It's a stunning, melancholy sight. I've never seen so many dead fish. Picture from Chasewater Wildlife Group's diary entry for 16th January 2010.
Cycling up to Chasewater today, I noticed (as had several other people standing nearby) that a huge quantity of young fish have died in and around the Anglesey Basin. There are certainly many thousands of young, silver-coloured fish dead in the bottom of crystal clear water. I initially assumed it had to be pollution of some kind, but upon checking Chasewater Wildlife Group’s excellent diary, the entry for January 16th contains the above picture, and a brief explanation that these unfortunate fry were victims of the cold. I would point out that they’re almost certainly right, as had there been any question of foul play, CWG wouldn’t hesitate to call it. The group and its site are invaluable and fascinating, especially for stuff like this, and I read the diary every couple of days.
If anyone from CWG is reading this, please change your homepage back; the new one is broken in Safari and it’s much harder to get around. I loved the old ‘busy’ look…