BENEATH BRITISH WATERS Our Freshwater Planet

Creative underwater film director at Beneath British Waters specialising in freshwater, stock footage, campaigning. [email protected]

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@ylt1875 @leerust1966 Me too and how they spawn.

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For weeks, we followed one elusive European eel that had claimed a hidden home beneath the riverbed. Returning each week, we captured a rare glimpse into its secret summer world—an underwater story of survival, patience and instinct.
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#europeaneel #underwaterworld

[Glevum glass eels @leerust1966]

EA SHOW US THE PROOF.

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The Environment Agency has closed the UK glass eel fishery, citing huge numbers of glass eels allegedly dying at an APB holding centre.

If those deaths are being used to justify shutting down a fishery, the public deserves the evidence.

Where is it

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@sophiearumble Wishing your Father a very happy birthday Sophie.

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@leerust1966 It was cold, least my drysuit won't leak next time.

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Filming into the early hours to witness the iconic glass eel migration was a dream experience. Seeing them beneath ultra-violet light was extraordinary. We return in 2027 to capture much more. Yet barriers claim many lives. More must be done. Driven by instinct. Dying in silence

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@pablozak Sorry to hear that.

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@GreenRForest Some don't, the one at tewkesbury does not appear to work well at all @leerust1966 knows more

[Glevum glass eels @leerust1966]

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@EnvAgency said third-party monitoring should not take place, while health-and-safety constraints limited its own camera deployment.

So who, if anyone, was independently verifying whether the pass was working?

That deserves an answer.

#EuropeanEel #RiverSevern

[Glevum glass eels @leerust1966]

EA — SHOW US THE EVIDENCE

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@EnvAgency requires operators and landowners proposing eel stocking or assisted migration to provide monitoring to demonstrate conservation benefit.

Yet where is the equivalent evidence for its own eel pass at Abbey Mill?

@angelaeagle
#EelFirst

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@freckles681 Thankyou

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River Itchen - Chalkstream
After venturing beneath the surface of this remarkable chalkstream, we were privileged to capture some breathtaking footage of these incredibly young salmon as they begin what will become an extraordinary life journey.
#freshwaterfish #Chalkstream

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@WindrushWasp Possibly could be, there was quite a bit in all the areas we
Filmed.

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Beneath the surface of the River Itchen, one of England’s most remarkable chalk streams, has been an absolute delight. Its crystal-clear waters reveal a world of extraordinary beauty, offering a rare glimpse into the intricate life that thrives in this precious natural corridor

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@HappyCaveBat Aren't they just.

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@leerust1966 @RynnBrooke Itching to get back.

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@leerust1966 @RynnBrooke Just need more glass eel footage and a few more trips to the chalkstreams and I have all my footage for the project

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@TheKeithGentry These will.

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@Quencheswater I will be posting a short clip up soon. But we have not finished filming yet and heading back a few more times.

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@evansonrails It was a remarkable day filming in a beautiful area.