Had an interesting (and tiring !) day today. Up at 4 AM to have a pre-work tenching session. We got done at work early, so I had a wander along a local bit of
the Wye, where I saw several barbel that were close in, in quite shallow water. Bearing in mind the heat I'm wondering whether they might be thinking of
getting ready to spawn, maybe.
I had a look at a trib of the Wye as well, where I was lucky enough to see approximately 25-30 Brook Lamprey (I think.....they were 6 inches or so long) in a tight scrum about the size of a dustbin lid, on a nearbank gravel run. I watched them for 10 minutes or so, very interesting, occasionally one would drop back from where it had gripped onto a stone, and re-position itself on another stone. I'm going back down later with a camera, so if the shots are any good, I'll post them on here.
I had a look at a trib of the Wye as well, where I was lucky enough to see approximately 25-30 Brook Lamprey (I think.....they were 6 inches or so long) in a tight scrum about the size of a dustbin lid, on a nearbank gravel run. I watched them for 10 minutes or so, very interesting, occasionally one would drop back from where it had gripped onto a stone, and re-position itself on another stone. I'm going back down later with a camera, so if the shots are any good, I'll post them on here.
