Churning out the surveys

August 24, 2009

Well despite an office day on Monday we managed to achieve our survey target for the week for the first time this summer!!  Philip was in Monday for our weekly meeting to sort out a few things, there is a lot going on within the Rivers Trusts at the moment. I also had to order a new harness for our electro fishing back pack as our harness gave up the ghost on the Friday, it certainly gave us good usage. 

Tuesday we got back to surveying and had a good day on the Hodder, finding salmon in new places we didn’t think they got to on Easington, and also found the limit of spawning for them on a couple of other becks.  In the evening I met with John, Barrie, and Kevin from the Barrowford Anglers committee on Pendle Water to look at potential projects for improving juvenile trout numbers.  We came up with several good ideas that we may try and undertake in the next year or so.  It was a real pleasure to walk over some more of the upper Pendle catchment.

Wednesday was just another full day of surveys, but Thursday we went out around Clitheroe with Jason Pusley from the EA pollution team, it was a day of surveys but allowed us to investigate a few pollution sources.  The highlight of the day, well for me at least, was finding a Brook Lamprey Juvenile on the upper part of Mearley above Clitheroe.

Friday was just back to me and Brad, and we undertook a couple of surveys on the upper Hodder above Stocks reservoir.  These sites involved a lot of walking, a lot of rain and even more midges, who says I have the best job in the world!!

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