Riverfly Partnership (RP) events, talks and Angler's Monitoring Initaitive (AMI) workshops are listed.
Riverfly events and courses held by RP partner organisations are also listed. The Riverfly Partnership holds no responsibility for partner events and courses.
2012
28 January Wiltshire Wildlife Trust River Monitoring Scheme AGM 2012, Langford Lakes. Guest speakers including Dr Cyril Bennett and RP Chair Paul Knight. Email monitoringprojects@wiltshirewildlife.org
9 February Ballinderry Riverfly Team meeting. 7.30pm Ballinderry Fish Hatchery, Orritor Road, Cookstown. Coordinated by Mark Horton.
March (date tbc) AMI workshop with the Rosset & Gresford Fly Fishing Club, funded by Awards for All. Coordinated by Howard Stevens. DR
24 March AMI workshop with the Cromarty Firth Fisheries Trust on the River Pefferey, funded by Awards for All. Coordinated by Meryl Norris. LK
27-28 March Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) course: Identifying freshwater invertebrates, FBA Windemere, Cumbria. Tutor: FBA Director Mike Dobson, Cost: £210; early bird rate £195; FBA member £185. Tel. 01539 442468 or email info@fba.org.uk
24 April Salmon & Trout Association (S&TA) Annual Meeting of the membership. RP operates through the S&TA.
28 April AMI workshop with the River Wharfe AMI Group on the River Wharfe. Coordinated by Rob Smith. SC
29 April AMI support day with the River Wharfe AMI Group on the River Wharfe. Coordinated by Rob Smith. SC
30 April – 4 May Field Studies Council course: Identifying freshwater invertebrates. FSC, Kindrogan Field Centre, Perthshire. Tutor: Craig Macadam (Buglife Conservation Officer, RP AMI Tutor & Coordinator of the Ephemeroptera Recording Scheme). Non resident £154. Accommodation available. Tel 01743 852101 or email enquiries@field-studies-council.org
5 May AMI workshop with the Cambridge Chalk Rivers Project in Great Abington. Coordinated by Rob Mungovan. SC
12 May FBA course: Entomology for anglers Level 1. FBA Windemere, Cumbria. Tutors: Stuart Crofts (RP AMI Tutor) & Andrew Dixon. Cost £50. Details as FBA above.
19 & 20 May AMI one-day workshops run by the John Spedan Lewis Trust for the Advancement of Natural Sciences. Open to those interested to set up, or join, an AMI Group. Cost: £35 per person. To book a place email: gilchrist@our-home.me.uk
26 May FBA course: Entomology for anglers Level 2. FBA Windemere, Cumbria. Tutors: Stuart Crofts & Andrew Dixon. Cost £50. Details as FBA above.
12-13 June FBA course: Identifying caddis. FBA Windemere, Cumbria. Tutor: Ian Wallace (RP Tutor) Cost: £210; early bird rate £195; FBA member £185. Details as FBA above.
16 June FBA course: Identifying freshwater invertebrates: an introduction. FBA Windermere, Cumbria. Tutor FBA Director Mike Dobson. Cost £50. Details as FBA above.
21-23 June National Moth Night. Date tbc - Join Ian Wallace at the Freshwater Biological Association, Windemere, for a moth trap event, with caddis the by-catch
23-24 June British Fly Fair. Visit RP stand.
25 June - 1 July National Insect Week (NIW) organised by Royal Entomological Society. NIW/RP competition for the best riverfly photograph. RES welcomes all organisations to hold NIW events - email NIW2012advice@aol.com
18-20 July National Science Meeting of the Royal Entomological Society Conference, Cambridge. RP stand ER/CM
20-22 July CLA Game Fair, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire. Visit the RP on The Salmon & Trout Association stand
5 August AMI support day with the Esk Monitoring Group on the River Esk. Coordinated by Simon Hirst. SC
7 October Game Fishing & Fly Tying Festival, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Visit Stuart Crofts at the RP stand.
23 October FBA course: Organisms and their environment: an introduction to freshwater ecology. Location: FBA Windermere, Cumbria. Tutors: Alan Hildrew, Paul Raven, Allan Pentecost, Mike Dobson, Cost: £120; early bird rate £105; FBA member £95. Details as FBA above.
Events Archive 2011
9 March pm Riverfly Partnership AMI Coordinators Meeting at The Natural History Museum, London.
10 March Riverfly Partnership Conference Your rivers - their future Flett Theatre, The Natural History Museum, London.
19 March AMI one-day workshop on the Little River Avon, Gloucestershire (Charfield Anglers amongst others). Funded by Wessex Watermark and the Environment Agency. Coordinator John Turner g.john.turner@blueyonder.co.uk. DR
22-23 March Identifying Freshwater Invertebrates FBA course. FBA Cumbria
1 April AMI one-day workshop on the River Wensum with the Norfolk Anglers Conservation Association (NACA). Funded by NACA, Anglian Water and EA. Coordinator Mark Rylands. SC
4 April AMI one-day workshop with Cramond Angling Club. Funded by Awards for All. LK
7 April RP Water quality monitoring demonstration at LEAF (Linking Environment & Farming)Technical Field Day, Shropshire. BP
12 April Annual meeting of the membership of the Salmon & Trout Association, Fishmongers Hall, London. The Riverfly Partnership operates within the S&TA
30 April AMI workshop on River Derwent with Derwent Fly Fishing Club. SC
7 May AMI one-day workshop on the River Lambourn as part of the RENEWAL Community Project. Funded by Heritage Lottery Fund. DR
7 May AMI one-day AMI workshop Local hub - Eden Rivers Trust BH
9 May AMI workshop with Severn Rivers Trust on the Warwick Avon. AMI Coordinator Tony Bostock. DR
13 (eve)-16 May Identifying stoneflies, mayflies and caddisflies at Field Studies Council Preston Montford Field Centre, Shropshire. Tutor Craig Macadam.
14 & 15th May AMI one-day workshops run by the John Spedan Lewis Trust for the Advancement of the Natural Sciences (JSLTANS), Hampshire. WB/CB/PF
14 May AMI one-day workshop with South Cumbria Rivers Trust at The Freshwater Biological Association, Cumbria. MF
16-20 May Celebrating the mayfly Biofresh, Oxford University Centre for the Environment.
20 & 21 May AMI one-day workshops run by JSLTANS, Hampshire WG/CB/PF
28 May Entomology for Anglers at FBA Windemere, Cumbria. Tutors Stuart Crofts and Andrew Dixon.
28 & 29 May AMI one-day workshops run by JSLTANS, Hampshire WG/CB/PF
7 June 3rd Sector GB Invasive Non Native Species and Biosecurity Planning Conference led by Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland and Association of Rivers Trust. Fishmongers' Hall, London.
18 June Identifying freshwater invertebrates - an introduction. FBA Windemere, Cumbria. Tutor: Dr Mike Dobson.
24 June AMI workshop on River Wharfe, Yorkshire. SC
27 June AMI workshop with the Cotswolds Rivers Trust on the River Dickler. AMI Coordinator Tony Bostock. DR
25 & 26 June One-day Riverfly identification courses run by the JSLTANS.
2 July Wear Rivers Trust AMI workshop. CG
3 July Riverfly Partnership stand, with fly fisherman, caddis specialist and AMI Tutor Stuart Crofts at the Royal Entomological Society Insect Festival, York Museum Gardens. SC
3 July AMI workshop with Lamington and District Angling Improvement Association on the River Clyde. AMI Coordinator Maggie Martin. LK
5 July Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Sharing Good Practice - Citizen Science: Public involvement in monitoring the natural environment. Battleby Conference Centre, Perth.
9 July AMI support day and workshop with River Exe Project and Taunton Fly Fishing Club on the River Culm. AMI Coordinator Andrew Caldwell and John Woods. CB
10 July AMI workshop with Ballinderry Fish Hatchery. Sponsored by Awards for All. In collaboration with Northern Ireland EA. CM/LK
11 July AMI support day with Ballinderry Fish Hatchery. CM/LK
16 July AMI support day with Eden Rivers Trust. AMI Hub Coordinator Becky Helm. LK/BH
22-24 July CLA Game Fair, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire.
23 July AMI workshop with Salford Friendly Anglers on the River Irwell. Sponsored by Awards for All. Coordinator Mike Duddy. LK
26 July AMI workshop with the Nith Catchment Fishery Trust on the River Nith. Coordinator Debbie Parke. LK
30 July AMI support day and workshop with the Wandle Piscators on the River Wandle. Coordinator Will Tall. CB
8 August AMI workshop with the Cain Valley River Group. Coordinated by Severn Rivers Trust. DR
2 & 3 September BTCV Wildlife Counts Freshwater Invertebrate Workshops in Glasgow and Inverclyde, led by RP Riverfly Officer Louis Kitchen. LK
10 September AMI support day and workshop with the Ribble Catchment Conservation Trust on the River Ribble. Coordinator Jack Spees. LK
1 & 2 October AMI workshops with the East Yorkshire Chalk Rivers Trust on the River Derwent. Sponsored by Awards for All. Coordinated by Dave Southall. SC
15 October AMI workshop with the Salford Friendly Anglers on the River Irwell. Sponsored by Awards for All. Coordinated by Mike Duddy. LK
22 October AMI workshop with the North York Moors National Park Authority on the River Esk. Coordinated by Simon Hirst. SC
23 October AMI support day with the East Yorkshire Chalk Rivers Trust on the River Hull. Coordinated by Dave Southall. SC
31 October AMI Support Meeting with the Cramond Angling Club. Coordinated by Jim Madden. LK
18 November Riverfly Recording Schemes meeting, Peterborough. Convener Craig Macadam.
28 November North Yorkshire AMI Coordinators meeting, Thirsk. SC
5 December Closing date: RP Anglers' Monitoring Initiative Coordinator post. 09.00hrs.
Events Archive 2010
3 Nov AMI Workshop with Ballinderry Fish Hatchery. Sponsored by Awards for All. In collaboration with Northern Ireland EA. BP, CM, LK
30/31 Oct British Fly Fair, Stoke on Trent. The Riverfly Partnership represented on The Wild Trout Trust stand
1 Oct AMI Workshop River Carron funded by Falkirk Council. Coordinator Ian Edwards. CM/LK
6 Oct AMI Support day with Severn Trent Rivers Trust AMI Group. Coordinated by Tony Bostock. Sponsored by Awards for All. DR
25/26 Sept SPRITE AMI workshop on the River Don. Sponsored by the Environment Agency SC
17 & 20 Sept AMI workshops with Rivers and Fisheries Trusts Scotland (RAFTS) at Lochaber and River Don. Coordinated by RAFTS. CM
4 Sept SE Wales AMI Support Day with Blaenau Gwent Council. Coordinated by Caroline Matthews. DR
18 Aug South Wales AMI workshop coordinated by Blaenau-Gwent Council and sponsored by The Environment Agency. DR
17 Aug AMI day with FishLegal/Angling Trust, SE Wales. DR
1 Aug Herefordshire Country Fair, Hampton Court, Leominster. Dai Roberts, AMI Coordinator for Wales, will be representing The Riverfly Partnership.
3 July Dorset Wildlife Trust AMI workshop. For participants committed to the long term monitoring of the Frome catchment. Coordinator Sarah Williams. CB
27 June JSLTANS Riverfly identification course / Basic Entomology for Fly Fishermen. See Identification courses
26 June Ribble Catchment Conservation Trust AMI workshop. For participants committed to active participation in the monitoring of the Ribble catchment. Sponsored by the Environment Agency and Awards for All. For further information and to book a place contact Catherine Birtwistle by email admin@ribbletrust.com DR
21-27 June The Riverfly Partnership official partner to Royal Entomological Society National Insect Week 2010. Launch of competition for the best riverfly photograph
12 June Ribble Catchment Conservation Trust AMI workshop sponsored by the Environment Agency. Coordinator Catherine Birtwistle. SC
1-4 June Field Studies Council course: Identifying caddisflies. Field Studies Council, Preston Montford Field Centre, Shropshire
29 May Stuart Crofts and Andrew Dixon's one-day course: Entomology for Anglers
at Freshwater Biological Association, East Stoke, Dorset.
22 & 23 May AMI workshops, Leckford, Hampshire, coordinated and supported by John Spedan Lewis Trust for the Advancement of the Natural Sciences. CB/WG
22 May One-day AMI workshop with the Eden Rivers Trust. Funded by Awards for All. BH
22 May Stuart Crofts and Andrew Dixon's one-day course: Entomology for Anglers at
Freshwater Biological Association, Windemere, Cumbria
19-20 May Ballinderry River Enhancement Association and Association of Rivers Trusts Spring Seminar. Riverfly Partnership presentation on the AMI
5 & 6 May Severn Rivers Trust one -day AMI workshops. Funded by Awards for All. Coordinator Tony Bostock. DR/SC
15 &16 May One-day AMI workshops, Leckford, Hampshire, coordinated and supported by John Spedan Lewis Trust for the Advancement of the Natural Sciences. CB/WG
8 May South Cumbria Rivers Trust AMI workshop hosted by the Freshwater Biological Association. MF
30 April - 2 May Field Studies Council course: Identifying caddisfly larvae for biological surveying and recording. Flatford Mill, Suffolk.
24/25 April Tyne Rivers Trust AMI one-day workshops. DP/CG
28 March AMI workshop with River Erewash Foundation, coordinated by Environment Agency, funded by Severn Trent Water. DR
25/26 March AMI workshop with the Test & Itchen Association. Coordinated by Tom Davies. CB/WG
23/24 March Trout Stream Management in the Real World organised by Eden Rivers Trust, Wild Trout Trust and Association of Rivers Trust, including talk by RP Director 'How good is your river'
20/21 March AMI workshop with Calder and Colne Rivers Trust, funded by Awards for All. DR
6 March South Wales Rivers Trust AMI workshop sponsored by Countryside Council for Wales (CCW). Local coordinator Caroline Matthews, Blaenau-Gwent Council.DR
27 Feb Glamorgan Recorders’ Forum – Aquatic habitats and species, Kenfig National Nature Reserve, near Porthcawl. ORganised by South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre. Dai Roberts representing the Riverfly Partnership AMI.
20 Feb Gwent Recorders’ Forum – Aquatic habitats and species, RSPB Centre, Newport Wetlands. Organised by South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre. Dai Roberts representing the Riverfly Partnership AMI.
Events Archive 2009
AMI = Anglers Monitoring Initiative
Listings in reverse date order
19 Nov 2009 Talk at the Salmon & Trout Association AGM - Surrey Branch, near Leatherhead
22 Sept River Monnow AMI workshop, Herefordshire, sponsored by Environment Agency
6 Sept Thames Region AMI workshop hosted by Godalming Angling Society and sponsored by Thames Water
26 Aug Gresham Flyfishers - AMI support day sponsored by Thames Water
18 Aug RP presentation 'The critical role of non-specialists in freshwater conservation', National University of Singapore (NUS). Followed by workshop to set up a freshwater network of Singapore with stakeholders Public Utilies Board ABC programme, NParks, NUS and Gamefish and Aquatic Rehabilitation Society
15 Aug Ribble Catchment Conservation Trust Riverfly Partnership Anglers Monitoring Initiative (AMI) workshop
25 July Rosset and Gresford Anglers AMI support day
24, 25, 26 July The CLA Game Fair, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire. Riverfly Partnership on The Salmon and Trout Association Stand. http://www.gamefair.co.uk/
18 July Wandle Piscators AMI support day sponsored by Thames Water
8 July AMI demonstration - River Lambourne Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) & Thames Rivers Restoration Trust Walk
20 June Ribble Catchment Conservation Trust Riverfly Partnership Anglers Monitoring Initiative (AMI) workshop
12 June Riverfly Partnership Anglers Monitoring Initiative (AMI) one - day workshop with West Country Rivers Trust
6 & 7 June Usk and Border Counties Gamefair Crickhowell. Visit The Riverfly Partnership on the Game Angling Instructors Association stand
30 May WTT Annual Meeting. Riverfly Partnership talk by Bridget Peacock & Cyril Bennett
16 May Skutterskelfe Angling Association Anglers Monitor one - day workshop. River Leven, North Yorkshire
16, 17, 23, 24 May Riverfly Partnership Anglers Monitoring Initiative one - day workshops - Hampshire.
10 May Riverfly Partnership Anglers Monitoring Initiative one - day workshop with Eden Rivers Trust.
9 May Riverfly Partnership AMI one - day workshop with South Cumbria Rivers Trust
25 & 26 April Riverfly Partnership AMI one - day workshops with The Tyne Rivers Trust.
18 April Riverfly Partnership AMI one - day workshop with Wessex Salmon and Rivers Trust
10 April Riverfly Partnership AMI workshop with Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
28 March Riverfly Partnership AMI workshop with Pembrokeshire Rivers Trust
25, 26, 27 March Riverfly Partnership AMI workshops with Test and Itchen Association, Hampshire
7 March Riverfly Partnership AMI workshop with Slamannan Angling Association, Falkirk, Scotland
3 March Flowing into the future - What lies ahead for the UK's chalkstreams? One day summit, coordinated by the Dorset Winterbournes & Wetland Project in association with the UK Chalk Streams Group, Dorset. Programme includes Riverfly Partnership workshop session
5 February Wiltshire Fisheries Association Meeting talk by Cyril Bennett
4 Feburary Cardiff Annual Countryside Forum. Riverfly Partnership talk by Dai Roberts
21 January Enivonment Ageny National Ecology Seminar. EA / Riverfly Partnership presentation by Graham Lightfoot, Bridget Peacock, Frances Atwood
15 January Sussex Flydressers Guild. Riverfly Partnership AMI presentation by Cyril Bennett
Events archive 2008
AMI = Anglers Monitiroing Initiative
Listings in reverse date order
5 December Winners of the National Insect Week Photography Competition for best Riverfly Photograph announced
18 November Riverfly Partnership presentation by Dai Roberts. Countryside Council for Wales workshop, Swansea
12 November Riverfly Partnership presentation by Bridget Peacock. Association of Rivers Trusts annual meeting, Peak District
31 October Competition for the best Riverfly Photograph closes
25 October Partnership presentation by Welsh representative Dai Roberts. Anglers Instructors Association (GAIA) Annual General Meeting, Builth Wells
20 September Pontnewynydd Water Festival, Torfaen County Borough Council - Riverfly Partnership AMI & South East Wales Rivers Trust Eductional Programme www.southeastwalesriverstrust.com
13 September Cwmynysoy Community Event, Torfaen County Borough Council - Riverfly Partnership AMI & South East Wales Rivers Trust Eductional Programme
12 & 13 September Lugg and Arrow AMI workshop
6 September Pang, Kennet and Lambourne FWAG AMI workshop
20 & 21 August South Wales AMI workshop
3 August Hereford Game Fair River Partnership AMI stand
25,26,27 July CLA Game Fair, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. Riverfly Partnership, Salmon and Trout Association stand, K1383
27 July Taunton Fly Fishers AMI support day, Devon
19 July Wiltshire Wildlife Trust AMI workshop
19 July Horton and Manchester Anglers Association AMI workshop - River Ribble
16 & 17 July Teme Rivers Trust AMI workshop
12 & 13 July John Spedan Lewis Trust for the Advancement of the Natural Sciences Riverfly Identification and AMI workshop, Leckford Estate
5 July Fotheringhay AMI workshop, Northamptonshire
5 & 6 July John Spedan Lewis Trust for the Advancement of the Natural Sciences Riverfly Identification and AMI workshop, Leckford Estate
29 June Caddis walk at Whixall, Shropshire with Dr Ian Wallace
To see one of the UK’s rarest and most beautiful caddisflies, Hagenella clathrata. This large day-flying caddis is the flagship species for caddis conservation in England.
26 June AMI demonstration - River Wandle With William Tall, Coordinator of the Wandle Piscators Monitoring Group, Professor Lin Field Royal Entomological Society President and pupils from Gorringe Prep School
25 June Nature Live talk on The Riverfly Partnership AMI, plus tour of the riverfly collections, The Natural History Museum, London
25 June NIW Public Lecture: Breathing underwater - how to take over a world by Dr Ian Wallace FRES. Liverpool World Museum's Treasure House Theatre
23 to 29 June National Insect Week. Official partner Riverfly Partnership.
23 June Launch of the National Insect Week Photography Competition including competition for the best Riverfly Photograph
14 June Canterbury and District Angling Association AMI support day
10 June Riverfly Partnership presentation by Dai Roberts, Pontypool Anglers
7 & 8 June BASC Wales and Border Game and Country Fair, Usk, Monmouthshire. Riverfly Partnership at the Salmon and Trout Association stand
6 & 7 June Light trapping moths and caddis with Dr Ian Wallace. Freshwater Biological Association Cumbria. A National Moth Night event
21 May Riverfly Partnership / Environment Agency presentation by Dai Roberts/Andy Robinson, The Rivers Lugg and Arrow Fisheries Association
17 & 18 May Clwyd and Conwy and the Welsh Dee Rivers Trusts AMI workshop
17 May Eden Rivers Trust Workshop, Penrith, Cumbria
10 May South Cumbria Rivers Trust AMI workshop, Freshwater Biological Association, Cumbria
26 & 27 April Tyne Rivers Trust AMI workshop, Northumberland
23 & 24 April South Wales AMI workshop
30 March Wandle Piscators AMI workshop
29 March Riverfly Partnership presentation by Cyril Bennett, Southern Catchments Meeting, Arundel
15 & 16 March Pembrokeshire Rivers Trust AMI workshop
