Record Brook - Confluence with Donnelly

The condition of the Record Brook - Confluence with Donnelly (site code: DR183RECO1), in the lower catchment of  the Record Brook, was assessed between 24 and 25 October 2016 and on the 7  February 2017, over a 100-m length of stream. At this time no previous assessments of river ecology had been reported.

The assessment was conducted using standard methods from the South West Index of River Condition. Measures chosen for this assessment included fish and crayfish, aquatic habitat, water quality (spot measurements of dissolved oxygen, temperature, electrical conductivity, and pH), fringing vegetation, channel morphology, erosion, connectivity, local land use and flow.

The site was dry in February 2017, fish and crayfish and water quality could not be assessed.

One fish species and two crayfish species were found at this site in 2016. No exotic species were found.

A list of species is provided at the bottom of the page, click on the images to learn more about each species.

Note: only fish and crayfish are targeted by sampling methods, however where other species were caught and/or observed they are included below.