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Elver tidal flap, Bolton-le-Sands
Elver tidal flap at Red Bank Farm, Bolton le Sands on the Lancashire coast.
The tidal gates introduced after WW2 to prevent flooding and reclaim land for farming, also prevented returning elver migrate up the rivers to mature into adult eels before returning to the Sargasso Sea to breed.
This is one of 11 tidal flaps inserted into the gates in this area to allow the elver access to the watercourses necessary for their mammoth migration.
Author: Joan Martin
© Joan Martin (PHOTO NORTH). All Rights Reserved.
Photograph size: 24.0 Mpixels (68.7 MB uncompressed) - 6000x4000 pixels (20x13.3 in / 50.8x33.9 cm at 300 ppi)
Photograph keywords: Bolton le Sands, coast, eel, elver, Elver tidal flap, Red Bank Farm, river, tidal gate
Published in: Hest Bank and Bolton-le-Sands
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