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Salmo trutta
Brown trout are found in streams and upper reaches of rivers wherever the water is clean, clear and fast. However, diffuse pollution, land drainage, flood control measures and lack of systematic habitat management have led to a decline in stocks and distribution.
This, combined with ...
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Pike on the River Piddle
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Studying the survival of seaward-migrating fish in estuaries
Electro-fishing and parr tagging on the River Frome
Does capturing and tagging wild salmon smolts affect their survival at sea?
Which river characteristics provide better habitat for young salmon and trout?
Salmon survival in the s...
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Fish research at the Trust is centred around the Salmon & Trout Research Centre in East Stoke, Dorset. We have been monitoring Atlantic salmon numbers in the Riv...
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Kingfisher
You might have heard the term ‘little brown job’ in the world of birds, but did you know that the beautiful blue kingfisher is actually a member of this club too? All will be revealed…
The common (Eurasian) kingfisher (Alcedo atthedis) hardly needs describing – a favourite of artists a...
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Help us to understand what happens to trout at sea
By Dylan Roberts, Head of Fisheries
As a life-long fisherman, I have fond memories of catching my first sea trout as a boy. The sight of a sea trout – or sewin as we know them in Wales – leaping in abundance, was a joy to behold, Our rivers were...
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As the rate of climate change accelerates, so too does the rate at which climate-related records are surpassed. The 2015/2016 winter has gone down in history as the second wettest UK winter since records began, beaten only by the 2013/2014 winter. January 2014 was the wettest month in almost 250 ...
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This work was made possible with the kind support of The G & K L B Boyes Charitable Trust
Key points
Water crowfoot is under threat and salmon populations are declining.
This research consisted of:
A catchment-wide study to identify what habitat characteristics (e.g. plants, flow, depth) ha...
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Neovison vison
Mink are small carnivores of the mustelid family. They are predators, killing a wide variety of principally water-side animals - anything from small frogs and fish to water voles and moorhens.
The mink found in in Britain is an American species. It was an accidental addition to t...
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