Brue CREW

03/04/2026

Join our efforts to map nature along the whole course of the Brue (including its former Axe course) on iNaturalist…

1. Download the iNaturalist App
2. Create an Account
3. Search for "River Brue" under Projects
4. Join "Brue & Axe River Mapping"
5. Start taking Photos
6. Upload to the App – ask for it for help with your IDs if you need
7. Watch the Brue & Axe data grow…
8. Smile 😊

Uploaded data gets checked, where possible, then becomes research-grade once it has been peer-reviewed

"Brue & Axe Nature Mapping" brought to you in partnership with The Somerset Eel Recovery Project (SERP)

Recording nature along a river acts like a living snapshot, capturing the dynamic interactions between land, water and life. It empowers communities and decision makers to nurture these vital ecosystems with insight and care. The aim of our project is to record species along the Brue and Axe corrido...

26/03/2026

Looking forward to seeing you at Saturday's "Living Brue" day in

Ewan Jones our Chair will be speaking for the on the morning Panel, we will be running a Workshop on monitoring and pollution testing, and launching an exciting new 'Nature Mapping' initiative with The Somerset Eel Recovery Project (SERP) that you can help with

Please do message or email [email protected] if you will be there, and could spare an hour to help on the BrueCREW stall…

27/01/2026

Can you help Vanessa Becker-Hughes of The Somerset Eel Recovery Project (SERP) to find an ecological steward for a reach of the Brue between Glastonbury and Street?

Reconnection of the river with the floodplain around Clyce Hole would restore wetland / marsh habitat, benefitting many species

Please share to find a buyer who can develop the land creatively for enhancing nature and biodiversity - celebrate its cultural and antiquity value - extend ...

08/12/2025

Forest Of Selwood are planning a restoration project for and surrounding area

They want to run events on how to restore and create new meadows, and help get involved in practical , including seed collection and planting

The vision is for the town to be ringed by -rich , bringing into people's everyday lives

Please answer complete the via the link below to help shape this project…

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RNPDFCV

We are planning a restoration project for and surrounding area

We want to run events on how to restore and create new meadows, and help get involved in practical , including seed collection and planting

The vision is for the town to be ringed by -rich , bringing into people's everyday lives

Please answer complete the via the link below to help shape this project…

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RNPDFCV

03/08/2025

This bare earth displays one of the reasons why is so successful, and also why it is so destructive to our

Brue CREW this morning removed six dumpy bags of from the beside L***y Brook, at the bottom of Park Road, central

This Himalayan Balsam had crowded out even (those stingy stalks laying on the ground) – and rains would wash soil into the , where it becomes damaging

All balsam removed is to destroy its seeds

Many Thanks 🙏 to this morning’s volunteers; please message us if you would like to help with the next