More than 4,000 tench and bream were released into the Tiverton Canal this week to help replace fish lost following a spectacular bank collapse near Halberton in November 2012.
Thousands of fish including pike, perch, bream, tench, roach and eels were washed out of the canal after a section of bank gave way following torrential rain. Water from the canal flooded surrounding fields creating a temporary lake.
Environment Agency officers assisted by members of the Tiverton Angling Club launched an emergency rescue and successfully returned more than 400 fish to the canal, but...
Animal staff at a Devon zoo and aquarium have been tackling a tricky task – micro-chipping venomous stingrays.
So how do you work with patients that are wet, slippery and have venomous tails? Zoo vet Catherine Bergzoll: “We had a team including vets, vet nurses, keepers and volunteers. We caught one ray at a time and placed it in a tub with anaesthetic dissolved in the water. The sedation meant that the rays were calm, making the procedure less stressful for them and safer and easier for us.”
Once the ray was sedated it was transferred onto a wet mat. “One keeper wearing...
The latest craze to take the country by storm is cooking fabulous fresh fish in a wood-fired oven. It is the perfect way to create delicious, healthy and locally sourced dishes which will impress all.
David and Holly at Manna from Devon Cooking School count themselves extremely lucky to be only a stone's throw away from Brixham, one of the most important fishing ports in Europe and the UK's largest fish market. This gives them access to a wide selection of the best fish in the country.
They run a number of ‘Fabulous Fish’ classes throughout the year (7 September; 12 and 16...
A team from the Environment Agency is returning to the Grand Western Canal at Halberton today in a final attempt to rescue some of the remaining fish from a temporary lake that was created following last month's torrential rain.
Thousands of fish, including pike, perch, bream, tench, roach and eels, were washed out of the canal after a section of bank near Halberton gave way following torrential rain.
Water from a two-mile section of the canal flooded surrounding fields creating a temporary lake. A team of Environment Agency officers, assisted by members of...
