Water for Wildlife - a Brief Natural History of Our Rivers

Darren Tansley, CNHS Mammal Recorder and Wilder Rivers and Protected Species Manager at the Essex Wildlife Trust, provides a different perspective on rivers. From Brook Lamprey to Beavers, source to sea, rivers are one of our most diverse habitats but they have never been more threatened. What did rivers used to look like; what have we done to alter them and how can we make them more resilient in the face of the looming biodiversity and climate crises.