The amazing sight of a salmon leaping up the River Derwent spotted for the first time in 200 years 
UK Source: daily mail 11/12/2010
The amazing sight of a salmon leaping up the River Derwent spotted for the first time in 200 years
Something fishy is going on in Derbyshire - and locals and environmentalists are delighted.

After 200 years and 70 miles inland a sight lost to pollution has appeared on one of Britain's biggest rivers - a salmon leaping upstream to breed.

The amazing spectacle - more common in Canada and Scotland - was spotted on the River Derwent in Derbyshire.

As this amazing picture shows the beautiful fish was caught on camera in an iconic leap as it tried to negotiate a fast-flowing weir.
The fish - which would have swan hundreds of miles inland to lay its eggs and die - had an easier journey because of a higher water level due to recent rain.

Experts are hoping to encourage the salmon back on a permanent basis by building 'fish passes' around the weirs.
 

Salmon must leap upstream in rivers before they can spawn, and Environment Agency expert Jim Finnegan said this is what the fish was pictured trying to do at Borrowash Weir, on the Derwent.

He said: 'We have been down there and seen salmon trying to leap over the weir.

'But the ultimate objective is to see them spawning or breeding in the Derwent, and there's no evidence of that yet.

'We will need to build these fish passes.'

Chris Wood, from Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, said: 'It's very encouraging news to see salmon attempting to cross these barriers.

'It's what we want to see and it's a testament to the health of the river and the work of the Environment Agency.'

 
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