Scottish Canals’ Post

Falkirk Wheel Fish Rescue - no fish left behind! 🐟 The Trust's consultancy branch was in attendance at the Falkirk Wheel last week. As the basin was drained for maintenance work, we conducted a fish rescue over 3 days, relocating approximately 3,723 fish including 2 adult brown trout, 2 adult tench, and a variety of roach, pike, perch, and eels. All fish were relocated safely to the nearby canal, from our biggest, an eel at 770mm and a pike at 480mm, all the way down to a juvenile roach at 34mm. Thank you to Scottish Canals and The Falkirk Wheel and well done to the team who persevered through the mud to rescue, measure and relocate all those fish! Check out some of the photos from our work below, and remember if you’d like to hire the consultancy and our skilled, dedicated team, you can get in touch on enquiries@forthriversconsulting.co.uk to find out more about the services we can offer. #FishRescue #FreshwaterConservation #ForthRiversConsulting #FalkirkWheel #ScottishCanals #AnnualMaintenance #LoveYourLocalRiver