Chalk stream expert to speak at special Church Hall talk

Dr Steve Boreham has kindly agreed to present a special talk on The Importance of the Seven Springs and the New River.

The talk will explain the importance of chalk streams and the geological and ecological reasons why the Seven Springs are so important. We will also present some of our test results from the New River and the Seven Springs, that Steve has trained us to collect.

Steve Boreham

Steve is a geologist and ecologist with a special interest in Southern England, East Anglia, Fenland and the Cambridge District. He worked for the University of Cambridge, managing laboratories and teaching field and laboratory classes for more than 30 years before retiring in 2020. Steve has published several papers on the geology of Cambridgeshire and works with the Cambridgeshire Geological Society to protect the county’s geodiversity. He also assists the National Trust at Wicken Fen, The Wildlife Trust BCN at Great Fen, and Hobson’s Conduit Trust in Cambridge to enhance biodiversity, improve water quality and to protect peatland resources.

He is passionate about preserving and improving chalk springs and chalk streams, and is equally at home working on the riverbank or in the laboratory. He has led Bioblitz events, bacterial surveys, eDNA surveys and other citizen science activities along Hobson’s Brook and has considerable experience in surveying freshwater ecosystems and carrying out water quality analyses.