The River Nar: A chalkstream restoration | Reconnecting the river to the surrounding landscape

[@Pastaface]

Thank you CRW . You make accomplishing such inspiring project sound easy . Imagine it is far from so.

[@MrBenAckland]

What a morale boost this is. Thank you to everyone working to restore and protect our rivers.

[@777-david-p9l]

Water, man's most precious resource, cared for and treated with respect. Thank you to all who were involved.

[@Kevin-rh5li]

Brilliant, but don't let East Anglia water anywhere near it

[@DrewWithington]

So amazing that in UK we are now re-naturing rivers. I can still remember when a JCB digger turned a beautiful stretch of the River Eden in Kent into a drainage channel, destroying all the fish etc habitat. Awesome.

[@ianscothern7496]

Love the fact that at 4:20 there's a fish breaking the surface.

[@nevillewalker6299]

Brilliant. I managed our local river for about seven years and did many of the things you have done and we now have more wild trout caught than introduced. 2007 Wild Trout Trust Award was the result.

[@Bumpkin_fen]

I grew up in Narborough and fished the nar and the mill pond as a kid. It brings me joy to see the nar is being looked after so well.thankyou for this fabulous video.

[@Silverhalide44]

I am so glad i came across this on my explore, it's absolutely incredible. The cinematography, the narration, the work involved by everyone let me escape everything for the entire 12 minutes. My only criticism is, i wish it was longer.

[@lynnej7219]

Our own mini Amazon. Just as important as large rivers, these are just as critical to the ecosystem. Good luck

[@ginojaco]

Beautiful chalkstream; good idea to use a horse, maybe an even better one to float wood down. 👍

[@Daytona2]

Congratulations, all - it looks wonderful! Lovely cinematography to do it justice.

[@OutsideYourZone]

What a beautiful project, thankful of this passionate person and his team! 🧡

[@girlinagale]

I moored for a summer in The River Nar where it flows into The River Great Ouse in Kings Lynn. So lovely to see where the Nar comes from.

[@Tjk186]

Would just like to say a huge ‘ thank you ‘ Charles for the magic you and colleagues have enabled for this particular chalkstream and the process you’ve modelled which I hope gets amplified on other rivers that need some help and love.

[@lisaroberts8135]

Thank you for trying to restore this river to its original beauty!

[@littlenick2559]

Fantastic film about a brilliantly done project. Congratulations to all involved!

[@juliettatennant7916]

This is a beautiful film, and such important work. And beautifully filmed.

[@stevejeffrey7948]

Congratulation to all those involved as well as my thanks.

[@jasonjones6463]

Great work - so good to watch a positive tale about our precious chalk streams.

[@gingervirus2988]

Thank you Charles and the whole team. Watching this has given me hope

[@niksniff]

Really great to see work like this instead of the old IDB attitude that everything is a drain that needs to be canalised and straightened.

[@robertmitchell9415]

The section of the Nar downstream from Narbourgh was canalised, to aid the transportation of wheat up to the flour mill in Narbourgh.

[@baggieboy22]

Fantastic - beautiful video. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project!

[@WarHogz]

What a wonderful initiative, well done all those involved.

[@sophiareygrace6656]

THANK YOU FOR RESTORING THE RIVER

[@buzzabuzza3494]

Superb!! huge respect for what you are achieving.You now have a wonderful wildlife haven👏👏👏

[@Longrunner67]

Thank you Charles. What a wonderful blend of knowledge/skill and artistry. To all those involved what a wonderful inspiration to those of us still trying to mobilise sufficient support to try and achieve restoration of our chalk streams.

[@StuartOtway-jm9rr]

That looks like a fabulous project!

[@SimonMilton100]

Excellent work

[@RussTillling]

Awesome project and a super chap! Norfolk are so terrific at nature restoration. Shame our water companies can’t do as well as them.

[@PeterWhite-gt8kv]

Brilliant work Charles and the team. And a lovely film too. Thank you.

[@zeeox]

I'm so glad I clicked on this video. I knew a little bit about the Nar restoration, but this filled in some blanks and was, basically, lovely to watch. I do hope it ends up being shown in local schools in the area.

[@mrintresting256]

What an extraordinary film and what an amazing project. I’m so happy someone is doing what they can do to restore these unique habits in England. Keep up the great work.

[@simonevans7836]

brilliant video, inspirational, well done

[@whitefishfins]

Wow! That is gorgeous. Thanks for your work on behalf of rivers, trout, and the world!

[@edwardhall-ye5ob]

Absolutely brilliant to see, all this work being done, in this lovely part of the country. Congratulations Charles and your team. Brilliantly filmed and a joy to watch. I’m a volunteer; further down the river, any chance; you’ll be continuing Narborough to King’s Lynn?

[@geoffreyshort5380]

Wonderful video and project. Uplifting.

[@daphnia-magna]

Amazing effort and great results!!!

[@mossfoster5317]

Amazing to see, just brilliant work from all involved. If we don't start restoring our lands now there will soon be nothing left. The beauty of that slim reserve as it cuts through the industrial farmland is a stern reminder of what we are missing and the damage we have truly imparted on our countryside. We must return to small scale agricultural communities and get back to the land.

[@MrPaulstride]

magnificent well done

[@edwardwilliams9185]

I've been through here previously and it is absolutely amazing, thanks for the great work!

[@richardelsden3300]

What a brilliant project. The Bure above AYLSHAM offers the same opportunity to make a step change in a restoration sense, and your project shows just what can be done here in Norfolk.

[@schmiddy1473]

Awesome

[@grahamshepherd8096]

So inspirational and beautifully filmed. Sir you are a credit of the power of vision and human endeavor.

[@ldm7532]

Brilliant work 👏

[@Earlesdirect]

Great video everyboby watching this must be enthused!! Very hopeful foe our futures.

[@jameslisteroutdoors]

Fantastic & insightful video 👍

[@christopherbrett]

Bravo!

[@liamhemmings9039]

Beautiful.

[@davidgray3321]

Tha5 was a wonderful project well done to all involved.

[@LiamKilsbySteele]

I would love to be part of the film making process for these kind of projects

[@paulwitcher1382]

Great project well done to everyone involved

[@jonsutherland1]

Brilliant work.......

[@charlesneilson1518]

Outstanding video 🎉 👏🏼 ❤

[@HelenBennett57]

This is very, very lovely and wonderful to see. What would happen though, if more of the banks were gentle and sloping, not a sharp vertical drop? What if there were riffles and beaches on the inside corners and eddies undercutting the outer bends? Wouldn't that allow more winter flooding to spill over and really join the river to its floodplain again? And it would allow small creatures down to the water to drink, and create an even greater variety of habitat.

[@tombgoth]

Inspirational. Thank you

[@martincorcoran8263]

Fantastic. Wish they did this in Ireland

[@jeynes14]

Great works

[@flyfishingwalesuk]

That looks great. I have a similar idea on a smaller scale, for restoring a very unique Welsh stream that ended up being converted into a drainage chanel. This project could do with some help from like minded people who are passionate about restoring biodiversity and revamping Welsh spring fed streams.

[@flyfishingwalesuk]

That looks great. I have a similar idea on a smaller scale, for restoring a very unique Welsh stream that ended up being converted into a drainage chanel. This project could do with some help from like minded people who are passionate about restoring biodiversity and revamping Welsh spring fed streams.

[@nickbrailey990]

Thank you

[@aston108]

Fantastic work, Id so like to help on project's like this.

[@mefistovonbedre7285]

Need to add also lots of pebbles,that cleans streams and allows fish to lay eggs.We need these sorts of projects in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire

[@petebrothwell2998]

Wonderful

[@eowenspa2]

I’d forgotten what a proper river looked like , in this context it’s hard to believe what is happening to UKs rivers isn’t it.

[@GlynnBourne]

Enjoyed the film, how is the work financed

[@francesco8539]

Bellissino!!❤❤

[@chesterstorm1]

Great video have fished the Nar at Fakenham quite a few times but wold love to fish at Narborough if possible can you send me any information if is available Regards and great work again

[@davidprocter3578]

Perhaps you could take a look at the river Wissey from little Cressingham to Carbrooke. A lot of badly informed trenching took place along this stretch in the 1970's.

[@markmcgrath5487]

If only all flood management spend could be moved up stream to nature based projects like this rather than spent on ineffective projects downstream

[@jointgib]

would love to have been involved in this

[@jonwilmot5331]

Beautiful project, let's hope your local water company doesn't install an outflow pipe!

[@Twyll]

Hi team, this might be left of field, but Ive been trying to find a good resource on where to buy land to regenerate. Do you have any recommendations?

[@johntyjp]

Shame all the watercress beds have gone, have to buy this bagged taste less imported stuff now!

[@Mountain_Bike_Archaeology]

Beavers are not coming back however. They are being put back, deliberatley by people. Maybe smash less Champagne, on bows of ships.

[@ralphjohnson4041]

Would have been good to see what it was like before you did the work.

[@timexyemerald6290]

Whats so special about these Chalk rivers??. 😅. I can't find any video that explain how diferent these chalk river from normal rivers. All these rivers look like normal river.

[@tonycamplin8607]

It certainly seems like a good idea but it must have caused a lot of destruction to the original wildlife. For instance what happened to everything living in the old course of the river when you closed it off and diverted the water into the new course. Masses of wildlife would have died as the old course dried up. Maybe the ends justified the means, perhaps?

[@stevewright201]

I pay every year for rod licence and that's were the money should go but it doesn't and l find this disgusting

[@TheAndyJBall]

accelerating or interference in nature rarely ends well and the rivers existence will tell whether it is right.

[@homo-sapiens-dubium]

Awesome work - love to see how little it takes to let nature recover itself - and how well nature is at that! Wholesome work, congratulations and thanks to everyone involved, stuff like this makes me sleep well! :)

[@tank-x7i]

Norfolk rivers drainage board aught too do something about the Gaywood river