River Irfon Catchment Project events

River walk and kicksampling

10am-12noon, Saturday 28th February, from Dol-y-Coed, Llanwrtyd Wells (LD5 4TH)

Discover the Afon Irfon with Dewi Roberts. A passionate advocate for rivers, Dewi regularly works with schools across Powys and has appeared on Springwatch and Wales: Land of the Wild. This event will include a guided river walk and a chance to discover some of the creatures living in the River Irfon by taking part in kicksampling.

This is a one-mile circular walk along the Irfon, taking approximately two hours.

This event is suitable for all ages, including families. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

This event is now full but another Aafon Irfon walk is taking place on 22nd March – details below.

Introduction to Modular River Survey (MoRPh) training course

10am-5pm, Sunday 1st March, Dolwen Fields Llanwrtyd Wells (LD5 4BT)

Learn how to conduct a MoRPh survey and how to enter and view surveys in the database. This one-day training course will teach you how to conduct a MoRPh survey so you can assess and monitor the physical health of your river.

The MoRPh survey is conducted at short river lengths and records physical habitat, vegetation and human impacts. Surveys are entered into the MoRPh Citizen Science database which produces a series of condition indicators.

This event includes a morning of classroom teaching, followed by riverside field training.

Scything workshops

10am-4.30pm, Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th March, the Pavillion, LLanwrtyd Wells

Nicole Clough will lead a hands-on scything workshop. Learn how this traditional land management technique can help to restore freshwater biodiversity.

These events are suitable for adults with six places available for each workshop.

River walk and kicksampling

10am-12noon, Sunday 22nd March, from Pont Wen to Pwll Bo. Llanwrtyd Wells LD5 4TN

Discover the Afon Irfon with Dewi Roberts. A passionate advocate for rivers, Dewi regularly works with schools across Powys and has appeared on Springwatch and Wales: Land of the Wild. This event will include a guided river walk and a chance to discover some of the creatures living in the River Irfon by taking part in kicksampling.

This is a one-mile circular walk along the Irfon, taking approximately two hours.

This event is suitable for all ages, including families. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

This event is now full but another Aafon Irfon walk is taking place on 22nd March – details below.

Riverfly identification workshop

10am – 12noon, Tuesday 24th March, Llangammarch Wells

Join the Wye and Usk Foundation in a workshop to learn about riverflies, their identification and the role they play as indicators for river health.

Moth trapping workshop

10am-12noon, Saturday 28th March, Dolwen Fields, LLanwrtyd Wells

Discover some of the wonderful moth species living in the River Irfon catchment. Moths can be indicators for the health of freshwater habitats and moth trapping is a humane method for counting and recording species at night, using lights to attract moths. Norman Lowe will run this workshop to introduce you to the technique and give you the opportunity to get involved.

This event is suitable for adults.