Dr Janet Dinsdale (our ecologist) with expert assistance from Kennack Diving have just completed the Loe Pool 2014 macrophyte survey, funded by Natural England’s Conservation Enhancement Scheme. Macrophtes are aquatic plants that grow in the submerged areas of lakes and provide cover for fish, invertebrates and produce oxygen needed for lake life. The Macrophyte population survey is…
The judges were immensely impressed with the quality of all the posters submitted in the Penrose Poster Competition, but a winner had to be chosen. So congratulations to Ollie Pearce!! Loe Pool Forum voted ‘Plants of Loe Pool’ as the best poster for its detail, accuracy and presentation. Likewise, well done to the runners up (featured…
Every year for the last twenty years the Science department at Helston Community College have lead a Yr. 9 field trip to Loe Pool. The day aims to bring the curriculum to life by getting the students hands on with nature. Pupils are tasked with surveying the wildlife in Loe Pool and Penrose Creek and…
With the exception of Helston the Cober Catchment is sparsely populated rural area. Many homes, if not most, in the middle and upper regions of the catchment will use a septic tank to manage their sewage. Phosphate is a nutrient present in sewage and posses a risk to water quality as it leads to algae growth. As you know, this…
Historically flooding in Helston has been linked to water backing up in Loe Pool lake and therefore led to the practice of ‘breaking the bar’, as explained on the Loe Bar page. You can keep an eye on the current level of Loe Pool lake here. Contemporary thinking in catchment management has re-focused the Forum’s attention…
We managed to get an article in the West Briton Newspaper! It is all about the preliminary findings from Timothy Walker’s research with the agricultural community in the Cober Catchment. Have a read here: Finding a way to help farmers while protecting our waterways Also, enjoy is the terrible ‘selfie’…
In December 2013 Geography students from University of Exeter were guided around Chyvarloe Farm bordering Loe Pool by Paul Parfitt (farmer), Jeremy Clitherow (HLS advisor for Chyvarloe farm) from Natural England, Dr Mike Leyshon and Timothy Walker from the University of Exeter. The students were studying how a sustainable farm works in contemporary Britain. In particular the role of…
In November 2013 University of Exeter students were guided around the the Cober catchment by Becky Hughes (Catchment Sensitive farming), Laura Bailey (National Trust) and Tim Walker (UoE PhD student). The aim of the exercise was to tell the story of water through the catchment. Here are some students looking at a Cober tributary Steve…
On 6th of December (2012) the Local Ancient Network (LAN) group descended on Carminowe creek. Fuelled by fire baked potatoes they set to work clearing the scrub around the remains of an old Mill. .
Here is one of the first articles the West Briton paper published about the eutrophic conditions in Loe Lake: Diversity of Lake Life is harmed by water pollution.
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