Wooburn Fete Saturday 17 June 2023

Wooburn Fete Saturday 17 June 2023

Wooburn Fete Saturday 17 June 2023

Stall set up and ready to go.

Friends of the Wye volunteers mounted their display at Wooburn Fete, and enjoyed meeting and sharing information with visitors.

We had our usual wet display of aquatic invertebrates (starring the crayfish), information about our mills heritage, and photos highlighting the amount of rubbish that sadly finds its way into the water.

Thanks to our supporters on a hot and busy day: Bill, Pete, Priscilla, Barry & Caroline, Jane & John, Colin & Carole, and finally, can you spot Ed?

Pann Mill 14 May 2023

Pann Mill 14 May 2023

Pann Mill 14 May 2023

Heritage of the Wye’s mills being show to visitors

Friends of the Wye volunteers took their displays to Pann Mill open day and were pleased to meet so many visitors and tell them about our important chalk stream.

We exhibited information about the river’s Mills’ heritage, including a long map showing the location of the Wye’s many erstwhile mills and our ‘wet’ display showing some of the wildlife species that make the river their home.

We were fortunate to be visited by a recently emerged Green Drake mayfly, Ephemera danica, and watched its transformation from sub-imago (immature adult) to imago (fully mature adult), still to fully expand its wings.

Ephemera Danica, the Green Drake mayfly sub-imago (immature adult) on the left and imago (fully mature adult) on the right, still to fully expand its wings.
Friends of the Wye conservation at the Rye & Holywell Mead – Tuesday 28 March 2023

Friends of the Wye conservation at the Rye & Holywell Mead – Tuesday 28 March 2023

Friends of the Wye conservation at the Rye & Holywell Mead – Tuesday 28 March 2023

Fourteen Friends of the Wye volunteers were in action, on a wet morning, enthusiastically litter picking and removing woody debris and overgrown vegetation from the back stream. Some five or so bags, of in-stream and bankside litter were collected and a separate small team collected a further two bags of litter from the main river.

The litter, woody material and excess vegetation were collected into bank-side piles ready for later removal by the council’s contractors.

Our volunteers are rewarded by the satisfaction of tasks well done, and of course, tea and biscuits!

Thanks to everyone who took part.

Volunteers and piles of woody debris and overgrown vegetation
Stephen (Steve) Morton 9/5/1953 – 23/12/2022

Stephen (Steve) Morton 9/5/1953 – 23/12/2022

Stephen (Steve) Morton 9/5/1953 – 23/12/2022

Image of Stephen (Steve) Morton

Friends of the Wye is sorry to report the untimely death of Steve, just before Christmas 2022.

Steve was a much valued, long term, and reliable supporter of Friends of the Wye, both as a committee member and active volunteer. He always gave his time generously, and regularly turned out at our conservation activities on the River Wye and Hughenden Stream.

Steve was known to many in the Group and will be greatly missed.