White-clawed crayfish in a tray to be checked before translocation © Cerys Baker
Lunchtime Talk - "Native Crayfish Relocation"
Reservoir Road,
, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 6SX
Event details
Meeting point
Summerfield Room at Robinswood Hill Country ParkDate
About the event
Join us, as John Field, Lead Wilder Landscapes Manager, educates and informs us all about
the White Clawed Crayfish relocation project.
The white-clawed crayfish is the UK’s only native freshwater crayfish that was once common and widespread in English and Welsh rivers and streams. However, since the 1970s the population has severely declined due to human activities.
In June 2018 the Living Landscape team and the Funding Team successfully secured funding from Severn Trent Water for a white-clawed crayfish translocation project, to repopulate areas now denuded of white-clawed crayfish.
Translocation has now begun so come and find out more about what has happened so far and what is happening next.
We expect this event to be popular so get your tickets while you can. (It will also be available via Livestream at Facebook. for those who can't attend)