As last week, no major improvement in conditions to report. Ammonia has increased to 0.46 mg/L, at a pH 7.7 and temperature of 9.0 °C, the rate of increase was lower than previous weeks. Water clarity has continued to improved. Testing next week will be carried out later due to Read more…
Disappointingly, we still don’t have any major improvements in water quality to report. Ammonia level has continued to creep up (0.42 mg/L, pH 7.7) and oxygen levels remain relatively low for the time of year (6.2 mg/L, 54.6 % sat. at 9.7 °C). Water clarity is continuing to improve.
This week’s water testing has shown that ammonia levels are continuing to increase (0.35 mg/L at pH 7.8). Oxygen levels are similar to last week (6.5 mg/L, 60.4 % sat. at 12.5 °C). Water clarity is appearing to improve as the suspended material falls to the lake bed. Increasing level Read more…
******* Update – Please note new date ******* For the ongoing improvement of the environment and water quality at Darlow, chalking will take place during the week beginning 06-Dec-2021. Please be aware that the lake will be closed to fishing from 6-10th December. Refer to your FFFC email for further Read more…
The latest water testing results show that oxygen levels are improving slightly (6.5 mg/L, and 59.3 % at 10.4 °C); this is likely to be due to the lower temperatures and bad weather that we have had recently. We have, unfortunately, seen a small up-tick in ammonia levels (now at Read more…
The latest water testing has shown that water conditions have not improved, but have stopped deteriorating as sharply as at the start of October. Ammonia level has risen to 0.25 mg/L, but appears to have stabilised over the last two weeks. Oxygen levels also appear to have stopped declining in Read more…
A special thanks to Jim Thomas (and assembly team) for designing and building the prototype reed raft. The new raft looks fantastic, and will hopefully contribute to removing nutrients from the water and provide fish with additional cover in the coming seasons as it becomes established. Several willows have now Read more…
October 2021 – Stocking of trout has been postponed due to the ongoing problems related to the harmful algal bloom in early 2021. Visiting the lake and fly fishing for coarse fish is still permitted.
We have lost one of the fir trees on the edge of Darlow on the Windrush bank. You may be able to spot Roger in there somewhere.
One of our members has recently contacted Robert Courts MP, Member of Parliament for Witney and West Oxfordshire, about pollution in the Windrush. Here is his response; “Robert wholeheartedly shares your concern about sewage overflows and has been working closely with local campaign groups, such as WASP, to address this Read more…