Martin wrote: > Roger Millin wrote... >> Margaret and I, being until recently more midlands/southerly boaters, >> have been amazed at the amount of endangered species we have been >> able >> to spot on this northern waterway. The species in question has >> (mainly) >> blue plumage with an orange/red stripe up one side of the chest, >> around >> the neck and down onto the other side of the chest. Both the Greater >> Crested Locky and, the even rarer, Lesser Spotted Lengthsman are here >> in abundance. During the trip from Skipton to the Barrowford locks we >> saw loads of the GC Locky (4 in total on the Bank Newton flight >> alone) >> and two of the LS Lengthsman working as a pair (maybe they breed here >> ;-)) on the summit pound near East Marton. Knowing how elusive they >> are >> in more southerly areas, we have been amazed at this super-abundance. >> Perhaps the southerly climate hasn't suited them and they've >> migrated north? ;-) > > It must be the mating season, Roger, as we didn't see any at all when > we travelled the same stretch last year.
Maybe they are not nocturnal? :-) -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest / Barge Maurice A (on the drawing board) Follow the traveled TNC at : http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
