*** OUT NOW *** A Pictorial Guide to British Ephemeroptera by Cyril Bennett & Craig Macadam This guide includes a comprehensive introduction to Ephemeroptera, outstanding close up colour images of the adults and nymphs enabling identification to species level plus an indicator of the months each species are in flight. Craig Macadam, Ephemeroptera Recording Scheme Coordinator & Conservation Officer for Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust is author, with Dr Cyril Bennett, John Spedan Lewis Trust for the Advancement of the Natural Sciences (JSLTANS), photographer. Both are founding members of the Riverfly Partnership (RP) and Anglers’ Monitoring Initiative (AMI). Price £15/copy plus p&p. Order your copy (Code: OP139) from FSC publications by telephone 01743 852140 or online at www.field-studies-council.org .

The guide completes the suite of FSC/RP publications: Guide to stonefly (Plecoptera) families by David Pryce, Steve Brooks and Craig Macadam (Code: OP113, Cost: £3.50/copy plus p&p) and Guide to adult caddisflies (Tricoptera) by Peter Barnard and Emma Ross (Code: OP129, Cost: £3.50/copy plus p&p) and the Simple Key to Caddis Larvae by Ian Wallace (Code: OP105, Cost: £5/copy plus p&p)

*** TODAY *** Riverfly Photography Competition - Closing date 31 October 2010. Print and post your images today. First prize £500, second prize £250, plus commended images. In collaboration with The Royal Entomological Society National Insect Week 2010. Winning images to be published in Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Magazine and The Royal Entomological Society Antenna. Judging by Peter Lapsley, Dr Cyril Bennett and Prof Chris Haines. See here.

Riverfly Partnership with Clyde River Foundation Louis Kitchen joined the RP Team at the beginning of October as Riverfly Officer (short term contract) in a new collaboration between RP and the Clyde River Foundation. Louis, formerly BTCV Riverfly Apprentice, will be working with AMI Groups and progressing RP strategy in Scotland.

National Riverfly Conference Your rivers – their future Thursday 10 March 2011 Flett Theatre, The Natural History Museum, London. Registration open - £35 per person including lunch. Sponsors: The Natural History Museum, Thames Water, Fishmongers’ Company, Salmon & Trout Association, Wild Trout Trust, Freshwater Biological Association, Natural England, Scottish Environment Protection Agency and Environment Agency. The programme will include a panel discussion with questions from the audience - join the debate. Speakers include: Chairman of the Environment Agency, Rt. Hon. Lord Smith of Finsbury, environmental scientist Professor Steve Ormerod, Professor Alan Hidlrew, Anglers' Monitoring Initiative leads Will Tall (Wandle Piscators) and Dai Roberts (South East Wales Monitoring Group) and international fly fisherman Stuart Crofts amongst others. Killer shrimp Dikerogammarus villosus The Killer shrimp, a highly invasive non-native species, was found for the first time in the UK in Grafham Water, an Anglian Water reservoir, in Cambridgeshire on 3 September 2010. This voracious predator is a threat to a range of native species, including young fish and invertebrates and significantly alters ecosystems. This is the first known outbreak of the Killer shrimp in UK - it is vital that we stop its spread to new locations. For identification sheets and recent briefing notes see www.riverflies.org . The Riverfly Partnership, Angling Trust, Salmon & Trout Association and Invertebrate Link partners (a UK network of more than 30 organisations with an invertebrate

conservation interest including RSPB, WWF & Buglife) are in dialogue with the statutory bodies regarding critical concern on the issue. Send your views/concerns to: Mark Owen email: mark.owen@anglingtrust.net .

River/fly clips Northern February Red endemic to UK: Genetic research has confirmed the endemic status of the Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) stonefly Northern February Red Brachyptera putata. BAP status means that there is a government responsibility to protect the species - there are eight riverflies designated as BAP species in the UK. Field work on BAP species has been supported by RP Natural England Countdown 2010 project grant.

New caddis to the UK: A caddisfly species, known to occur elsewhere in Europe, has been recorded in the UK for the first time – exciting and fitting RP news for the 2010 Year of Biodiversity. More details to be released shortly.

Out soon: Caddisfly life cycle poster; pollution flip cards; 2011 species surveys / identification cards (including Yellow May Dun, March Brown, Yellow Mayfly); new edition Buglife riverflies leaflet.

Best & worst rivers – shout now. Closing date 31 October. The Our Rivers Campaign , partners Angling Trust, WWF, RSPB & Salmon and Trout Association are calling for your vote.

Thames wins international rivers prize. The River Thames was awarded the 2010 Theiss International Riverprize from the International Riverfoundation in recognition of the outstanding achievement in river management and restoration. Congratulations to EA, Thames River Restoration Trust, the many organisations and individuals who contributed to the clean up and improvement of the river and its tributaries since the 1950's and all those who are continuing to help improve the river. The Riverfly Partnership acknowledge the outstanding work of the Wandle Piscators Anglers’ Monitoring Initiative.

In the press: RP AMI highlighted in the Wildlife & Countryside Link Blueprint for Water (in prep), Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust magazine Autumn 2010; Country Life (23 June), and will be in the Angling Trust newsletter calling coarse anglers into action. See also articles appear in S&TA Gamefisher and WTT Salmo Trutta magazines.

Anglers’ Monitoring Initiative

Scotland 2010 has seen the AMI become well established on the Rivers Forth and Carron. In September Rivers and Fisheries Trust Scotland (RAFTS) hosted two AMI workshops for representatives of Fisheries Trusts and District Salmon Fisheries Boards from across the country to raise awareness of the initiative. The Clyde River Foundation plans to be the first Scottish Local Hub with community engagement across the catchment. RP AMI has been recognized within Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) WFD Citizen Science Programme.

Northern Ireland Ballinderry River Enhancement Association will host the first RP AMI workshop in Ireland on 3 November in a pilot with Northern Ireland EA supported by an Awards for All grant. Arc View GIS mapping, will be trialed to facilitate data capture and mapping.

Wales Dai Roberts, part time AMI Coordinator, completed the field season with a workshop for the Angling Trust/Fish Legal team. Fish Legal plays an instrumental legal role in helping to ensure the water quality of our rivers. Dai offers AMI Support Days, at no charge, for AMI Groups across Wales. For further information and to book contact Dai by email dai.theduff@btinternet.com or telephone: 07890 188835.

England Dorset Wildlife Trust (River Frome), SPRITE (River Don), Severn Rivers Trust amongst others joined the AMI fold. Anglia Eastern (EA) Region will see its first AMI group established shortly. Booking is already open for AMI workshops in Hampshire 2011 - See diary dates above. A number of falls in water quality have been reported with action from the EA. A round up of incidences identified will be reported by the EA.

AMI Coordinators Meeting will be held on 9 March 2011 (provisional date) at the Natural History Museum This will be a forum for AMI Coordinators with Riverfly Tutors and Ecology Contacts. All Coordinators are welcome and expenses will be covered. Further details will be circulated.

AMI Support Days will be held in each EA Region 2011. Dates will be coordinated and announced at the beginning of the field season.

This field season 28 AMI support days/workshops were delivered. For further details or to book a workshop contact: Louis Kitchen (Scotland) l.kitchen@bio.gla.ac.uk , Bridget Peacock (England) info@riverflies.org , Dai Roberts (Wales) dai.theduff@btinternet.com . Note that the AMI fits well to a number of funding streams including Awards for All (new initiatives).

Diary dates 30/31 October 2010 The British Fly Fair, Stoke on Trent. RP will be represented on The Wild Trout Trust stand

2011

9 March 2011 (provisional date) AMI Coordinators Meeting, Natural History Museum, London 10 March 2011 Riverfly Partnership Conference Your rivers - their future Flett Theatre, The Natural History Museum, London. £35 delegate fee. Book your place here 6 April 2011 LEAF (Linking Environment & Farming) Technical Field Day, Shropshire. RP water quality monitoring demonstration 14, 15, 20, 21 May 2011 AMI one-day workshops, Hampshire with JSLTANS and delivered by RP tutors Warren Gilchrist, Cyril Bennett and Peter Francis. Open to those interested in the long term monitoring of their local rivers. Places are targeted to individuals interested in joining an existing AMI Group or in establishing a new AMI Monitoring Group (Hampshire). £35 participant fee. Places are strictly limited. To book a place contact Warren by email: gilchrist@our-home.me.uk or telephone: 01252 622803. 25, 26 June One-day Riverfly identification courses run by the JSLTANS. No previous experienced required. For further information or to book a place contact Warren Gilchrist as above.

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