Riverfly Taster Evening - Pitty Beck Wetland

Join Aire Rivers Trust for a riverfly sampling taster session as part of our Lottery -funded Roots in the River Project.

The evening will introduce the volunteer-based riverfly counting method that uses eight groups of river bugs to assess the effects of pollution within a river.

Participants will take part in supervised practical, in river, sample collection and the bug counting process needed to assess river health. For volunteers intrested becoming fully training riverfly monitors a full training course and a sample site can be aranged by the Aire Rivers Trust citizen sciecne co-ordinator.

More information about our volunteer riverfly monitoring project can be found via the following link Riverfly - Aire Rivers Trust

For participants interested in becoming regular riverfly monitors, it is recommended that they attend a minimum of 2-3 taster evenings to help them build their riverfly identification skills. With a view to preparing you for the formal Riverfly Partnership training day in June. More dates in this training series can be found in this events collection: 2026 Bradford Riverfly Training | Eventbrite

Event Joining Instructions

Meet: Lower Grange Playground on the Junction of Bell Dean Rd./Marmion Ave. https://maps.app.goo.gl/4biB7g8Ho5SGPYtV8

Parking: On street parking is available around Lower Grange Commuinty Center, 10 Chaffinch Rd, Bradford BD8 0RFhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/qz5LkebX5s1X8mX3A

Personal Equipment Needed: Wellington boots (contact sam with your shoe size, if you need to borrow a pair), Warm waterproof clothing, any Medic*tion need to stay healthy.

For more information, contact [email protected]