Portholme Meadow, Brampton. Jim Stevenson decided to circumnavigate this enormous flood plain meadow, thought to be the largest in the country, by canoe. This is his tale The Great Ouse takes a huge loop around Portholme Meadow, making it an island...

Red Kites are now seen readily across the UK with a current population of some 10,000 birds, including about 2,000 breeding pairs. These birds have wonderful plumage, long broad wings and a flexible forked tail enabling them to twist...

It’s that time of year and Bridget Flanagan of the Great Ouse Valley Trust describes a continuing local tradition. While the sun shines – our photograph depicts an idyllic July scene along the Great Ouse: visiting cruisers and narrow boats...

Celia Woolley pulls on her boots for two charities It was on June 4th 2020, my 53rd birthday, when I first had a spark of the idea. I was walking along the bank of the Great Ouse at Paxton Pits...

A family business chalks up 75 years on the river Great Ouse. Ian Jackson, of the Great Ouse Valley Trust, has the story. When Laurie Jones and his wife Nora converted a wartime landing craft into a houseboat on the...

The Great Ouse Valley Trust welcomes local naturalist Jim Stevenson as a contributor to our regular column. Here he describes how our river valley is used as a migration route for a wide range of wildlife but in particular...

TALES FROM THE RIVERBANK A regular series of stories from the Great Ouse Valley Trust. BIGGEST REED BED! We are so lucky. Why? Well, less than a ten-minute drive away (6 miles), to Earith, a wetland reserve is being created that will...

The wonderful long-distance footpath that follows the river through the Ouse Valley in Cambridgeshire is one of our greatest assets. The Great Ouse Valley Trust has already replaced the information boards, with the assistance of Highways England and the...