COME WORK FOR US! 2 JOB OPPORTUNITIES
14th March 2023We have 2 exciting opportunites to join our friendly, dynamic team and make a positive impact on the River Tyne and its catchment. Deadline for applications is midnight on 4th April Protected Species Project Manager You will spearhead TRT’s work to safeguard the future of endangered and protected species such as the freshwater pearl mussel […]
FISHING REPORT: 8 DECEMBER 2022
8th December 2022Twenty twenty two will be remembered for the long dry spell of hot weather. River conditions were difficult at best throughout late spring and summer into early autumn. Despite adverse conditions upstream migration counts were encouraging, close to 29,000 counts for the year were recorded at the Riding Mill counter which is in the 5 […]
A SAFE HAVEN FOR NATIVE CRAYFISH
15th November 2022We’ve spent the summer working with a group of volunteers to monitor the locations and population of native white clawed crayfish in the River Rede, as part of our Native North Tyne project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Our Native North Tyne project celebrates what’s interesting and unique about the River North Tyne […]
TACKLING METALS POLLUTION
Our work to reduce pollution from metal mines will be spurred on by our new Tyne Mining Legacy Project Manager, Martin Colling. He will be working on projects to stop a tonne of Lead, Zinc & Cadmium entering the river each year. Martin is an experienced hydrologist who will be focusing on the North Pennines where the primary objective […]
THE LEGACY OF WORKING WITH FARMERS
We’re celebrating the legacy of our farming funds which are drawing to a close, but which we hope will stand Tyne catchment farmers in good stead to manage land in a more environmentally friendly way. The three farming funds covering the Ouseburn, South Tyne and the Don to Derwent, worked with more than 120 farmers […]
VOLUNTEERS CREATE HABITAT AND HELP TO SLOW THE FLOW
3rd November 2022From creating leaky dams to willow spiling and scrapes, our volunteers have had a busy autumn. Near Greenhead, they worked incredibly hard to hand dig over 60m² of shallow ponds known as scrapes and create 5 leaky dams. These ponds and leaky dams will help to slow the flow of water during heavy rain and […]
FISHING REPORT: 20 OCTOBER 2022
20th October 2022The planned essential work to the Riding Mill fish counter was cancelled due to high river levels. It is unlikely the work will take place before 2023 as winter river levels are generally to high for such works to be completed. The counter at Riding Mill had recorded around 1,000 upstream counts for the month […]
OUR 2023 CALENDAR IS ON SALE
19th October 2022Our volunteer has scooped first prize in the annual photo competition with their picture of Featherstone Bridge now adorning the front cover of our charity calendar. After a day spent volunteering on the River South Tyne near Haltwhistle, Adrian White from Jesmond returned to the area for a walk and spotted his chance to capture […]
