After the long very dry summer of 2025 the autumn rains have finally come and are slowly swelling the River Meon again. The river became just a trickle from late June until late October. The source of the River Meon dried up completely at South Farm, and was only supported Read more
Members of East Meon Nature Group completed a survey, last Wednesday, looking for river flies in the River Meon in the section in the High Street that was planted up by The Wild Trout Trust. River flies are a good indicator of the health of the river. The Meon was Read more
The EM Nature Team have commenced the Riverfly Monitoring Programme of the River Meon This is taking place in the village and in sites towards the sewage works. The main site is just upstream of the sewage works, plus there are three other ad hoc sites.
Four members of the East Meon Nature Group attended a Riverfly Monitoring training day at Warnford on Friday. They will be monitoring the River Meon, downstream of the village, once a month throughout the year for a key selection of riverflies. The results will give an indication of the health Read more
The Coombe Road winterbourne (seasonal stream) is now in full flow again. It has had a strange topsy-turvy year. It stopped in early summer, started again in the wet late July and August. It stopped briefly in the dry September, but is now in full flow again. It usually stops Read more
After a record breaking hot summer, and the Coombe Road pond drying out completely the winterbourne started flowing yesterday 02/11/22. We have been very worried that the toads and newts that use the pond for breeding would have nowhere to go! The autumn heavy rains have saved the day.
The Bourne that flows out of the spring fed pond to the north of Duncombe Wood, and then flows north to the corner of Coombe Road near the village, has just run dry. It did not run dry at all in 2021 due to a wet late spring and summer. Read more
The Bourne that flows out of the spring fed pond to the north of Duncombe Wood, and then flows north to the corner of Coombe Road near the village, is still running. It usually dries up for the summer months. The date varies every year, depending on rainfall. Last year Read more
The Bourne that flows out of the spring fed pond to the north of Duncombe Wood, and then flows north to the corner of Coombe Road near the village, has run started to run again. It stopped on 16/06/20 as the very dry summer set in. The dates of stopping Read more
The Bourne that flows out of the spring fed pond to the north of Duncombe Wood, and then flows north to the corner of Coombe Road near the village, has run dry. This date varies every year, depending on rainfall. In Winter and early spring it was a minor torrent. Read more