Richard Fishbourne, Yazor Brooks Project Officer, Bugs and Beasties: Tel: 01432 860323 Email: richard@bugsandbeasties.co.uk
Events:
City brooks work parties are posted in a WhatsApp group; contact Richard to find out about joining us.
Interactive map:
HYBRP activity; link added 4.7.23 and updated at intervals:
Reportage:
BBC Hereford and Worcester video, linked to Nicola Goodwin's report broadcast am 28.1.2020:
https://www.facebook.com/bbcherefordandworcester/videos/2526030574338001/
Recordings:
https://www.facebook.com/bbcherefordandworcester/videos/2526030574338001/
Recordings:
Discussion Evening, 1.7.2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a well attended Zoom event took place on Wednesday July 1st 2020; this Discussion Evening was hosted by The Left Bank. The Video of the Zoom event is now on Google Drive in the Videos folder (see below and look for "Yazor Brook project edited") and the Chat record and other docs are in the Yazor Brook folder (also see below):
Video recording of journey along City Brooks during 2020
Discussion Videos folder:
Yazor Brook folder:
Video recording of journey along City Brooks during 2020
A walk along City Brooks for HWT City Branch on Mon 27th July, 2020 had to be cancelled due to the pandemic. In its place is this link to the video journey along the City Brooks, follow this link and "play all" (27 minutes in total):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_tQOqd7NJpwFj_K8leSXQdoMYJjaC393
Link to our YouTube channel, with videos showing the wildlife on and in the City Brooks:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK-e-OPjd48KRBGYV6TOwDA
Invertebrate monitoring and data:
Find data from previous Riverfly monitoring surveys on the City Brooks (choose Yazor, Widemarsh or Eign from the second drop down menu on this link and also set your date range):
Records going back over 40 years since the gauging station was established; there’s also a link to download rainfall data up to 2015:
Link to map history of City Brooks on Bartonsham History Group's website:
A brief summary of how the Brooks are laid out today and the history of how they came to be that way, supported by old maps:
https://www.bartonshamhistory.org.uk/news/history-of-hereford-city-brooks
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_tQOqd7NJpwFj_K8leSXQdoMYJjaC393
Link to our YouTube channel, with videos showing the wildlife on and in the City Brooks:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK-e-OPjd48KRBGYV6TOwDA
Invertebrate monitoring and data:
Great video on Riverfly project and importance of healthy aquatic environments:
Live flow level data for the Yazor Brook at Three Elms:
Find data on the present level and fluctuations over the preceding 5 days.
History of flows on the Yazor Brook at Three Elms:
Records going back over 40 years since the gauging station was established; there’s also a link to download rainfall data up to 2015:
History of weather recordings for Hereford:
Provides present and historical data, including temperature and precipitation from the weather station at Credenhill in the Brooks’ catchment area. On the link type Hereford into the City box and choose History from the top right options box:
Link to map history of City Brooks on Bartonsham History Group's website:
A brief summary of how the Brooks are laid out today and the history of how they came to be that way, supported by old maps:
https://www.bartonshamhistory.org.uk/news/history-of-hereford-city-brooks
