26/08/2026
In 2023, we carried out work on a stretch of the River Kent catchment at Elf Howe in Kentmere. We installed some fish refuges, added some fencing and planted up some buffer strips between the farm land and the river bank.
Recently, Jana and Sam went back to see what effect our work had had on the river's inhabitants. We used a technique called Electrofishing - where we carefully introduce a small current into the water stream. This momentarily stuns any fish nearby which, if we're quick, we can scoop up in our nets. We identify and count our catch and ensure they are back to their wriggly normal selves before returning them safely to the water.
We had good numbers of trout parr, between 1 and 3 years old, and trout fry, a little older, at this site. Things are looking up for the fish here, they seem to like their new refuges.
