Orange tip & Holly blue also in Bodham area today. Its all happening!!! :)

Tench, rudd, crucian, stone loach!

No not a ruffe in the bucket!

I have been running the Norfolk Crucian Project since 2008. We have genuinely saved this fish species from extinction in the wild in Norfolk & have benefitted many other species (& people!) along the way. We think we have increased #crucian carp distribution by >40-50%. But onwards & upwards!!!

Another day searching for #crucian carp in Norfolk #ponds & small lakes. SUCCESS!!! One new unknown population found. #crucians2016

Europe's golden fish! The #crucian carp #crucians2026

Return of the #Crucian carp. We started our Norfolk Crucian Project back in 2008. We are saving this rare European #pond fish species from extinction in the wild #crucians2026 @fishtwitcher.bsky.social @anglingtrust.bsky.social @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social @anglingtimes.bsky.social

Great Crested #Newt & #Crucian Carp co-exist & thrive together in English farmland #ponds. Must write a paper on it!

In come the nets. What will we get? #crucians2026

Points vs. passes: A comparison between electric fishing techniques for sampling fish populations in upland headwater streams Point-abundance sampling by electric fishing (PASE) was compared with single-pass (DF1) and triple-pass depletion sampling (DF3) electric fishing on the same reaches of four headwater streams sampled...

Excited to share our paper comparing density estimations for electrofishing techniques (point abundance sampling estimation vs depletion fishing) in upland streams🐟 doi.org/10.1111/jfb..... It was a privilege to be part of the upcoming Special Issue honouring the work of the late Gordon Copp.

They are & others too :)

Searching for the rare #crucian carp.

Tonight our nets are in this old restored farmyard #pond in North Norfolk, eastern England.

Will we catch in the morning? Watch this space #crucians2026

Crucian nets are out in one of Norfolk's highest ponds tonight. We stocked this pond >10 yrs ago & are monitoring its #crucian carp population. Hoping for a great catch even though its going to be a cold night. #crucians2026

The Norfolk #Crucian Carp project has been running since 2008. #Crucians are declining throughout their European range including in England. Only in Norfolk is the species on the up. Since its start the project has increased its distribution by a massive 40% @fishtwitcher.bsky.social #crucians2026

We are potty about pond life! If you, like us, feel passionately about the #freshwater power of ponds... please check out our #Pond #Restoration Training on 25 & 26 June with Helen Greaves & Carl Sayer of the @norfolkponds.bsky.social.

Find out more & register today!
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/pond-...

They really to create massive churned up patches!

North Norfolk's magnificent chalk #reef, eastern England. Home to a billion creatures & hidden during all but the lowest of tides. To be treasured & protected

Surprising piece of information: on average, European eel reach sexual maturity at large age than any whale species. And certainly much older than any other exploited fish species.
That's why short-term measures are not useful. Eels need a moratorium mimicking the whaling ban
(see below)

Need oxygen mask

And they say #Norfolk is flat. In Stody village, North Norfolk (eastern England) there are rolling glacial hills reminiscent of Transylvania. At night dark beasts wander the grasslands hunting human prey. True wilderness

Old meander pattern seen in receding floodwaters on a floodplain.

Old meander pattern is revealed as flood waters are left in topographic lows on the floodplain during flood recession. Great information for river restorers. River Wissey, Norfolk, England

The dramatic North Sea #estuary of the Weybourne Stream in North Norfolk, eastern England.

This is why you come & do an MSc in Aquatic Conservation @uclgeography.bsky.social. So many crazy creatures & their subfossils expertly drawn!

Thats what I meant :)

Albino perch?

A truly lovely & brilliant guy :)

Seeds and Fruits of Aquatic Plants of Northern Europe - A Handbook This book offers essential insights for identifying aquatic plant remains, enhancing research in palaeoecology and freshwater biology.

This looks like a corking book to me. Who needs New Nature writing when you can relax & sleep to this fine book for hard core botanists?
link.springer.com/book/9783032...

@jo-the-botanist.bsky.social @bramblebotanist.bsky.social

Who can help? #Pond #paleoecology

Got to applaud any mention of the fine village of Norfolk!