Field Notes

Writing from the bank

Occasional notes on craft, habitat and the slow business of looking after British freshwater.

Meet James Hawkey, founder of Aqua Terrain

Lecturer, fisheries scientist and habitat builder — a short introduction to the man behind the practice, and the commitment that started it.

A note on the quiet revival of woven hazel revetments — and why a craft from the hedgerow still beats imported plastic.

A short field note on the ecological benefits of floating reed bed installation, and the speed at which biodiversity can increase.

Bank clearance, weed cutting, de-siltation — the unglamorous winter calendar that decides how a fishery looks in summer.