19/05/2025
A class of children from Newlaithes Junior School in Carlisle were delighted to find a whole host of amazing river creatures when they visited the River Caldew.
The children visited ‘Holme Head Bay’ in Carlisle with Tania, our Outdoor Learning Manager, as part of their 'Rivers' school topic. They met this little elver (a young eel) who has travelled around 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean from the Sargasso Sea to live in our rivers! When it is ready to reproduce, (which could be 20 years from now!) it’ll swim back across the Ocean to reproduce.
Bullheads and many thousands of tiny riverbed creatures made for a fantastic morning by the river. The ‘dance’ of the caseless caddisfly larvae was rated as the best dance moves in the world… “Doing the Worm! 🪱 Is it not the best dance moves ever!?” 🪱
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01/07/2026
After incredible efforts to remove Himalayan balsam from the Eden river catchment in May and June, we're doubling our target for the removal of this Invasive Non-Native Species…
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22/06/2026
Calling all Ullswater and Dacre communities – help us to protect your local waterways from invasive non-native species this summer! We’re gathering a team of local people to…
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22/06/2026
We've just received a donation from Our Rivers, thanks to numerous Eden residents who have taken up the offer of a free septic tank upgrade scheme.
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