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
- By Matt Bishop
- June 19, 2018
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UPDATE to the bootmakers craft event, from the 17th June.… ...read the rest
17th June 2018 – Bootmakers & CATCH craft event
- By Matt Bishop
- June 17, 2018
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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
- By Matt Bishop
- May 5, 2018
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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
- By Steve Lee
- March 18, 2018
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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
- By Matt Bishop
- March 5, 2018
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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
- By davidsmith
- January 20, 2018
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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
- By davidsmith
- November 6, 2017
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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!
- By davidsmith
- October 24, 2017
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CATCH have been nominated as a charity to gain potential funding from the Aviva Community Fund… ...read the rest