Early morning walk watching sunrise over the water meadows. Itchen River, Winchester.

#Winchester ##Itchen #WaterMeadows

The final part of Saturday's walk. Home from the Royal Victoria Country Park via Netley, Weston Shore, Itchen Bridge and Northam. #walk #walking #Netley #Weston #Itchen

River Itchen cold water chalk river, Winchester Hampshire

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Sunrise walk

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Sunrise walk

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Morning walk, River Itchen. Winchester water meadows. #winchester #walk #itchen

#nene #ouse #severn #wye #tees #tyne #test #thames #avon #trent #eden #ribble #dart #exe #parrett #axe #swale #ure #mersey #itchen #calder #tamar #derwent #medway #wharfe #arun #witham

De regreso en #Winchester, un paseo relajante por el canal del río #Itchen entre sauces llorones y algunos árboles de increíble altura #VacacionesVerano2026

Swans at Northam Bridge on the river Itchen on Wednesday. These are more often seen near Cobden Bridge, further up the river. #walk #walking #swans #Itchen #Southampton

And then rain stopped play - Kingfishers, Mandarin Ducks, Mallards, Mute Swans, Cormorants presumably all ducking for cover too.

#Itchen #RiverItchen #Chalkstreamshtag/Chalkstreams" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Chalkstreams #Chalkstream #Alresford #Hampshire #Wessex 11/12

Despite the brolly of Jonathan Spencer, architect of this adventure, the sun occasionally shone on the lucid waters of the River Itchen as it hurried, swollen by rains, over the brilliant white chalk gravels inhabited by caddis fly larvae. #Chalkstreams #Winchester #Itchen 6/11

A duck's eye view of a heavy rain shower on the River Itchen.

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12/12

Because you can never have too many Brown Trout....

#BrownTrout #Itchen #RiverItchen #Chalkstreamshtag/Chalkstreams" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Chalkstreams #Chalkstream #Alresford #Hampshire #Wessex @SalmonTroutCons

10/12

You may have noticed one of the Brown Trout in the previous video carrying a fish leech - maybe Piscicola geometra? - here you get a better view of it.

#leech #BrownTrout #Itchen #RiverItchen #Chalkstreamshtag/Chalkstreams" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Chalkstreams #Chalkstream #Alresford #Hampshire #Wessex @SalmonTroutCons

9/12

Here the Brown Trout jostle for position to hear the words of the master, Roger Harrison, up on the bank...

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8/12

A handsome Pike about a yard long - who nearly ran me over on our first encounter! - was bemused at our presence in his domain in the River Itchen & kept coming to inspect my progress #Pike #freshwaterfish #RiverItchen #Itchen #Chalkstreamshtag/Chalkstreams" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Chalkstreams #Chalkstream #Alresford #Hampshire 4/12

With huge thanks to @anicolson for the introduction & Roger Harrison for sharing his slice of paradise, here's a thread on the enchanting River Itchen downstream of Alresford, my 1st experience of crème de la crème of #chalkstreams.
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1/12

Stands of Branched Bur-reed fringe River Itchen, softened by the late summer candy floss hues of Meadowsweet, Common Valerian & Hemp Agrimony. Lime loving Perforate St John's Wort along the banks & Wild Privet in the scrub.
#RiverItchen #Itchen #Chalkstreams #Wildflowerhour 6/6

Along the banks of the River Itchen, magnificent clumps of Greater Tussock Sedge, Great Willowherb and, less welcome, a poisonous recent arrival, Hemlock Water Dropwort.

#RiverItchen #Itchen #Chalkstreams #chalkstream #Alresford #Hampshire #Wildflowerhour #MondayMotivation 5/6