Wildlife
After suffering many years of pollution due to effluent discharge from Whitter's Factory and Stanley's Factory, the river is now much cleaner, and as such has attracted birds such as Dipper, Grey Wagtail and Kingfisher, and fish including Trout, Chub, Dace and Barbel.
Fish passes have been installed at Pincock, Birkacre and Duxbury, to enable upstream spawning of fish which would be unable to navigate the weirs. Salmon have been recorded at Duxbury for the first time in over 100 years.
Removal of Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed and Rhododendron plants is undertaken to allow low-growing native species to flourish.
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