It is a few days since we had any significant amount of rain and this has enabled me to carry out a Redd survey of one of our local streams. (Redds are places where female trout scrape a hollow in a patch of gravel to lay their eggs). The Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust have carried out a lot of work in this stream in the last few years and this is starting to pay off. We have removed obstacles to fish passage and we have introduced gravel to create areas where trout might spawn. We have not done this for the benefit of anglers, but to improve the river habitat. It is perhaps a simplistic view, but if the water conditions are good for trout, they will probably be good for many other species. I did not see any fish this time but there were several new redds to record since my last visit and some changes to existing ones. It looks as if our hard work has paid off.
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