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2020 elver migration videos confirm upward trend in recruitment

2020 elver migration videos confirm upward trend in recruitment


2020 is a great year for elver migration in the Severn Estuary. Fishermen have sent many videos recording their wonder. Peak migration is characterised by the big tides and full moon. The heavy water flows of a month ago will have stimulated migration

Andrew Kerr on Twitter: “Extensive reports of glass eel in great volumes in Severn catchment. One fishermen who had been elvering for 25 years said never seen anything like it @WetlandsEurope @WWTSlimbridge @ZSLScience @BenGoldsmith @EelTown_org @WWFLeadWater @EelStewardship @severnrivers @WestcountryRT pic.twitter.com/MSyEXSWXau / Twitter”

Extensive reports of glass eel in great volumes in Severn catchment. One fishermen who had been elvering for 25 years said never seen anything like it @WetlandsEurope @WWTSlimbridge @ZSLScience @BenGoldsmith @EelTown_org @WWFLeadWater @EelStewardship @severnrivers @WestcountryRT pic.twitter.com/MSyEXSWXau




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