Moored Up For Winter
After almost a month and a half without taking a photograph i finally managed to get out with a camera. A walk along the River Thames in the fog didn't give many opportunities. As the sun burn't through i came across this Narrow Boat tied up for winter. Momentarily the light was great. The crayfish pots on the roof of the boat are used by two local crayfish catchers to help eradicate the invasive signal crayfish.
The crustaceans were imported into the UK in the 1960s but they escaped into the countryside to cause an eco-nightmare.
They kill fish by devouring their eggs and cause river banks to collapse with their tunnels, posing the danger of unsuspecting walkers being flung into the water and drowning.
The 'Yankee' cray gangsters, which can be up to half a foot long, also pass a deadly disease - to which they are immune - to our native crayfish, which are only three inches and less aggressive.
Taken with a Fuji X-T2
Moored Up For Winter
After almost a month and a half without taking a photograph i finally managed to get out with a camera. A walk along the River Thames in the fog didn't give many opportunities. As the sun burn't through i came across this Narrow Boat tied up for winter. Momentarily the light was great. The crayfish pots on the roof of the boat are used by two local crayfish catchers to help eradicate the invasive signal crayfish.
The crustaceans were imported into the UK in the 1960s but they escaped into the countryside to cause an eco-nightmare.
They kill fish by devouring their eggs and cause river banks to collapse with their tunnels, posing the danger of unsuspecting walkers being flung into the water and drowning.
The 'Yankee' cray gangsters, which can be up to half a foot long, also pass a deadly disease - to which they are immune - to our native crayfish, which are only three inches and less aggressive.
Taken with a Fuji X-T2