0% good overall health
of all rivers in England and Northern Ireland are classed as 'good overall'.
Our recent Spring Big River Watch saw 2,400 of you get outside and survey your local river. Learn all about what you saw and dive deep into the data with our new data explorer.
Healthy rivers are essential to human life, they provide us with drinking water, they water our crops, they are home to important species of wildlife, they provide recreational spaces for our health and wellbeing.
of all rivers in England and Northern Ireland are classed as 'good overall'.
of British rivers have artificial barriers obstructing migrating fish
decline in freshwater species globally since 1970
of the earth's surface is made up of freshwater ecosystems, yet they provide habitat for 100,000+ species