Lionmouth has a wide range of bio diversity being rich bird, animal and fish life including king fishers, otters, deer, trout....
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Fish being surveyed by Durham University just below the new Fish pass.
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The Salmon pass put in to help fish bypass the weir and travel up the river Deerness. Opened in March 2014 by Ellie from BBC Countryfile (and on the program on 30th March 2014)
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The 'Monks' bathing pond was once fully tiled with a row of changing rooms. Today it plays host to frogs, moorhens and herons.
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The top field has been left undisturbed (unfertilised and not dug over) long enough to be filled with an array of wild plants and insects including the chimney sweeper moth which feed exclusively on the flowers of the pignut (Conopodium majus).
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The land by the river is covered in snowdrops, daffodil, wild garlic, bluebells, jack-by-the-hedge and sweet cicely in spring time.
In summer the large butter-bur leaves transform the banks into a lush tropical-like landscape |
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Kingfisher can regularly be seen zipping up and down the river.
A group of roe deer often gather by the river and lower meadow. Occasionally the otter pokes its head above water. |
We regularly have trail cams set out throughout the site to see what passes through. We do catch some strange sights, but our favourites are the animals;
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