Freshwater Life Project

28/11/2025

Help us to keep supporting real conservation. We're entirely voluntary-run, and dependant on public donations to do the work we do. Every day another species or habitat is lost, but we ensure we make a difference. https://www.paypal.com/GB/fundraiser/charity/2386310

14/11/2025

In an extraordinary development for a beautiful Derbyshire river, Atlantic salmon have spawned in the upper reaches of the River Ecclesbourne - for the first time in over a century! 🐟

Thanks to an ambitious two-year project, this iconic fish is just one of many species to benefit from 400m of re-meandered channel and more than 28km of reconnected river. This work builds on a wider effort to enhance the Ecclesbourne, including our removal of Snake Lane weir in 2022.

Now, salmon parr have been recorded in the river's upper reaches, indicating that adult salmon are successfully spawning there. Fish like brown trout, grayling, lamprey, minnows, and bullheads will also benefit from the improved habitat, as will many other wildlife species 💧

We're delighted to have worked on this project with our partners Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, Chatsworth House, and Nestlé UK & Ireland, and we want to thank the landowners and community members that made it possible. You can read more here: https://www.wildtrout.org/news/atlantic-salmon-spawn-in-the-upper-river-ecclesbourne-for-the-first-time-in-100-years

13/11/2025

The environmental situation in the Akrotiri wetland is deteriorating due to threats posed by sewage and pollution, environmental organisation Terra Cypria warned on Wednesday. The organisation said that during a site visit on Tuesday, an inflow of water of “questionable quality”, as well as a strong stench, mud and signs…

12/11/2025

30/10/2025

The future of Akrotiri’s vital salt lake over the next 25 years was the focus of a recent workshop planning on protecting it and the peninsula as a whole, the British Bases said on Monday. The Akrotiri salt lake, home to rare plants and essential wildlife habitats, faces increasing threats…

19/10/2025

We are so pleased to see the first phase of our captive breeding project for the San Pablo Huitzo killifish commencing over in Oaxaca, Mexico, thanks to the tireless efforts of the team from the Oaxaca Center for the Reproduction of Native and Endemic Freshwater Fish led by . We thank and commend the community of San Pablo Huitzo for collaborating to prioritise their local wildlife and ensure this species' preservation for the future.

18/10/2025

🚨New Report Alert: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲!

How are Europe's frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders really doing? The results are in!

This comprehensive new assessment, "𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆," provides a continent-wide health check for every native amphibian species in Europe. The study covers a vast geographical scope from Iceland in the west to the Urals in the east, and from the far north to the Canary Islands in the south.

Read the full report here: https://doi.org/10.2779/035237

30/09/2025

The San Pablo Huitzo Killifish is at great risk of extinction. We've pledged £541 to the Oaxaca Center for the Reproduction of Native and Endemic Freshwater Fish, but we still have £456 to raise to get this project into action and help save this species. Please donate whatever you can.

Profundulus oaxacae is a small killifish endemic to the upper… Freshwater Life Project needs your support for Captive breeding project for Profundulus oaxacae in Mexico

20/09/2025

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13/09/2025

We are extremely pleased to announce that we have awarded a grant of £541.36 to the Oaxaca Center for the Reproduction of Native and Endemic Freshwater Fish in Mexico, to commence the captive reproduction of the San Pablo Huitzo killifish. With the funds provided, they will purchase four 650L breeding tubs for their breeding facility that will be specifically used to breed this threatened fish species.

As part of this project, we are also working with their team to raise a further £465.91 that will go towards the reintroduction of the killifish to their natural habitat after the removal of invasive and non-native fish species.

To contribute to this cause, please visit the link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/captive-breeding-project-for-profundulus-oaxacae-in-mexico

Help us keep protecting freshwater biodiversity and the communities that value them.

08/09/2025

Please help us raise the funds to establish a captive breeding and reintroduction program for the San Pablo Huitzo Killifish.

Profundulus oaxacae is a small killifish endemic to the upper… Freshwater Life Project needs your support for Captive breeding project for Profundulus oaxacae in Mexico

07/09/2025

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