Hi guys and girls,
I thought it might be my turn to update you all on the status of white-clawed crayfish in the Yorkshire Dales! To be honest, it has been a sloooow process. I arrived by train to a town called Skipton four weeks ago, where I was kindly picked up by one of the guys from the national trust. I was driven to a hamlet in the middle of nowhere, and I stayed for 3.5 weeks. I had a... "Here is a valley, find us some crayfish" moment and that was it... I was alone in a valley with streams that needed sampling. Some are 12 miles away and I have a push bike. Fabulous.
I have literally spent everyday for the past 3 weeks measuring stones and manually searching for crayfish with no luck. Today however I found looooads :-) Also amazing. I was measuring one today and I put it in a bucket for like 2 minutes, and its eggs hatched and I had 1 mummy crayfish and five babies. They are tiny, about half the size of your little finger nail. I have photos, but they are so small and transparent you almost can't see them.
Im not gonna lie, it's wierd watching both the world cup and wimbeldon by yourself. But this week I am in a village that has both roads AND pavement, and a pub open past 9.30. I'm sharing a dorm with 4 blokes tho, and they snore like thunder. Suppose you can't have it all!
The place is gorgeous, green is everywhere, as are sheep, cows and tourists. I have loads of pictures of it too, but after a few they all start looking the same.
I hope everyone is good. I loveee being able to read about what everyone is up to. Good idea Lucy!
Much love
Nic xxx
p.s. you can almost see the baby crayfish in the top right photo...
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