The River Nar: A chalkstream restoration | Reconnecting the river to the surrounding landscape
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- čas přidán 13. 04. 2024
- 3 years in the making, this film follows the restoration of a section of the River Nar, near Castle Acre, Norfolk. Led by Charles Rangeley-Wilson OBE, the project's aim was to reconnect the river to the surrounding landscape it had previously been divorced from. Filmed in partnership with the Wild Trout Trust and Norfolk Drainage board, the film documents each aspect of the restoration.
Watch the remarkable difference this has created to the river, wild brown trout and surrounding ecosystem. Keep an eye out for some of the people (and animals) that made this incredible project a reality.
THANK YOU FOR RESTORING THE RIVER
Love the fact that at 4:20 there's a fish breaking the surface.
So amazing that in UK we are now re-naturing rivers. I can still remember when a JCB digger turned a beautiful stretch of the River Eden in Kent into a drainage channel, destroying all the fish etc habitat. Awesome.
Water, man's most precious resource, cared for and treated with respect. Thank you to all who were involved.
Brilliant, but don't let East Anglia water anywhere near it
Brilliant. I managed our local river for about seven years and did many of the things you have done and we now have more wild trout caught than introduced. 2007 Wild Trout Trust Award was the result.
In 95 whilst studying at Sparsholt I worked with Ron Holloway on the upper Itchen for 6 weeks. I then spent 2 years trying to be a river keeper on a chalk stream, alas it never happened. Unbelievably brilliant job.... ❤
I grew up in Narborough and fished the nar and the mill pond as a kid. It brings me joy to see the nar is being looked after so well.thankyou for this fabulous video.
I am so glad i came across this on my explore, it's absolutely incredible. The cinematography, the narration, the work involved by everyone let me escape everything for the entire 12 minutes. My only criticism is, i wish it was longer.
Congratulation to all those involved as well as my thanks.
Would just like to say a huge ‘ thank you ‘ Charles for the magic you and colleagues have enabled for this particular chalkstream and the process you’ve modelled which I hope gets amplified on other rivers that need some help and love.
I moored for a summer in The River Nar where it flows into The River Great Ouse in Kings Lynn. So lovely to see where the Nar comes from.
Fantastic film about a brilliantly done project. Congratulations to all involved!
Beautiful chalkstream; good idea to use a horse, maybe an even better one to float wood down. 👍
Our own mini Amazon. Just as important as large rivers, these are just as critical to the ecosystem. Good luck
Congratulations, all - it looks wonderful!
Lovely cinematography to do it justice.
Thank you Charles and the whole team. Watching this has given me hope
This is a beautiful film, and such important work. And beautifully filmed.
Fantastic - beautiful video. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project!
What a beautiful project, thankful of this passionate person and his team! 🧡
Amazing effort and great results!!!
What a wonderful initiative, well done all those involved.
Great work - so good to watch a positive tale about our precious chalk streams.
Really great to see work like this instead of the old IDB attitude that everything is a drain that needs to be canalised and straightened.
The section of the Nar downstream from Narbourgh was canalised, to aid the transportation of wheat up to the flour mill in Narbourgh.
What a morale boost this is. Thank you to everyone working to restore and protect our rivers.
Superb!! huge respect for what you are achieving.You now have a wonderful wildlife haven👏👏👏
Thank you for trying to restore this river to its original beauty!
Excellent work
Thank you
What a brilliant project. The Bure above AYLSHAM offers the same opportunity to make a step change in a restoration sense, and your project shows just what can be done here in Norfolk.
Inspirational. Thank you
I'm so glad I clicked on this video. I knew a little bit about the Nar restoration, but this filled in some blanks and was, basically, lovely to watch. I do hope it ends up being shown in local schools in the area.
Thank you Charles. What a wonderful blend of knowledge/skill and artistry. To all those involved what a wonderful inspiration to those of us still trying to mobilise sufficient support to try and achieve restoration of our chalk streams.
Awesome project and a super chap! Norfolk are so terrific at nature restoration. Shame our water companies can’t do as well as them.
Brilliant work Charles and the team. And a lovely film too. Thank you.
What an extraordinary film and what an amazing project. I’m so happy someone is doing what they can do to restore these unique habits in England. Keep up the great work.
brilliant video, inspirational, well done
Awesome
magnificent well done
Brilliant work 👏
Wonderful video and project. Uplifting.
Wonderful
Amazing to see, just brilliant work from all involved. If we don't start restoring our lands now there will soon be nothing left. The beauty of that slim reserve as it cuts through the industrial farmland is a stern reminder of what we are missing and the damage we have truly imparted on our countryside. We must return to small scale agricultural communities and get back to the land.
Wow! That is gorgeous. Thanks for your work on behalf of rivers, trout, and the world!
Fantastic & insightful video 👍
I've been through here previously and it is absolutely amazing, thanks for the great work!
Bravo!
So inspirational and beautifully filmed. Sir you are a credit of the power of vision and human endeavor.
Need to add also lots of pebbles,that cleans streams and allows fish to lay eggs.We need these sorts of projects in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire
Great video everyboby watching this must be enthused!! Very hopeful foe our futures.
Great project well done to everyone involved
That looks great. I have a similar idea on a smaller scale, for restoring a very unique Welsh stream that ended up being converted into a drainage chanel. This project could do with some help from like minded people who are passionate about restoring biodiversity and revamping Welsh spring fed streams.
Fantastic. Wish they did this in Ireland
Absolutely brilliant to see, all this work being done, in this lovely part of the country. Congratulations Charles and your team. Brilliantly filmed and a joy to watch. I’m a volunteer; further down the river, any chance; you’ll be continuing Narborough to King’s Lynn?
Outstanding video 🎉 👏🏼 ❤
Tha5 was a wonderful project well done to all involved.
I’d forgotten what a proper river looked like , in this context it’s hard to believe what is happening to UKs rivers isn’t it.
If only all flood management spend could be moved up stream to nature based projects like this rather than spent on ineffective projects downstream
Bellissino!!❤❤
I would love to be part of the film making process for these kind of projects
Fantastic work, Id so like to help on project's like this.
Perhaps you could take a look at the river Wissey from little Cressingham to Carbrooke. A lot of badly informed trenching took place along this stretch in the 1970's.
Beautiful project, let's hope your local water company doesn't install an outflow pipe!
Enjoyed the film, how is the work financed
Shame all the watercress beds have gone, have to buy this bagged taste less imported stuff now!
would love to have been involved in this
Great video have fished the Nar at Fakenham quite a few times but wold love to fish at Narborough if possible can you send me any information if is available Regards and great work again
It certainly seems like a good idea but it must have caused a lot of destruction to the original wildlife. For instance what happened to everything living in the old course of the river when you closed it off and diverted the water into the new course. Masses of wildlife would have died as the old course dried up. Maybe the ends justified the means, perhaps?
accelerating or interference in nature rarely ends well and the rivers existence will tell whether it is right.
Would have been good to see what it was like before you did the work.
Whats so special about these Chalk rivers??. 😅. I can't find any video that explain how diferent these chalk river from normal rivers. All these rivers look like normal river.
All rivers should be open to the public for a fee to maintain them, but dogs not allowed with the poo bags slung about, I would say £25 for a licence to walk them would be a start as we all have to share our earth, and the rivers should not be for a privileged few mainly the rich.
We already pay for company’s to look after the rivers but they don’t, im not wasting more of my money. I’d happily support people like this doing the job as I work in conservation but before I spend any more of my hard earned money on making rivers better let’s get them into public ownership first!
@@spencersanderson1894 You must surely realize my point being that most rivers are closed to the public.
@@jungletiger1900 sorry I didn’t realise that, good point and you’re right, yes, we don’t have much access to rivers but again I’m not paying for that in my country, I live here, I have the same amount of rights as anyone to go wherever they want in their own country, I’m not paying extra to get out into something that should be free. The water companies can pay for the upkeep that’s what we pay them for, not to line their own pockets and get away with dumping sewage into the rivers. Bring the rivers back into public ownership and then we will all have a duty of care towards them anyway as we would all have a vested interest. Get the water companies out.
@@spencersanderson1894 With respect you do not have the same rights as some have, we live in a divided controlled country, and since the British isles first democracy ??? for the ruling classes from the start made sure their interest are number one, I'm 74 and have seen it all my life and that's why I don't vote, for the system is strongly intrenched conning the voters perpetually.
@@jungletiger1900 With respect I do. I go wherever I want whenever I want. I don’t read private properly signs (I respect peoples personal gardens and homes etc, I’m not a thug). I understand what you’re saying and I am with you 100% but the “ruling class” are just humans like me and you and have no right to tell me where I can and cannot go. Good for you, I only voted for Jeremy Corbyn and will never vote again unless a man/woman like him comes along, maybe I’ll vote Green if they could prove they could run a country.
I pay every year for rod licence and that's were the money should go but it doesn't and l find this disgusting
Awesome work - love to see how little it takes to let nature recover itself - and how well nature is at that! Wholesome work, congratulations and thanks to everyone involved, stuff like this makes me sleep well! :)
Norfolk rivers drainage board aught too do something about the Gaywood river
Great works
That looks great. I have a similar idea on a smaller scale, for restoring a very unique Welsh stream that ended up being converted into a drainage chanel. This project could do with some help from like minded people who are passionate about restoring biodiversity and revamping Welsh spring fed streams.