@tidelines
A creative interdisciplinary project in the Exe Estuary bringing people together to celebrate the place we live in and learn about and restore the changing estuary & coastline at a time of climate and nature crisis. www.tidelines.uk
As reported by @theguardian.com, legal action alleging sewage pollution in coastal waters has been expanded to include areas across Devon and Cornwall.
The claimants, represented by Leigh Day, say the region has been failed by South West Water.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Rocks to Reef with @tidelines.bsky.social, Anne-Marie Culhane, Exe Estuary shellfishers. Learning about the delicate and ever-adjusting balance of estuary lives over centuries.
I wrote about the early stages of our immersion.
tidelines.uk/blog/a-toe-i...
Want to experience it for yourself? 🏃♂️
Salmon Run 2026 is on 19 Sept; there are three distances to choose from:
🐟 43 mile ultra
🐟 Relay legs from 2.5–10 miles
🐟 5k Parkrun
For details, FAQs and booking, see tidelines.uk/blog/salmon-...
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“Every time I saw the river I did have that thought – this is what the fish have to do” 🐟
Salmon Run Ultra Runners can tell you what it’s like to run 44 miles with the salmon from sea to spawning grounds.
Want to see more? 🎥
These are snippets from our film which you can watch now, link in bio!
we are working creatively with local fisher Jason Ingham to learn about innovations and adaptions in shellfishing in the Exe - how might we work with and alongside local species to support our river to thrive. I've been getting to know oysters and blue mussels...
Want to find out more?
We have made a film about Salmon Run 2025! 🎥
Watch it here: tidelines.uk/blog/salmon-...
The Salmon Run is back! 🐟 🎉
Save the date: Saturday 19 September 2026
Ultra: 44 mile run
Relay: legs from 2.5–10 miles
Through running, art and science, we will share the impressive journey of the endangered Atlantic salmon from sea to spawning ground.
Book on our website, link in bio
we support everything that Innes stands for 💚. We need more Innes' who care not just about their own goals but also the flourishing of our planet which ultimately is our larger body on whom we intimately depend like all other species.
The Finch ruling - which came about through Sarah's tireless campaigning - means that the environmental impact assessment of a fossil fuel project must include the emissions from all the fuel it produces, and not just the impact of the infrastructure itself
It's hugely important
we are working creatively with local fisher Jason Ingham to learn about innovations and adaptions in shellfishing in the Exe - how might we work with and alongside local species to support our river to thrive. I've been getting to know oysters and blue mussels...
Want to take it one leap further? 🐟
- Listen to our podcast Salmon Run Returns (link in bio) 🎧
- Join us with Westcountry Rivers Trust and Washford Wetland to take part in work to improve tree cover by the river and restore the river habitat for young salmon.
Salmon Run 2025 was an amazing day full of sunshine and showers and rainbows.🐟🌈
Thank you all who took part. From the start of the ultra at 8am to the arrival of the relay at 6.30pm, it was a joy.
You can find the BBC Spotlight report video on our website.
tidelines.uk/blog/salmon-...
Well done @danosmond.bsky.social and all the incredible runners who ran with the salmon on Saturday.
We will share a report and photos when we've got our breath back.
What's up with our salmon?
Hear from Senior Fisheries Scientist (and ultra runner) @danosmond.bsky.social tomorrow at this fascinating talk on salmon, their history, threats, and future on Exmoor.
At Winsford Village Hall, hosted by The Exmoor Society.
www.exmoorsociety.com/individual-e...
Well done @danosmond.bsky.social and all the incredible runners who ran with the salmon on Saturday.
We will share a report and photos when we've got our breath back.
People in Exmouth, please come to Sideshore to join in the amazing talks and creative activities.
There's a free fish-shaped biscuit baked by Rise bakery for the first 100 folks 🐟
And see our timeline for info on fun activities in Exeter and Dulverton.
See you tomorrow!
Red windsock with a print of a salmon on it flies against a blue sky
It's tomorrow! The Salmon are running and so are we.
It’s looking wet, but not windy. There may be some additional Health and Safety notices– please make sure your trainers have decent tread.
Due to 🌧️ Salmon Run: The Gathering will now be indoors at Heydays glass box & Sideshore community hub.
The Salmon Run is this Saturday. If you're not running, but would like to join the fun, we have events along the route at Exmouth (9.30-1), Exeter (10.30-12.30) and Dulverton (3.30-6.30).
Come and cheer the runners, join the activities, and get involved in all sorts of fishy fun. See you there!
"salmon are the true athletes of our rivers" Dan Osmond, runner & fisheries scientist. We have so much to learn from other species who have navigated this planet for millenia before humans!
I've just sponsored @danosmond.bsky.social on @justgiving.bsky.social
Dan is running the Salmon Run next Saturday. This amazing event raises awareness of Atlantic Salmon and the threats they face, and Dan is also fundraising for Westcountry Rivers Trust
www.justgiving.com/page/daniel-...
There are still some spaces on two relay legs:
🏃 Thorverton to Bickleigh (7.09km for faster runners)
🐟 Bickleigh to Tiverton (average pace)
Find out more and sign up at: tidelines.uk/blog/salmon-...
Volunteers in Salmon Run t-shirts, one with a large cardboard salmon sculpture on her head, chat with runners after Exeter Park Run. They have a placard promoting the Salmon Run event on 20 September.
We were at Exeter Parkrun today chatting to runners about the Salmon Run coming up on 20 Sept.
The Salmon Run starts with a free 5k open to all, in partnership with Exmouth Parkrun.
And you can cheer the runners and enjoy free fishy activities for all the family, at Exmouth, Exeter or Dulverton.
Thank you for all your support and introductions to so many interesting people. We're getting good feedback on the podcast, please do share the link with everyone: on.soundcloud.com/QA1LOAVL1fML...
The Salmon Run podcast is here! 🌍🏃🤝🐟
Listen now to explore:
- What happens in human and salmon bodies as we move
- How salmon navigate
- The importance of salt!
- Temperature in a changing climate
on.soundcloud.com/QA1LOAVL1fML...
We all love a bit of positive news. And we love this article about us (well we would wouldn’t we 😉)
As @ultradamo.bsky.social says, to be a Green Runner “You don’t have to be vegan, you don’t have to give up flying altogether or have a stupid haircut like me.”
Have a read, get inspired 📖
Thought provoking podcast about the connections between land and sea, salmon athletes and human athletes. Thank you @tidelines.bsky.social for coming to visit us at @universityofessex.bsky.social and good luck to you and all the runners on 20th Sept!!! I wish I could join you but alas I cannot. 💙🐟🌳
2025 Salmon Run Podcast nearly ready! Features ultra runners, fisheries & sports scientists & an evolutionary biologist. Focusing on human bodies/fish bodies moving through & sensing a changing world @ultradamo.bsky.social @exmoornp.bsky.social @otolithgirl.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Great to see this project to open up six kilometres of the River Yeo in North Devon to Atlantic salmon and European eel
Well done @nationaltrust.org.uk! Wild fish are disappearing and need all the help they can get.
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
Opening next month at Somerset Rural Life Museum, 'A Life Outside' offers a new appraisal of the work & life of the writer and artist Hope Bourne, who recorded the landscape, wildlife, history & changing rural traditions of Exmoor www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/a-li...
Image © The Exmoor Society
