A serene stretch of the #RiverThet at #ThorpeWoodlands, that was considerably less serene several years ago when we somewhat over-adventurously kayaked it with large numbers of primary school children as part of one of Anna’s famous birthday camping parties.... #Norfolk

What a salve, these days of glorious spring sunshine in this new uncertain world. The Oaks, still wintery, contrast with the irrepressible golden Gorse flowers & a Shelduck flying from an area of rabbit burrows on the heath along the wending #RiverThet. #MyWalk #Bridgham 1/4

River Thet at Nuns Bridges, Thetford in autumnal mood.

#RiverThet #nunsbridges #Theford #Norfolk #Chalkstreams

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Overleaf Pellia (Pellia epiphylla) on banks of #RiverThet upstream of Snetterton North End. River largely devoid of aquatic vegetation. Is this Canadian Pondweed?
Puzzled by some fungi on tree trunks over the river?
#fungi #Norfolk 4/4

Green Drake Mayflies on the wing - such hapless creatures - on River Thet upstream of Snetterton. But in 0.5 miles saw almost no fish, only 2 mussels (Painter's Mussel/ Unio pictorum?) & a chicken leg (otter prey?). Visibility poor (as usual, in my experience in #RiverThet). 2/4

Delighted to find a spectacular 'tack room' of Dryad's Saddle (Ceriporus/Polyporus squamosus) on the banks of River Thet upstream of Snetterton North End.
#MySwim #RiverThet #Snetterton #Chalkstreamshtag/Chalkstreams" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Chalkstreams #Chalkstream #Breckland #Norfolk #dryadssaddle #Fungi #WorldEnvironmentDay
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Here's top & side views of a glossy little Pike. Note how this one's spotty & that above is stripey.
Lots Gudgeon too doing their thing on river bed, below the shoals of Roach, Chub & Dace. #Thetford #RiverThet #RiverLittleOuse #Freshwaterfishes #Pike #Chalkstreams #Norfolk 6/9

Besides Chub and Dace, delighted to see a Common Bream & a grumpy (as ever!) Bullhead, where the River Thet joins the Little Ouse in Thetford town centre
#Thetford #RiverThet #RiverLittleOuse #Freshwaterfishes #Dace #Bullhead #CommonBream #Chalkstreamshtag/Chalkstreams" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Chalkstreams #Chalkstream #Norfolk 4/9

Masses of fish fry of several species in Rivers Thet & Little Ouse in Thetford town centre, big shoals of Minnows & plenty Dace & Chub bombing around, as well as Roach. Almost all seemed in great health.
#Thetford #RiverThet #RiverLittleOuse #Freshwaterfishes #Chalkstreams
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Tx @OSBrecks for tip re delights of swimming in Thetford town centre! Got in Little Ouse (15.6°C) & swam up Thet to coffee mill. Felt quite autumnal. Canada Geese unsure what to make of me but Mute Swans took in their stride.
#Thetford #RiverThet #LittleOuse #BirdsSeenIn2021
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Sheer exhilaration to be back in a chalk stream warm enough that can just wear fingerless gloves, under a blue sky, from the historic (1697) Melford Bridge 1km up into the tranquil world of Alders, Reeds & Willows. More to explore... #chalkstreams #riverthet #thetford
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Exceptionally (for here in the Brecks) luxuriant mounds of Greater Water-moss (Fontinalis antipyretica) flow in the River Thet around Melford Bridge, Thetford.
#Norfolk #Chalkstreams #Thetford #RiverThet #Bryophytes @BBSbryology #wildflowerhour #Brecks #Breckland #TheBrecks
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I remain mystified by these silt covered jelly loops that are common in the rivers of East Anglia at this time of year. They can reach a foot in length. Suspended from underwater vegetation & branches.
Are they bryozoans? Invertebrate eggs?
#RiverThet #Norfolk #Thetford 11/12

Yet, wonderful surprise to find the most luxuriant bank of River Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus fluitans) I've ever encountered, thick across whole width of the river, for a short stretch where the river runs faster past Tragalgar Woord after inflow from Kilverstone. #RiverThet 4/12

But absolutely masses of caddisfly larvae in the River Thet upstream of Larling - every surface crawling in them. So I guess the water quality can't be as bad as it feels.
#Riverflies #RiverThet #Thet #
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The River Thet upstream of Larling seems very eutrophic with thick growth of Yellow Water-lilies, Lesser Water Parsnip & Bur-reed and much silt.
Water was 13.6°C & air 16.8°C
#RiverThet #Larling #Norfolk #Chalkstreams
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