Find a tile.
A ceramic tile opens this river’s page on your phone. A small invitation to stop and look.
A place worth noticing
The River Nore
A living record written by soil, season, and the people who notice them.
A shared nature story
The Living Memory of River Nore
Explore photographs and observations shared here. Follow a subject, a setting or a season.
Loading visitor records…
Visitor names and dates are supplied with the contribution. Owner approval permits publication; it does not independently confirm a species identification. Shared tags connect records without establishing cause or ecological change.
Add your photograph or sound
Add what you noticed
One photograph or sound at a time, with its own credit and date.
You stay in control. Contributions are reviewed before publication. Plant names suggested by the system remain suggestions until someone checks them.
A wider story, by choice. Sharing selected records with a future Kilkenny collection is planned. Nothing from another place is brought into this page without permission.
The river, through time
What happened.
What people noticed.
Read plans, surveys and local observations alongside one another. Follow the dates. Open the sources. Ask what needs a closer look.
Opening the river’s records…
This view uses study and observation dates from the currently published collection. It is not an archive of what was known on each date. A report of fewer fish is not a fish count; a decision made nearby does not, by itself, explain a change in the river.
The river study
Maps & documents
Explore maps, reports and supporting files that the custodians have chosen to share.
Opening the library…
SMALL OBSERVATIONS. A LONGER STORY.
A river worth noticing.
A photograph from the bank. A view from above. The records that help us understand both.
You don’t need to be a scientist to notice something worth keeping.
Keep the moment.
A plant, a bird, the height of the water. Add a photograph or sound, where you were and when.
See what changes.
Come back to the same place through the seasons. Each record gives the next one something to compare with.
ON THE GROUND. FROM ABOVE. THROUGH TIME.
One river.
More ways to understand it.
A phone catches a moment. A satellite sees a wider pattern. A dated report adds context. Keeping them alongside each other helps us see what needs a closer look.
01 / GROUND
The people who notice.
Photographs, sounds and notes from the riverbank. The same simple contribution and seasonal-search tools used on the Kilfane and Fodder pages.
- Keep the creator’s credit and date, when known.
- The custodian reviews contributions before publication.
- Suggested plant names still need a human check.
Nore collection open for contributions
+ Contribute an Observation ↗02 / AIR
The view beyond the bank.
Satellite images give the river’s surroundings a longer history. Compare vegetation, visible water and the built landscape across suitable dates.
- Work from dated images and a defined study area.
- Clouds and missing coverage stay visible.
- An analyst checks what a change could mean.
Image catalogue checked · analysis pending
See the image dates ↗03 / GOVERNMENT SOURCES
The bodies behind the records.
Our “trains” follow the records of government bodies and public programmes, such as the EPA, OPW, Department of Agriculture and Copernicus. Each check keeps its source and date. River mapping and a satellite catalogue have been checked; land-use and flood studies come next.
- Keep a link back to the original source.
- Keep the publication date when known, and when we checked.
- Review it before treating it as a finding.
First source checks made · scheduled checks not running
Follow the sources ↗A shared record, with the differences kept intact.
A visitor’s photograph, a satellite estimate and an official finding each tell us something different. Keep the place, date, source and review status with each one. When they disagree—or a piece is missing—that stays part of the story.
THE RIVER, AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT
Begin with a bend in the river.
Look at the whole catchment, or come closer to Bennettsbridge, where we propose to begin the detailed study.
Mapped NorePilot area
EPA · CC BY 4.0 · Retrieved 12/10/2026 · Display geometry simplified
This map shows the Nore’s mapped main river, not every tributary. The pilot boundary is a working proposal. Field, flood and infrastructure results will appear after their source data has been processed and reviewed.
FROM THE BANK. FROM ABOVE. THROUGH TIME.
Five ways to get
to know one river.
The photographs tell one part of the story. River maps, satellite images and published records help us ask better questions about the rest.
River & study area
Follow the Nore, its bends and the land that drains towards it.
Mapping availableFields & crops
See the fields beside the river and what was recorded as growing there.
Source located · import pendingVegetation through time
Compare how vegetation changes from one season to the next.
Image catalogue checkedFlood history
Bring dated flood records together with photographs and satellite images.
Event selection pendingBridges, roads & buildings
Keep a dated record of the built landscape beside the river.
Historical comparison pendingA satellite chronology can sit alongside the riverbank records. Each analysis will keep its image dates, method and limits, so everyone can see what it does—and doesn’t—show.
A WINDOW INTO THE ARCHIVE
The sky doesn’t always
give us a clear view.
We’ve checked the Copernicus image catalogue for a first Bennettsbridge sample. The dates below are real catalogue records. Their cloud cover explains why a photograph from the riverbank can matter so much.
These five scenes have not been analysed. Cloud cover applies to the whole satellite scene, not just the pilot area. A longer, locally screened time series is still needed.
Explore the Copernicus archive ↗1–30 June 2025Scene cloud cover
sentinel 2a · catalogue only
97% sentinel 2b · catalogue only
96% sentinel 2c · catalogue only
76% sentinel 2a · catalogue only
99% sentinel 2c · catalogue only
97% Sample limited to five results. Gaps remain visible; no values have been filled in.
BIOVERACITY
The NoreLOOK CLOSER. KEEP THE STORY.
The NoreLOOK CLOSER. KEEP THE STORY.Tile design study · physical placement to be agreed
A SMALL TILE. AN OPEN INVITATION.
The river has a story.
Leave a way into it.
A tile beside a familiar walk can turn a passing moment into something we remember. Scan it, add what you noticed and help the next visitor see a little more.
The QR code opens the Nore page. It doesn’t measure the river by itself, and it doesn’t tell us your exact location. You choose what to share.
Share a river observation ↗QR artwork is a proof until the Nore domain is live.ONE FAMILIAR WAY TO TAKE PART
A garden. A woodland.
A river.
Explore the early BioVeracity pages. Each place has its own custodian and collection; the invitation is the same. Notice something. Record it. Come back.
Kilfane
Follow the garden through photographs, sounds and the changing seasons.
Explore KilfaneFodder in the Woods
A place to keep the small things noticed on a walk, and the life around them.
Explore FodderThe Nore
The same approach, with a river study bringing ground observations, satellite imagery and published records together.
Explore the NoreFOLLOW THE THREAD
A source behind every study.
Each “train” follows a government body or public programme: the EPA, Department of Agriculture, OPW and Copernicus. It keeps their dated records with a link to the source. Records still need review, and scheduled checks are not switched on yet.
01EPA river & catchment mappingOfficial mapping
Water Framework Directive river waterbodies and catchment 15. Display geometry is simplified; the source and retrieval date are retained.
EPA · CC BY 4.0
Open the original source ↗02Nore catchment assessmentPublished assessment
Published May 2024, based on information up to 2021. This is historical context, not a current river-health reading.
EPA · source link
Open the original source ↗03Agricultural parcels, 2025Annual declared land use
DAFM anonymous LPIS parcels. Catalogue located; field geometries and crop declarations have not yet been imported into this study.
DAFM · CC BY 4.0
Open the original source ↗04Copernicus satellite archiveImage catalogue
Sentinel-2 L2A scene metadata for the Bennettsbridge pilot. A listed scene is not an analysed or locally cloud-free image.
Copernicus Sentinel data
Open the original source ↗05OPW flood informationOfficial flood information
Use published flood-event records and distinguish recorded events from modelled flood-risk extents. A flood event has not yet been selected for this pilot.
OPW · source link
Open the original source ↗Mapping and catalogue sample retrieved 12/10/2026. This project is independent of the source organisations. Sponsorship will not decide the findings.
FOUNDING SPONSORSHIP · THE RIVER NORE
Help a river
keep its story.
Give the people who care about the Nore a way to keep noticing it—and the time and tools to make sense of what they find.
Your support could connect a simple photograph on a riverside walk with the careful work of understanding change across the catchment.
THE PROPOSED FIRST-YEAR PROGRAMME
Open a way in.
Place QR tiles at agreed, accessible locations with permission. Give each one a clear invitation to record something worth keeping.
Support the people.
Help custodians and contributors get started. Fund the time needed to review photographs, sounds and observations.
Look beyond the moment.
Commission a defined river study using suitable satellite images and dated source records, alongside observations from the bank.
Share what we learn.
Publish reviewed findings with their sources and gaps. Give the community and sponsor a plain-English account of the work.
A visible contribution.
An independent record.
We would agree the locations, study period, review time, budget and updates together before the programme begins. Your support would be acknowledged on the project page and agreed materials.
Custodians keep control of their records. Reviewers decide what the evidence supports. Sponsorship gives no access to private contributor information and no say over the conclusions.
LET’S BUILD THE FIRST CHAPTER
Could your organisation
help make this happen?
A CLEAR STARTING POINT
What you can see today.
A sponsor should be able to see where the work stands. Here is what is available, and what the first programme needs to complete.
- The place experience
- Nore contributions open
The Nore uses the shared photo, sound, seasonal-search and custodian-review tools.
- The river study
- Mapping available · findings to follow
The mapped river, draft study corridor and a satellite catalogue sample are available. Field, vegetation, flood and infrastructure analysis still need the right inputs and review.
- The continuing record
- Programme to be agreed
Scheduled source checks, reporting dates and review capacity will be defined within the funded programme. No recurring trains are running for this preview.
LET’S START WITH THE RIVER WE KNOW
Have a photograph?
Know a stretch by heart?
We’d love to hear from walkers, anglers, farmers, local groups and anyone who cares about the Nore.
Talk to the team ↗Please observe from a safe, accessible place. Never enter floodwater to make a record.