Would you like to become a citizen scientist?
The Tweed Foundation are expanding their Guardians of the Tweed riverfly monitoring programme, and we would love for you to join us. No experience is necessary.
Becoming a Guardian of the Tweed is a great way to get out in nature and learn more about your local river. It is also an opportunity to connect with likeminded people and is a way to report water quality issues to SEPA. This is because riverflies are an indicator species, which we can use to quantify how clean our rivers are.
To become a Guardian of the Tweed riverfly monitor you will be given free training, support, and survey equipment. This is done in partnership with Buglife. You can then either join a pre-established monitoring site, or set-up a new site. We cover the River Tweed and Eye Water catchments.
Scroll down to see current training options.
To sign-up as a Tweed Foundation volunteer, register here.
You can also sign-up for our Tweed Foundation volunteer newsletter here.
Upcoming training dates
The first step to becoming a certified riverfly monitor is to sign up for one of the free online theory classes, currently run by Buglife. Dates, times, and registration links are as follows:
Wednesday 18 March, 6:30-9:30pm
Thursday 30 April, 6:30-9:30pm
Wednesday 24 June, 6:30-9:30pm
The next step to is attend one practical training session. There are currently penciled in for Wednesday 29 April and Saturday 23 May. Further details are to follow in due course and will be posted here.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact our volunteer coordinator, Erica at echapman@tweedfoundation.org.uk or 01896 848 271
Guardians of the Tweed is made possible thanks to funding from the Tweed Foundation and Fallago Environment Fund.
