Topics: Chalk rivers

Each month since October 2024 we have been part of a team of Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers monitoring the diversity and abundance of a select groups of invertebrates (mayfly larvae, caddis fly larvae and freshwater shrimp on the River Darent).

• Chalk rivers
• Rivers

Chalk streams are an ecologically significant freshwater habitat and are globally rare. England holds approximately 85% of the global total with the majority of those dotted around the south, including in Kent.

• Chalk rivers