News: Chalk streams

The clear waters of the River Mimram. The photo is taken from the centre of the river and there are white-flowering water plants in the river and there is vegetation on the banks. In the background is a cluster of trees that the river disappears into.

Improving the Health of Our Chalk Rivers

Tuesday 17 September 2024

This World Rivers Day, the Trust is championing the importance of restoring the health of the area’s rare chalk river habitats.

A close up photo of Himalayan Balsam - a plant with large, pink flowers shaped like a bonnet

Tackling Himalayan Balsam – Our Rivers' Beautiful Enemy

Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is trialling an innovative treatment to suppress an invasive non-native plant that erodes riverbanks and threatens biodiversity.

Water Vole by the bank of a river surrounded by reeds and enjoying a munch on some nearby vegetation

UK’s Fastest Declining Mammal Thriving on the River Ver

Monday 18 September 2023

Two years on from Water Voles being reintroduced to the River Ver, Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust has announced that the geographical range of the animals has approximately doubled year-on-…

Two birds - one Jack Snipe and one Common Snipe - pictured next to each other in green undergrowth

Rare Sighting of Jack Snipe Has Birders Flocking

Thursday 9 February 2023

Rarely seen Jack Snipe at Lemsford Springs Nature Reserve draw in the crowds.

Archers Green Campaign Water Vole in the Reeds

Charity Launches Appeal To Protect Hertfordshire Site Which Includes a Habitat as Rare as a Rainforest

Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust has launched a fundraising appeal to raise £500,000 to buy and manage Archers Green near Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire.