports 2011/12

Posts : 2152 Join date : 2010-01-21

wandered along beverly brook with willie yesterday morning, it was interesting to see the flood line littered with plastic bags
have been walking the dog along the ham car park to teddington stretch, and it all looks like you'd want it to, except for the dog pooh

Subject: Re: River Guardians Reports 2011/12 Sun May 01, 2011 9:20 pm

Reported by the Lockkeeper at Teddington that two set of Eurpoena anglers on the lock island in the last few days.

Was phoned in to the EA hotline and a patrol came down later

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yesterday morning myself, dave and martin, with his young daughters wandered to teddington from ham car park, the path was busy with cyclists in a hurry, as well as a latin american flag carrying group, and the usual assortment of dog walkers and ramblers

Subject: Re: River Guardians Reports 2011/12 Mon May 02, 2011 4:31 pm

had a stroll on the brook today, flow is steady,water clear,thought i saw a small trout amongst the chub.
i know the EA have stocked this the past few years{which is excellent}. the fish look as if they are doing very well.
must get in the water on sunday and get the rubbish out. hope its a nice day for those who attend the litter pick.
picked up bag and half of rubbish Very Happy

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was on penton hook island yesterday morning, no more signs of any overnight fires/fishing
a large proportion of the paths are beginning to be encroached by the undergrowth
the dog walkers were friendly and the only noise was that of nature

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wandered along albany reach late yesterday afternoon

saw absolutely nothing of note

Subject: Re: River Guardians Reports 2011/12 Wed May 04, 2011 8:12 am

Saturday 30th April
Hogsmill in Kingston where it joins the Thames up to St.James' Road bridge
Hogsmill water very clear except large amount of grass cuttings started coming down as I watched.
Thames a yucky brown.
A few large carp below the weir (amongst the beer cans), lots of Chub above with at least one traffic cone.
Coots nesting in the nesting areas provided.
Detailed report with photo's in separate thread https://t-a-c.forumotion.com/t1076-hogsmill-at-kingston

Subject: Re: River Guardians Reports 2011/12 Wed May 04, 2011 9:14 am

tuesday 3rd may.
took a stroll early evening,picked up a few beer cans and sandwich wrappers etc. pretty tidy.water quite low,but nothing to be concerned about,nice and clear with adequate flow.
well sort out the bits and pieces in the brook this sunday. Very Happy

willie

Subject: Re: River Guardians Reports 2011/12 Wed May 04, 2011 9:21 am

im sure i saw loads of people adopting stretches of river to keep an eye on?
come on chaps we want to get some feed back.ie is it clean. is there litter,poachers and water quality etc
if we dont have this info.we cant act. cyclops

willie

Subject: Re: River Guardians Reports 2011/12 Wed May 04, 2011 7:58 pm

Walked from Twickenham road bridge down over Richmond lock and back this evening, see "Illegal Fishing" for photo that prompted this excursion. River still brown but water slightly clearer. Mayflies are hatching.

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Posts : 187 Join date : 2010-11-21

Brought a boat from Sunbury weir down to Molesey lock Sunday morning, no one fishing, river still brown.The handle had come off the outboard, that was no fun hold the outboard cover to stear.
Walked along the Ember at end of orchard lane today, no one fishing.

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mucho appreciated chaps
love the pic ed

nothing to report from my morning stroll from ham to teddington
albany reach looked slightly the worse for wear after the weekend, and someone had deposited something in the bushes that long stay anglers normally get blamed for

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EA guardian meeting at shepperton lock, sat 7th may, this saturday, and another 2 weeks after that

sincerest apologies from the EA for the short notice,
this is your chance to get fully involved

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wandered the half mile tree to teddington this morning
everything looked lovely except for the illegally moored boats, I counted 37 in total, ranging from tenders to a dutch barge

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yesterday morning it was ham to teddington, and boy was it pleasant
it seemed every type of bird was cheeping, a male blackbird entertained with a beak full of worms for his youngsters, the tits, and they are many and varied, seemed less inclined to disappear into the undergrowth as I passed, a mallard still had 6 youngsters in tow, and only a single boat passed

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meandered along a pleasant towpath this morning, it seemed particularly pleasant to me anyway
only from ham to teddington, and nothing to report

from another member
molesey to hampton court sat and sun afternoon, near molesey boat club a square metal object in the margins
and someone has planted some shrubs in one of the swims, the lock looked particularly pretty

this afternoon, the tiny river Rythe in thames ditton, himalyan balsam growing and report from a resident chinese mitten crabs are seen

Subject: Re: River Guardians Reports 2011/12 Tue May 10, 2011 1:17 pm

Today Docket Eddy lane at Walton to Shepperton Weir, nothing to report, nice morning to be out and about.

Chertsey Bridge to the end of Laleham Reach. Very quiet, a few walkers enjoying the sunshine. River is low and rafts of what looks like silk weed in many marginal spots.

Walton Bridge area, nothing to report, river still a murky brown colour

Subject: Re: River Guardians Reports 2011/12 Tue May 10, 2011 3:15 pm

beverley brook
walked the brook this morning,what a great job we done on sunday.
better flow,no litter and the fish had smiles on their faces.

i did notice however that i have to get in the park side of the brook as there is a lot of debris caught on the spikes that are under the bridge. obviously the spikes are there to catch the rubbish but i dont know when or how often the richmond park wardens get in their side of the brook and maintain it.

i can do this myself,but a bit of company would be nice Very Happy

im thinking of doing this on friday.

willie Very Happy

Subject: Re: River Guardians Reports 2011/12 Wed May 11, 2011 1:08 pm

Nice one Wille, please put your hand up if you are about, will mention it to Jim later.

This morning all quiet in the Walton area.

Subject: Re: River Guardians Reports 2011/12 Thu May 12, 2011 9:46 pm

Back on shift for me today til Sunday so not been out.

Be good to get some areas covered over this coming weekend so if you are out and about, let us know what you see, or don't see.

Cheers cheers

Posts : 209 Join date : 2010-04-09

I haven't seen any out of season anglers on 'my' stretch in over a month.

Subject: Re: River Guardians Reports 2011/12 Fri May 13, 2011 12:57 pm

OH DEER,went to the brook this morning to get in the water to clear the obstructions under the bridge, as there was a herd of deer with their fawns rolling and slashing around to rid thereselves of flies,ticks etc.i couldnt go in.
will go back later. brook looks pristine,and the banks alive with the sights and sounds of mother nature Very Happy

Posts : 2152 Join date : 2010-01-21

been wandering my usual strolls and aint seen a twig out of place

last week, one of our members wearing one of our t-shirts, persuaded 2 people to pack up on albany reach

Subject: Re: River Guardians Reports 2011/12 Mon May 16, 2011 10:59 am

Cycled the towpath from Twickenham bridge to Kew Gardens Brentford Gate and back on Sunday afternoon, checking out the Mini-HaHa and in particular searching for a signpost labelling it as such which my neighbour has seen (didn't find it).

Not much rubbish in the Mini-haha beyond Richmond lock but quite a few fallen trees and branches blocking it in places. Towards the lower (Brentford) end it becomes narrow and clogged with duckweed before petering out. Didn't see any signs of illegal fishing.

Subject: Re: River Guardians Reports 2011/12 Mon May 16, 2011 11:28 am

i walked along the sunbury stretch , kings lawn to flowerpot and up to the carpark / swing area sunbury backwater yesterday morning first thing , all was good , saw nobody fishing and the small amount of rubbish i did find i put in the bins . All seems good on this section ... Water still that orrible brown colour , and theres no flow whatsoever ... Stopped off to speak to the guys in the boatyard re boat hire , asked them if theyd seen anyone fishing the area recently and they said no . Im shocked to be honest , as last close season there were people there most days fishing ! Hopefully my 10 or so calls to the ea worked ?!?!?

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