Environment

February seems set to be a month with below average rainfall - unless we have torrents before the end of the month it may well turn out to be the driest in 5 years.  We had a slight panic earlier in...

Despite a fair bit of rain over the last week, with lots of surface water, the rate of rise in the aquifer has fallen to a com[lete standstill.  It shows appearances can be deceptive.  We are just...

With only 3mm of rain falling since the start of February, the rate of rise in the Tilshead aquifer has begun to fall off quite noticeably.  The fact the level has risen almost 1.5m during the same...

At the end of a week where English Heritage were citing "exceptional weather" as their reason for closing a somewhat muddy path past Stonehenge, water levels in the Tilshead aquifer remains just...

Water levels have continued to rise throughout the last week, however the rate of increase has changed.  At the start of the week, relecting the small amounts of rain over the previous two weeks,...

Water levels in the aquifer have continued to rise throughout the week, but with relatively little rainfall during the last two weeks, the rate of rise has fallen off a bit. Overall, the water level...

As you may have seen on the News page, Winterbourne Stoke once again can live up to its name as the springs in and around the village have begun to break.   We've learned that this seems to happen...

Happy New Year to you all.  Last year ended with something of a deluge.  We had 95mm or rain during December which is more than twice the amount we had in the previous December with the most rain...

The water level in the Tilshead borehole has continued to rise throughout the last week following several days of rainy weather.  Although still below average (black circles), this year's levels...

Although there has been relatively little rain during the period, there has still been a slow but steady increase in the water level in the Tilshead aquifer. Despite this, the levels are well below...