Listen in to learn more about our CEO Dr Laurence Couldrick, including his hopes for the region's rivers and his favourite places to enjoy freshwater habitats.

And, if you'd like to share your love of rivers with us on the podcast or would like to suggest someone we chat with, email [email protected] - you can find out more about our charity at wrt.org.uk too. 

Find out about our Girls Go Fishing project, funded by the National Lottery, This Girl Can and Sport England, from our rivers and fisheries officer, Mia Bryant.

The project is supporting women (18+) to try out fishing...for free. 

If you've always wanted to give it a go, we have 10 places at two venues in Somerset this August.

Listen along and then head over to wrt.org.uk/project/girls-go-fishing for all the info and to reserve your place. 

And, if you'd like to share your love of rivers with us on the podcast, email [email protected] to find out how.

In this episode, Westcountry Rivers Trust's Confluence podcast host Josie Purcell chats with Brigit Strawbridge Howard.

Brigit is a passionate environmentalist, committed to giving back to the natural world. Learn more about her love for bees and dippers and her joy at monitoring her local streams and rivers as one of our Westcountry CSI citizen scientists.

Her enthusiasm for nature is infectious, and she encourages us all to to take the time to notice our natural surroundings and get to know them.

Follow Brigit on Twitter at https://twitter.com/B_Strawbridge. You can link through to her blogsite there too.

Till next time, keep your wellies, waders and wetsuits at the ready...

In the first Westcountry Rivers Trust Confluence podcast, host Josie Purcell chats with the charity's volunteer vlogger Emily Hardisty about why she loves freshwater wildlife and habitats so much.

Find out about Emily's passion for learning and communicating all things river-related and keep up to date with her river journey at https://www.instagram.com/wildlingcreature/

You can celebrate your Westcountry rivers this festive season too. Be #RiverRevellers with us and find out how you can support our The Big Give Christmas Challenge at https://bit.ly/RiverRevellers between 30 Nov and 7 Dec.

Till next time, keep your wellies, waders and wetsuits at the ready...

Welcome to Westcountry Rivers Trust's Confluence podcast.

We'll be chatting to guests about why our region's freshwater environments matter to them and taking a look at the science that underpins river health; life in, on and along our waterways; how we can all play a part in caring for our rivers and all they support; the enjoyment and wellbeing benefits they provide and much more.

Join us for our first episode on 1 December 2021 as we find out why rivers mean so much to our volunteer vlogger and biologist, Emily.

We are sharing our first podcast episode as part of our festive fundraiser. Find out more at https://bit.ly/RiverRevellers

You can find out about the work of our charity at https://wrt.org.uk/