Sarah Austin

Trying to see if we find any positive indicator species.

We've been looking for the likes of caddisfly.

Janey, I think this is all done.

Wow.

Look at them all.

That's them all.

Wow.

That's amazing now.

You absolutely wouldn't.

If there was a lot of nutrients getting in, you might be seeing a lot of algae growing, for example.

And it's lovely to see all the pebbles down the bottom.

It's not full of silt.

It's hugely important, particularly with increasing temperatures.

We're seeing in the Boyne high temperatures in the summertime in the rivers, and this is really problematic for our aquatic species, for fish, for fish spawning and so on.

And planting a tree gives...

vital shade over a river as well as debris that falls in as providing food any any logs that can end up in the river are great for providing habitat you need areas that are more fast flowing more slow flowing areas for that will pool for fish to rest so trees have huge benefits for biodiversity for climate and so on and it doesn't have to be along the banks of the main section of the river it can be in these little small streams and tributaries

Even just a field drain, it's so important.

Anything that carries water has a risk of transporting pollutants to the main river.

So although we are the Boyne Rivers Trust, we're working throughout the catchment on all the other rivers and the streams and the drains.

Planting along any of these is hugely, hugely beneficial and very important.