Sunday 29 November 2009
The river Lochay.....
Despite everything else being flooded, the Lochay looks pretty normal here.........up to 65% of the water is however abstracted......so the Lochay can look normal when the Dochart, for example, is flooded........or it can be overly full of water if the power station just happens to be discharging water at a particular time.......
Saturday 21 November 2009
Thursday 5 November 2009
Boreland Falls on the Lochay
A Borland fish lift has been installed to allow salmon to bypass these falls, which are impassable under virtually all conditions, although it is known that a very small number of fish can make their way up in exceptionally high water. There have been reports of fresh water pearl mussels in the Lochay in the past, which are dependant on migratory fish to complete their life cycle. It is beleived that while the fish lift now allows more fish to ascend, it has in fact made natural passage more difficult/ almost impossible.
Fish pass on the middle River Lochay
This pass was upgraded by SSE as part of a LIFE salmon grant fund in 2006.
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