In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger Millin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Margaret and I, being until recently more midlands/southerly boaters,
>have been amazed at the amount of endangered species we have been
>able to spot on this northern waterway. The species in question has
>(mainly) blue plumage with an orange/red stripe up one side of the chest,
>around the neck and down onto the other side of the chest. Both the
>Greater Crested Locky and, the even rarer, Lesser Spotted Lengthsman
>are here in abundance. During the trip from Skipton to the Barrowford
>locks we saw loads of the GC Locky (4 in total on the Bank Newton flight
>alone) and two of the LS Lengthsman working as a pair (maybe they
>breed here ;-)) on the summit pound near East Marton. Knowing how
>elusive they are in more southerly areas, we have been amazed at this
>super-abundance. Perhaps the southerly climate hasn't suited them and
>they've migrated north? ;-)
Last month we were travelling up the Stone flight and just as I was
exiting the second lock and coming alongside the boat waiting to go
down, the steerer yelled at me " Look at that, I don't believe it, yes,
yes, it's a BW bloke. Blow me, I haven't seen one of them for three
months!" :-)
Bob
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Bob Adams - nb Rivendell
email: bob55 at ntlworld dot com
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