2 large lamprey eels were spotted yesterday in the river kelvin in the heart of Glasgow ,this was also caught on video by the fisherman who spotted them ,are these creatures a regular to our inner city rivers or is this quite a rare thing for the kelvin or any other inner city river ,just a little curious,

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What lenght were they Derek?
Used to see loads of brook lampreys in the Kelvin years ago, but they were only small, 4 or 5 inches long.

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We tend to get them in the Conwy in cycles of 3 to 4 years. You'll see none for a couple of years, then you'll see a dozen or so the next. Never worked out why though.

by his description i would say they were sea lampreys,quite probably brown in colour or mottled and around 3/4ft in length maybe smaller,i see them on the ure in yorkshire and an odd one in the wharfe .

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It would seem to imply that the river is getting cleaner.

Some information here.

http://www.english-nature.org.uk/lif...s/lamprey.html

Identification of the three species here.

http://www.english-nature.org.uk/lif...amprey_key.pdf

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Carried it in full, then carry it out empty.

Think you are correct, nasty looking buggers!

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_lamprey

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THA CAN TELL A YORKSHIREMAN ,BUT THA CAN'T TELL HIM MUCH !!

Are they the fugly uckers with the flat faces that latch on to other fish ?

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yes they were around 3-4ft in length by the looks of the video ,which i will try to get tomorrow and put it up on here ,,,just thought it very interesting as Ive never seen anything like it before and they were sea lampreys with a green tinge and mottled back with the distinctive large sucker ,,,creepy looking things eeeeewwwwww!!!!!.

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Gives me the creeps just looking at a pic ..I hope I never encounter them.

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