Angela Hort
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I live near a small ornamental boating lake in Barry S.Wales. No longer used for baoating it now attracts large (for its size) numbers of swans, geese and mallards. I have observed large numbers of eels in the lake during previous spring times but none recently. I believe the lake to be topped up by a freshwater spring arising elsewhere and I supposed this could be the route the eels followed. Overflow from the lake was dealt with by a sewer pipe leading to the nearby harbour. This sewer pipe was destroyed when an adjoining open air swimming pool was demolished. What are the chances of eels migrating by this route in the future? The Bristol channel is famed for its elver population at certain times of the year. This ecological vandalism was perpetrated by the localcouncil who were either ignorant of the annual migration of eels, did not bother with adequate research or chose to ignore it. Are we likely to see a return of the eels and might they make therir way overland to the lake?