0% good overall health
of all rivers in England and Northern Ireland are classed as 'good overall'.
Discover what people saw during our recent Big River Watch week on our data dashboard.
Twice a year we run Big River Watch weeks. where we invite you to take part in a simple citizen science activity that helps build a picture of river health across the UK and Ireland.
Healthy rivers are essential to human life, they provide us with drinking water, they water our crops, they are home to important species of wildlife, they provide recreational spaces for our health and wellbeing.
of all rivers in England and Northern Ireland are classed as 'good overall'.
of British rivers have artificial barriers obstructing migrating fish
decline in freshwater species globally since 1970
of the earth's surface is made up of freshwater ecosystems, yet they provide habitat for 100,000+ species