Our Mission:

A community group committed to returning the River Cale to a self-sustaining ecosystem that is rich in bio-diversity and to be enjoyed by all.

News

19th June 2018 – Bootmakers @ WildFlower Meadow UPDATE video

UPDATE to the bootmakers craft event, from the 17th June.… ...read the rest

17th June 2018 – Bootmakers & CATCH craft event

A joint craft event between a local town business (The Bootmakers) and CATCH to raise awareness of the beautiful wildlife down at the River Cale and Wildflower Meadow at Wincanton recreation ground.… ...read the rest

5th May 2018 – Recreation ground Rock Berm replant

In September 2017 CATCH (in conjunction with the Environment Agency) funded the placement of a rock berm between the two bridges at Wincanton recreation ground. This section of river is a hard engineered area and was lacking in diversity of habitat that a good river environment requires.

Due to the late planting of the rock berm the previous year, we lost most of the plants from the first attempt so this was our second attempt to plant the berm with native sedges etc and we had the added benefit of the whole summer for the plants to get established prior … ...read the rest

Pollarding and Coppicing – Saturday 17th March 2018

Despite the snow, members of the team managed to balance the shade/light ratio with some coppicing and pollarding work along ‘Waterside’… ...read the rest

5th March 2018 – Frozen River Cale

A brief visit to the Cale on a frosty morning proved to bring a surprise not seen for many years…… ...read the rest

Video footage of the Cale fish survey now available

Many thanks to our friends at Wincanton Window, who have now published the official video of our electrofishing survey on August 4th 2017.… ...read the rest

A Week in the Life of a Broken Sewer Pipe

At the end of October, while performing the regular kick sample on the Cale, some CATCH volunteers noticed a nasty-looking flow… ...read the rest

Help CATCH win funding from Aviva!

CATCH have been nominated as a charity to gain potential funding from the Aviva Community Fund… ...read the rest