Nearly its stone loach :)

Its that weirdo Carl Sayer doing it!

Loaches yes

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Not gudgeon tho

Crucian correct.

4 species. Yes crucian is one of them...

2 right. 2 other fish...

Not quite. 2 fish right.

#Crucians26 saw us find 2 new wild #crucian carp populations as well as proving 3 more successful (surviving & recruiting) reintroductions. Thanks so much to a truly brilliant team. We are winning the battle to save the crucian carp in the #ponds of Norfolk, eastern England!

Many species caught in our final surveys of #crucians26. Can you name them?

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

What eats what? One thing is certain tho! #Crucian carp & Great Crested #Newt live, breed & recruit together, in harmony, in small #ponds, especially plant-filled ones #crucians2026

2 good sized crucian carp caught but sadly no evidence of recruitment. This is a pond that we stocked 4 years ago.

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

Will we catch #crucian carp in this deep & mysterious ancient woodland edge #pond tomorrow? The nets are in tonight #crucians2026

We had this little Sayer family member as a helper today. The future of conservation relies on young people seeing & feeling nature. Especially #crucian carp obviously #crucians2026

We caught this large & beautiful #crucian carp today from a large #pond. As you tilt these fish the changing light highlights greens, & bronze but overwhelmingly gold. Surely Britain's most beautiful fish? #crucians2026

It was cold last night but a nice little catch of #crucians this morning from the sub-alpine Norfolk #pond #crucians2026

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

Saving the rare #crucian carp in Norfolk, eastern England. For the next 7 days we will be searching for crucians in Norfolk's farm #ponds. We will also be checking the success of recent stockings.
Yes its #crucians2026 @fishtwitcher.bsky.social

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

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!
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A bat detector next to a restored pond in winter. It sits above a bullrush bed & points at open water

A bat detector next to a restored pond in winter

Do #bats visit restored farm #ponds vs. overgrown farm ponds & the surrounding landscape preferentially in winter? Well @davidjd.bsky.social & @stephenmulvey.bsky.social of @uclgeography.bsky.social & Norfolk Ponds are working on this @batconservation.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

Pond Restoration Training: 25th & 26th June 2026 — Freshwater Biological Association Ponds are increasingly being recognised as critical to biodiversity conservation in UK landscapes. This new two-day course will introduce participants to pond restoration science and best practice. Gr...

This @freshwaterbio.bsky.social #pond restoration training course 25th, 26th June is well worth attending. Learn how to restore degraded existing ponds & #ghostponds with Norfolk Ponds Project founders Carl Sayer & Helen Greaves:

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A farm #pond we restored in 2014 showing multiple valuable habitats. Open water with submerged plants, a thick bed of Typha, lightly vegetated shallow shelving edge, bramble patch, woodland fringe, mini ancient woodland meadow (promontary on R) with early purple orchid. All this in a tiny footprint

A flooded #palaeochannel #pond on a semi-natural English chalk stream floodplain. A great place for fishes on the move right now & for amphibians in a few months. By summer it will probably be dry. But while it is water-filled all sorts of species will use it

Thanks so much :) High possibility of rare plants turning up in the ponds over next few years!!!