Observation

Staplefield

River Ouse

River or stream

June 1, 2026 at 12:08 PM

QA status: Approved by dataset admin

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny
  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny
  • Recent precipitation

    Community scientist interpretation

    More than 72 hours ago


Qualitative readings

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Brown

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Clear


Plants/wildlife

  • Algae

    Community scientist interpretation

    None


Issue reporting

  • Water surface

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    A small sewagey wiff


Physical tests

  • Water flow

    Community scientist interpretation

    Slow

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Low


Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    24 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    15.9 °C

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    582 μS/cm

  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    6.8

    Regulatory
  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    100 ppm

  • Nitrate

    Kyoritsu Packtest (nitrate-nitrogen)

    ≥ 10 mg/L

  • Phosphate-phosphorus

    Kyoritsu Packtest (phosphate-phosphorus)

    0.02 mg/L


Notes

Note - this is the first observation from our new location - see notes on previous results dated 17/5/26. Again, everything quite small except for some large shrimps. In addition to the river flies we found water lice, leeches, and some, as yet, unidentified animals. Also, a few small fish which, sadly, promptly died in the observation tray!