Sentences with phrase «chalk streams»

Of the 161 rivers classified as chalk streams by the Environment Agency, only five contain significant populations of salmon.

The researchers studied five chalk streams in Hampshire and Dorset — habitats they said were under «massive pressure» from human activity.

Bacon will be creating a new work to raise awareness about sustaining chalk stream rivers such as the Cray which runs through Hall Place.

In my own County of Hertfordshire, I was recently lucky enough to be invited for a day on one of our few remaining fishable chalk streams.

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In every respect, the River Test is the pre-eminent chalk stream.

It is drawing attention to a worthy cause — the fragility of chalk streams which are threatened by pollution.

Rosy's garden, her first ever show garden, was designed to draw attention to the plight of the last 200 natural chalk streams around the world, streams such as the River Test which provide a perfectly balanced habitat for insects, water plants, mammals such as water voles and otters, fish, crayfish and birds.

As a chalk stream, the River Test is precious resource with a rare ecosystem - we set about creating an environment where a host of different flora and fauna can thrive.

Born in Sussex, Haig - Brown grew up fishing the chalk streams of southern England.

Chalk streams — which originate in chalk hills and are generally wide and shallow with clear water — are fed by underground aquifers and have steadier flow rates and more stable temperatures than most other rivers, and are less acidic.

«We know that chalk streams are very productive and juvenile salmon in these rivers generally migrate to sea after just one year, whereas young salmon in other river types typically leave freshwater at 2 - 3 years.

Salmon from the chalk streams of southern England are genetically unique, researchers have discovered.

«About 85 per cent of the world's chalk streams are in the UK, and the fish we studied are in an area of southern Britain that's under massive pressure from human activity.

Rosy Hardy makes her Show Garden debut by celebrating the chalk stream.