For wellbeing and wildlife

Friends of the Wye volunteers took their display to Wooburn Fete, and met visitors to share information about our important chalk stream. We had our usual wet display of aquatic wildlife, exhibiting some of the creatures which make their home in our river. Thanks to...

Friends of the Wye volunteers took their display to Pann Mill open day and were pleased to let visitors know about our important chalk stream. The day was cold but it didn’t dampen the spirits of the visitors to our stand. We were particularly impressed by the...

Nine Friends of the Wye Conservation Volunteers were in action at Desborough Recreation Ground on Sunday morning, just before the weather turned to rain. The team worked on the southern channel, at the school end of the rec., clearing excess vegetation beside the path...

Friends of the Wye volunteers took their display to Pann Mill open day and were pleased to tell visitors about our important chalk stream. We had information about the river, and our ‘wet’ display showed some of the wildlife species that make the river their...

Friends of the Wye volunteers took their display to Wooburn Fete, and enjoyed meeting and sharing information with visitors. We had our usual wet display of aquatic invertebrates. Thanks to our supporters: Bill, Colin, Mo & Mollie.

Seventeen very enthusiastic Friends of the Wye Conservation Volunteers formed a work party at Desborough Park. On the northern channel, the area between the car park and the playground was cleared. The branches and other debris, caught by a fallen tree in the river,...

Eight Friends of the Wye volunteers formed an energetic work party tackling the stretch of the Back Stream backing on to houses on Keep Hill Road. Five people worked in the river with three others collecting the debris from the banks and making piles of it to be...

Friends of the Wye volunteers have dealt with Himalayan Balsam plants, Impatiens glandulifera, growing by the river on the Rye. This plant is a highly invasive alien species which we have mostly under control. However a few plants pop up every year and it is most...

Friends of the Wye volunteers took their display to Wooburn Fete, and enjoyed meeting and sharing information with visitors. We had our usual wet display of aquatic invertebrates (starring the crayfish). Thanks to our supporters: Bill, Eddie, and Colin.

Friends of the Wye volunteers took their display to Pann Mill open day and were pleased to meet so many visitors and tell them about our important chalk stream. We had information about the river and our ‘wet’ display showing some of the wildlife species that make the...

My name is Edward and I lived in Hayes Middlesex as a child and we had occasional days out to High Wycombe which I always enjoyed!  I’m now living in Cornwall and here are some of my memories of the Dyke and Back Stream. Over 50 years ago the boating lake (the Dyke)...