CAMPAIGNERS say there is ‘still a long way to go’ after news that kingfishers are the latest species to return to the once ‘ecologically dead’ River Lim.

The west Dorset river was described as ‘ecologically dead’ last year after sewage was poured into it.

Data gathered by the River Trust on the River Lim showed an exponential rise in human waste surging into the river from storage tanks at a nearby South West Water treatment centre.

Shocked former freshwater ecologist Graham Roberts said in May 2023 that the river, which flows through Uplyme and Lyme Regis, was 'absolutely disgusting'.

But News readers have now told of their delight after dippers and, more recently, a kingfisher was seen on the west Dorset river.