News Archive

March 31st, 2022

March Newsletter

Check out our March newsletter for the exciting activities and updates – including information about our spring tours of Diglis Island and the…

March 25th, 2022

A new home for sand martins at Diglis Island

Have you spotted the newest addition to Diglis Island? If you’re walking past the Island and you look just above the old barge,…

March 1st, 2022

February Newsletter

Check out our February newsletter for the exciting activities and updates – including information about our pre-season tours of Diglis Island and the…

February 25th, 2022

Unlocking the Severn inspires village lockdown art project

In the village of Kemerton, near Tewkesbury, a community-wide art project took place to celebrate the shad! The founder of Kite Studios, and…

February 15th, 2022

Shad flag competition

This May, we celebrate the return of the rare migratory fish – the twaite shad – to the River Severn. To mark this…

February 10th, 2022

Unique volunteering opportunity at Diglis Fish Pass, Worcester

What’s involved? A unique one-off volunteering opportunity at Diglis Fish Pass in Worcester. Enter the drained fish pass in waders and see it…

February 10th, 2022

Corinne’s apprenticeship with Unlocking the Severn

Hello! I’m Corinne, Unlocking the Severn’s Communications Apprentice. I joined project in June 2021 and I am responsible for running the social media…

February 7th, 2022

Aaron’s apprenticeship with Unlocking the Severn

Hi, my name is Aaron and I’m the Waterways Environment Apprentice on the Unlocking the Severn project. I have been on the project…

January 30th, 2022

January Newsletter

Unlocking the Severn has kicked off the new year with a big milestone achievement! Read all about it in our January newsletter, and…

January 28th, 2022

A project milestone – Holt Fish Pass is complete!

A huge milestone for the Unlocking the Severn project has been achieved, with the completion of Holt fish pass! Unlocking the Severn is…

January 27th, 2022

The story so far – our project in numbers

January 25th, 2022

Unlocking the Severn provides new homes for British birds

We talk a lot about the brilliant work this project is doing for endangered fish species, but what you might not know is…