Water temperatures are now starting to creep up (16.8 °C at 0900 on 23-May-2023), but the lake is looking fantastic with very clear water and some good new weed growth. Fish are showing all around the lake with some big tench and carp that can be seen in some swims.
Also, more good news on the water chemistry, with all indicators of any pollution undetectable or very low. Oxygenation is also high (10.8 mg/L, 111 % saturation, most likely due to the strong weed growth).
Despite being in flood, water tests are looking fairly typical for the time of year, although if the water continues to flood in we will start to see nitrates and phosphates rise higher and this Read more…
After the flooding, Darlow has now frozen around much of the perimeter, but we’ve kept monitoring the water chemistry due to the chance of increase levels of ammonia, nitrates, nitrites and phosphates coming in in Read more…
All looking good on the water chemistry front! No signs of any indicators of pollution and the oxygenation is good, even after the weed cut in early September. Water temperature is still high for the Read more…