Saturday 3 June 2023

The mineral water makes its way to the sea



The overflow from the Roman Baths discharges into the river having traveled underground for hundreds of yards in a stone gulley at the same rate as it has since the Romans built it almost 2000 years ago.

Fish love to swim around in the warmer water, especially in the Winter, but this year a couple of real monsters have turned up. Have a close look at the video and you will see one almost 3 feet long, lurking in the shallows as it filters out nutrients from the discharge. Thousands of minnows are thrashing around in its wake, doing the same thing. They are probably related.

21 comments:

  1. P.S. The noise is the weir. Best to watch it full screen.

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  2. Is it a pike? Good though to see fish in the river/

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  3. I didn't know you have fish relatives.

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  4. Where did that big fish come from? In US warmer climates, alligators are found in places they do not belong.

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    1. It might have been there for quite a while.

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    1. It is quite scary. I would not want to go paddling with him around.

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  6. Has there been any attempt to catch it with a line or a net?

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    1. Probably. The resident Polish community are very keen on eating river carp - especially at Christmas. They would not be allowed by others though.

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  7. sturgeon? That is pretty amazing though.

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    1. No! If sturgeon came up our rivers they would be immediately poached.

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    1. The only other wild fish this big in the river would be pike, but they are solitary with large territories, so you never see 2 together and the small fish would run a mile as soon as they sniffed it.

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  9. Take a net next time - fish and chips for tea!

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    1. That would be a very muddy tasting fish and chips, but that wouldn't put the Poles off.

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  10. We’re you peeing from the bridge

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