ARK - Action for the River Kennet

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ARK - Action for the River Kennet Welcome to ARK. We are a charity & are the Rivers Trust for the Kennet & the Pang catchments.

Today we presented volunteer Tim Marriott with his ARK Volunteer of the Year 2026 glass bowl.Tim has been a volunteer wi...
20/10/2026

Today we presented volunteer Tim Marriott with his ARK Volunteer of the Year 2026 glass bowl.
Tim has been a volunteer with us for 10 years and has helped with a lot! He's a riverfly monitor at 5 sites, he has put his practical skills to good use at our river restoration tasks, boardwalk repairs, interpretive panel repairs, rain garden work and has even built us model good and bad houses to demonstrate the benefit of SuDS measures to capture rain water and slow the flow.
Congratulations and thank you Tim!

A bit of much needed rain today didn't stop our volunteer team at Stonebridge Wild River Reserve, Marlborough. The volun...
20/10/2026

A bit of much needed rain today didn't stop our volunteer team at Stonebridge Wild River Reserve, Marlborough.
The volunteers worked with our Project Officer Sarah to carry out the annual hedge height reduction on the run of native hedging by the river in the water meadow and on the north bank.
Hundreds of Snake's head fritillary bulbs have also been planted.
🫶Tremendous job everyone 👏
To volunteer with ARK please email [email protected]

Marlborough Town Council

Our eel monitoring volunteers have been learning lots through watching the latest Environment Agency electrofishing on t...
17/10/2026

Our eel monitoring volunteers have been learning lots through watching the latest Environment Agency electrofishing on the Kennet.
The EA were carrying out this form of survey at the sites where eel have been restocked, to see how it compares with previous surveys on the same stretch and to see if any eels were amongst the fish caught.
Eels were found, with some being big enough to tag!
This was an amazing opportunity for our eel volunteers and our new staff, to gain knowledge, learn more about the eel restocking project and have the privilege of seeing a range of fish species up close.
Our passive eel trapping at 6 of the EA's eel restocking sites compliments their project and is part of Thames Catchment Community Eels Project Development Phase, led by Thames Rivers Trust and made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

We are excited to share that the film 'River' is being screened at The Parade Cinema Marlborough28th October 6pm - 7.30p...
15/10/2026

We are excited to share that the film 'River' is being screened at The Parade Cinema Marlborough
28th October 6pm - 7.30pm
Book your tickets now:
https://www.theparadecinema.com/checkout/showing/483530

Throughout history rivers have shaped our landscapes and our journeys: flowed through our cultures and dreams. River takes the audience on a journey through space and time; spanning six contintents and drawing on extraorinary contemporary cinamatography including satellite filming, the film shows rivers on scales and from perspectives never seen before.

13/10/2026

ARK is the River Trust for the Kennet and Pang catchments.
Catch up with the latest on our rivers through The Rivers Trust State of Our River Report.

Alex Collins is our new Catchment Co-ordinator having strategic oversight for both the Kennet and Pang catchments.Alex i...
11/10/2026

Alex Collins is our new Catchment Co-ordinator having strategic oversight for both the Kennet and Pang catchments.

Alex is the manager for the Pang Chalk Stream, leading meetings, project reporting, managing the partnership finance and developing an effective Pang comms strategy.

He'll be working closely with the Pang Partnership working groups to develop strong projects to improve the Pang.

Welcome Alex! Who has had a packed first couple of weeks, attending meetings, including our AGM, joining a volunteer task on the Kennet and attending an electrofishing session to see the EA at work collecting data as part of their eel restocking project on the Kennet.

To meet the rest of the ARK team visit: https://www.kennetandpang.org/aboutus/ark-team

Today we're in Forbury Gardens, Reading at Berkshire Biodiversity & Regenerative Food Festival.Come and see us to learn ...
11/10/2026

Today we're in Forbury Gardens, Reading at Berkshire Biodiversity & Regenerative Food Festival.

Come and see us to learn about the iconic European eel and our project helping this amazing fish that is now Critically Endangered.

We have lots of fun eel activities and beautiful free illustrated fishy maps to give away.

Regenerative Foods

ARK is a partner in the Thames Catchment Community Eels Project - Development Phase, a multi-partner project working to improve the future for eels. TCCEP - DP is led by Thames Rivers Trust and funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

One of the joys of riverfly monitoring is our volunteers get to know their site through the seasons, this image is the F...
10/10/2026

One of the joys of riverfly monitoring is our volunteers get to know their site through the seasons, this image is the Foudry Brook as autumn begins.
Thank you to our Foudry Brook volunteer riverfly monitor for sharing.

Riverfly Partnership

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Avebury, Elcot Park
Marlborough
SN82BG

Telephone

+441672512700

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