Equipment sets can be purchased from EFE & GB Nets, the official Riverfly Partnership supplier.  A set of monitoring kit costs approximately £90. Quote The Riverfly Partnership on ordering.  


Supplied by EFE & GB Nets

1. Standard hand net frame (25cm wide) with 1.5m handle and woven mesh (1mm net) 0.5m deep hand net bag
2. Large heavy duty white tray
3. 8 section divider tray (*2)
4. Large pippette (* 2)
5. Digital countdown timer or approved stopwatch
6. Large 16l bucket with metal handle & lid
7. Small 2.5l bucket with lid
8. Magnfier (*2)

• Optional - FSC Freshwater name trail.  A recommended guide to the identification of other freshwater invertebrate groups.

Supplied at the Riverfly Partnership training workshop

• FSC River invertebrate monitoring for anglers publication
• Risk Assessments - Dynamic & Generic. IIncluding: health and safety procedure; environment safety procedure. See pdf documents below.
• Recording sheet . See pdf document below.
• Contact details for Monitoring Group Coordinator

 Monitoring Group

• Safety equipment including serviced life-jacket (e.g. Crewsaver 150N model), hand cleaning material, gloves, first aid kit and waterproof plasters
• Waders (non felt soled)

AMI Health and Safety Assessments

» Riverfly Partnership Generic Risk Assessment – PDF-File, 73.5 KB

» Riverfly Partnership Dynamic Risk Assessment – PDF-File, 121.7 KB

AMI recording files

» Riverfly Partnership AMI recording form – PDF-File, 36.1 KB

» Riverfly Partnership AMI excel recording file – XLS-File, 324.5 KB

Equipment suppliers

Official supplier for the Riverfly Partnership Angler's Monitoring Initiative

• EFE & GB Nets For standard net & core equipment. Quote Riverfly Partnership on orders

General suppliers of entomological field equipment

• Alana Ecology
• Watkins and Doncaster