This month BART spent a great day with Bridgwater College Fisheries Management students river dipping on the Cannington Brook in Bridgwater, Somerset. As well as finding many of the good water quality indicator invertebrate species, we were lucky enough to find Stone loach, elvers, bullheads, stickleback, a lamprey and a bleak! If you are interested in a career in Fisheries Management or Fish Husbandary, Bridgwater College offer a range of fantastic courses – more information on these can be found here.
The group also did Freshwater Watch monitoring for phosphates and nitrates, which showed higher than expected nitrate levels but reasonably low phosphate levels.
Thanks to Bridgwater College for sending us these photos from the day:
