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Natural History of Radley

Fish

 

 

In the Thames there are reputed to be Roach, Perch, Carp, Bream, Chub, Barbel, Pike, Tench and even Salmon.

 

 

In ponds and streams

  • Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
  • Goldfish [Please do not release these into the wild. Those that found their way into the village pond have devoured virtually all of the incumbent fauna.]
 

In the Lakes

  • Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
  • Perch
  • Pike
  • Tench
  • Roach

A large carp, photographed in Bullfield Lake, 23 June 2005 by Jo Cartmell

A large carp (Cyprinus carpio), in Bullfield Lake, lake F.

(23 June 2005)

 

Shoal of small fish in lake E, photographed 19 June 2005 by L Pasquire

Tiddlers (fry) in lake E (19 June 2005)

 
     

 

 

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