Lovely river, full of life. During the summer season also lots of people recreating near, in and on (canoes) the river, but that doesn't seem to bother the animals.
Seen lots of frogs (not shown), lizards (too quick) and one snake, probably a Natrix species (no camera....).
I had a submersible camera this time and although it's rather tricky to take pictures below water of live fishes with your diving glasses on in a strong current, I still hope you like them
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This is the spot. Dordogne, near Vitrac.
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There's a tree root on the river bank. Last year it looked like this:
This year a lot of the upper branches had vanished. They had been sawn off and had apparently been used for camp fires.
So I took the liberty of getting some minor pieces and when the family was still sound asleep one morning, I was puzzling.....
...to create a nice mini wood pile
Now to the live stock. I've seen perch, rodd/roach, gudgeons, lamprey (poor picture), barbel, Phoxinus, you name it. Loads of juvies. Quite incredible. No catfishes though.
Perch
Perch and rudd/roach (?)
Rudd/roach
Gudgeon
Several, including Phoxinus
Have a good look. There's less weed than you would expect. An ernormous amount of juvies in a water layer of about 10 cms.
Lamprey. Camera distance switch incorrect. Nevertheless, nice find. These live buried in the sand.
Barbel. With no catfishes around, you must find a new "river king". Well, this is. What a magnificent fish! Very approachable as well
Marc
)- the fish in question looks as though it could be a chub, but could also be a dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) as it appears to have a less broad head (but that could just be the camera angle).