Weir fish pass surveys
Survey the eight fish passes in the River Don from Steelbank Weir (Penistone Road) to Hadfield Weir (Meadowhall).
Sheffield's industrial past saw the implementation of weirs on the River Don to power the factories. These flow control devices inhibit natural migratory paths for fish. To combat this, fish passes have been installed at the weirs throughout Sheffield. These are important for the movement of fish (particularly salmon) between habitats and breeding grounds. The Don Catchment Rivers Trust have been working on the River Don to bring back the salmon population to the area and now efforts are needed to maintain this. GoodGymers will be part of long term surveying and monitoring of the fish passes to ensure they have not been blocked and remain fully functional.9 GoodGymers have supported Weir fish pass surveys with 4 tasks.
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There's something fishy going on..
Monday 22nd April
Written by Tom Mutton
A HUGE GG welcome to first time runners:
Please give them a cheer and a follow and we hope to see you back soon!
Something new this week, we were running to help monitor & maintain fish passes in the River Don.
We had Matt from the Don River Trust who ran with us to show us the ropes when surveying the many fish pathways that The Don has in place to allow fish of many kinds to make safe passage to an area where they can spawn in a good habitat.
It was great fun and very educational and we got to 4 fish passes of different types.
DID YOU KNOW..
There is a website dedicated to allowing fish through a door that YOU can open..
The fish doorbell
See a fish? Ring the bell!
Welcome to the Fish Doorbell. Will you help fish pass the city boat lock?
Every spring fish migrate upstream, in search of places to spawn. They swim through the centre of the city of Utrecht. Unfortunatly, the boat lock is closed during spring. You can help the fish.
Do you see a fish? Press the Doorbell!
All the photos are collected. When there are enough fish waiting, the lock will be opened.
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
Wednesday 31st January
Written by Andrew Waters
Last century, when George Orwell visited Sheffield, he had this to say about it ...
Even Wigan is beautiful compared with Sheffield. Sheffield, I suppose, could justly claim to be called the ugliest town in the Old World: its inhabitants, who want it to be pre-eminent in everything, very likely do make that claim for it. It has a population of half a million and it contains fewer decent buildings than the average East Anglian village of five hundred. And the stench! If at rare moments you stop smelling sulphur it is because you have begun smelling gas. Even the shallow river that runs through the town is-usually bright yellow with some chemical or other.
Well George, Sheffield, and its river, has changed considerably!
Part of that is due to the work of the Don Catchment Rivers Trust - https://dcrt.org.uk
Now GG Sheff are helping DCRT by inspecting the 8 fish passes on the Don between Steel Bank and Meadowhall each month to ensure they are flowing freely.
This is a great task and a really interesting way to learn about our city, the history of the river Don and the wildlife it supports.
Kudos to Celine for forging the link between GG Sheff and DCRT, and for setting up this mission on a monthly basis 👏
