Video Hub

Welcome to our video hub!

Scroll down to find some videos by theme, or go to our YouTube channel to find all our videos, including interviews and presentations.

An introduction to the Wild Trout Trust and the video hub. Take two minutes to see why we are so passionate about wild trout.

Trout videos

Short underwater films of trout. See also our web pages on the Trout Lifecycle, Sea Trout and Ferox Trout and this blog post on how to spot a trout redd.

Videos courtesy of Chris Conroy and the Ness Fisheries Board.

Redd cutting

A female sea-trout, attended by large males, cuts into into the gravel ready to lay her eggs.

Trout spawning

A small trout ('precocious parr') sneaks in to fertilise the eggs

Ferox hen trout

Ferox are large, genetically distinct, fish eating trout

Brown trout hanging out in the river

Showing some lovely variable spotting patterns

Weirs and barriers in rivers

River habitat is fragmented by weirs, culverts and other barriers. These barriers prevent or slow up- and down-stream migration for both river resident and sea trout, and they disrupt natural river processes. Find out more on our Weirs, Barriers and Hydropower page.

Why remove dams in rivers?

River Monsters' Jeremy Wade explains, in this video from Dam Removal Europe

Why culverts are a problem

A video from Trout Unlimited in the USA

River resident trout and weirs

All trout migrate up and downstream to complete their lifecycle

How weirs impact the way rivers function

A demonstration using the Emriver model

River restoration

A few examples of river restoration projects. See our YouTube channel and Project Case Studies for more videos on projects.

Transforming the River Trent

A partnership project at the Staffordshire University campus

Weir removal in Nottinghamshire

Removing a huge weir on the River Eccelsbourne

Restoring the upper River Test

A partnership project with Wessex Rivers Trust

Bring a buried river back to life

An urban green space project

Land use, buffer zones and trees

The river channel is just one part of the puzzle. What happens on the river banks and in the wider catchment has a huge effect on the health of the river.

Smarter buffers

How good buffer zones on river banks help create a healthier river

Buffers - a demonstration

Excluding grazing leads to healthier rivers

Urban rivers

The effect of hard surfaces on flooding

Creating Riverwoods: Riparian Planting

Applies to trout as well as salmon!

Large woody material

Going large on the River Kennet

River habitat 'how to' videos

These ‘how to’ videos are practical guides to some of the techniques used to improve river habitat, featuring members of the WTT conservation team. They are now a little dated but the principles are still correct. We hope to create some new ones as soon as funds allow!

You can also find these videos on this page, along with some additional explanatory text.