“Birmingham River Champions”

birminghamriverchampions@gmail.com

About me

The state of Birmingham’s rivers

Enter the ‘Birmingham River Champions’

• Monitor the health of our local watercourses
• Help inform management interventions
• Have a bit of fun along the way

Do you want to become a citizen scientist?

Our approach

• Galvanise existing and new volunteer groups across the Cole and Rea catchments

• Set up training events

• Send out survey forms and equipment

• Design a user-friendly, online app / website where you can visualise yours and other group’s data

• Establish a stewardship legacy

Monitoring techniques

Riverfly

Water quality

Urban outfall safari

Invasive species

Riverfly

Water quality

• Dissolved oxygen
• pH (acidity / alkalinity)
• Temperature
• Phosphate
• Nitrate
• Turbidity

Urban outfall safari

Invasive species

Birmingham River Champion’s goals

Provide a platform for you to inform real world management interventions to protect our vulnerable ecosystems

Develop a friendly interface where you can visualise the health of Birmingham’s rivers and appreciate the value in your data

Establish a legacy so that Birmingham River Champions can help safeguard local watercourses in many years to come!

Help facilitate volunteer opportunities, allow you to develop and impart new skills, and enjoy Birmingham’s rivers

Thank you for listening! ��Do you have any questions?

birminghamriverchampions@gmail.com